The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26
wAR.ILLNEss

The war has been recently re-
ceiving the attention Of the one
group which may. above all others.
have a constructive and long.vjs
toned plan for its cure-the psy'
chiatrists
Mankind must be "domestieated
before democracy can hope to cure
the worlds ills. psychiatrists say.
Meantime the domestication Of ma
tons not yet adjusted to democracy
will have TO be carried out by force
OF arms, it seems, and the future
League Of Nations by necessity will
have for a considerable period of
time to rely upon the armed super
iority OF Democratic nations. II
cannot be hoped that non-demo-
cratic nations will accept democrat
ic principles in international deal
ings. Therefore, they must be up
held by the force Of arms.
Through education. democracy's
policing may gradually be reduced,
but in the meantime democratic
nations seem destined TO defend
by arms a democratic world order
to which the rest OF the world will
have 10 adjust itself through the
slow process OF domesticaton.
II democracy loses and dictators
win this war. however, the picture
will be considerably changed and
We will be relieved of the respon-
sibilities predicted for us.
The root OF current evils, &C
cording 10 DR.. Franz Alexander. is
emotional and economic insecurity
which. in the dictator nations, has
caused peoples TO accept exter-
nal control. Such insecurity mob
lilies the latent longing for paren-
tai care which everyone carries
in himself.
The greatest obstacle to future
eradication OF such evils, in the
opinion Of Dr. j. F. Brown, is the
entrenchment and aggravation of
resentments such as produced
Adolf Hitler who never forgot the
orthodox Jews OF his childhood
Whole nations will never forget
the events Of the 1905 and 1905.
Had it not been for the Allies
idea Of getting even" at the time
OF the Versailles Treaty, Brown
says, the German republic might
have flourished without building up
the Nazi resentment ot,today."
Psychiatrists, he says. must an
swer the question Can resent
ment be eradicated. and how"
DR.. L. X. Frank sees psychiatry's
responsibility as the improvement
of group relationships, not only
on an international scale but also
nationally and locally.
Perhaps psychiatry and science
in general, in the effort to make
man a properly domesticated So
cial animal. can find a constructive
program Of redirecting the many as.
poets OF human living. city plan
ming, housing, nutrition, recrea-
ton, working conditions and the
like. To foster vitality and we'll
being throughout the population.
Should they succeed they will have
given the world a great contribu.
ton
DR.. Gregory Zilboorg warns that
democracies must not make the
mistake OF supposing that the pop
ulations OF Germany and Italy feel
their lack OF freedom so acutely
that revolt Is likely.
Such peoples, and even the pop
ulstions Of conquered territories.
are far from the psychological
state that bids fair TO produce a
rebellion he says.
Dictators have offered their peo.
pies outlets for pent up aggressive.
ness-sgainst Reds, Jews, or es-
tablished religions as a compensa.
ton for their own freedom.
Thus the German or Italian man
IN the street Is not fully, or al all
aware that he is unfree. and the
liberty which democracies prize
20 greatly to him is something in.
tangible which he neither misses
nor greatly desires He may con.
tinue to feel this way for a long
time, particularly II he has enough
to eat. Let him approach starya-
ton and he will start actively de-
handing change. Food will be
big factor in the final decision Of
this war.