The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-12

With one or two introductions, he went to the capital at Berne and got in touch with members of the Cabinet and Parliament. Tn every case" he says, lone of the tasks was to have creative ideas to give them and to help them to put these ideas into action"
 Inspires Government Policies
 All the time he was gathering around him a group of young fel- lows to work with, him. Together they produced through changed lives among newspaper men, industrial ists and public ofncials, the results of which made other leaders of his nation welcome his counsel and help. The new spirit began to per- meate parliamentary speeches and policies. It was so noticeable in the conduct of the next elections that papers commented on the change.
 Tn newspaper offices, Philippe talked to the editors; g of them signed manifesto pledging them selves to responsible and corstruc- tive journalism.
 MIRA brought him in touch with trades union leaders and industrial ists. The change in them has been the beginning of 8 new policy in Swiss industry.
 This summer to the second World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, in California, came message signed by the leaders of all five parties in the Swiss parliament, unanimous in their endorsement of MIRA as the basis for @ healthy democracy. Be- hind their signature lay the patriotic statesmanship of young man in his early twenties.
 Youth Is Vanguard
 From the start, youth has been in the vanguard of MIRA and in the work of the oxford Group which has laid the foundations and supp piled the dynamic force for its rapid growth. Cynical, thrill-seeking, post war undergraduates found in this spirit an answer to the morning. after-the -night-before, and in the task of remaking the world sone- thing more exciting than the usual Saturday night date.
 They discovered, as I did, that the first essential is 8 united family. Tn my family, my father and I were pretty tight-lipped about ourselves; we kept a convenient wall of re. serve between each other. Because of MIRA, I decided to sit down with him and stop kidding him about what was like; I just told him the truth. It brought back the warm friendship between us which had been lost. It has freed the whole family from petty conflicts to think constructively for our city and our nation.
 Everywhere today, from homes that are secure, youth are goirg out to bring a new, workable an. swer to the world. In Scandinavia, in China, Japan, Australia, every- where they are pioneering on farms. inside factory walls, behind oiilce desks.
 Job for Unemployed
 Young millworkers have bettered their working conditions and rela. tions with the boss by bringing hon. styinto their plant. AyoQng elnploye in a lrage firm, by applying MIRA, was able to avert a ruinous price, cutting war. A young fellow, out of a job, typical of ths nations unemployed youth, quit hanging around street corners and got busy bring MIRA to the fellows around him. MIRA" he says, leaves no time for crime"
 These young men and women and millions like them have replaced the drift to destruction with the drive to construction. Their fight ing and creative instincts are satis- fled on the front line of the great , est war in history-the battle for a new world order.
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