Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-24
Reason
For Vote
BY LEWIS HANEY

Professor Of Economics. New York University
A New York City reader
asks:
what difference does II make
who Is elected next November ?"
Answer: The big difference
which the election makes to me
as an economist is that il is
likely TO decide whether we are
to retain the principle of free
individual choice as the basis
for our society. 1t will also
decide whether we are going
to put the emphasis on the
spirit of independence and self
reliance among the people. or
upon dependence and reliance
upon government aid.
In my judgment il is high
time to Gust from control those
who tend to think they know
how TO run the lives of all of
us-those who go in for social
planning" on the basis of the
intuition of some individual in
authority. What government by
executive directive" means to
me. is that il bandons the at
tempt to ascertain the will of
the people and to allow the
maximum freedom of individual
choice.
1t is high time to put into
office those who really believe
in the American form of democ-
racy, as shown by their actions
in supporting individual initia-
tive and responsibility.
LESSON OF TRANCE
Instead of encouraging class
conflict and piling government
bureau on bureau, we should
seek unity and simplicity-both
in national spirit and in forms
of government. The lesson of
France should ever be in our
minds - France torn. divided,
and impotent-half Communist
and half free!
In fact, believe that our
great need is to get rid of
cynical and shifty expediency
in government, and to put in
authority men of sincerity and
steadfast honorSmen who be-
lieve In standards for work and
pay and for money, and who
will limit debts to ability to pay
men who know that no "em-
ployment" Is real which does
not result in valuable products.
QUESTIONS MOTIVE
Cold Springs, N. Y, asks:
when you advocate control
over population, do you mean
to promote immortality among
the poor? Isn't the best way
to find means whereby the
natural population can feed and
clothe itself?"
Answer: Certainly 1 propose
no immortality, either among
the poor or the rich. You can
not establish your opinion
merely by calling what l con-
slider wise an immoral act.
Where you and / differ--where
you differ with the majority of
Americans-is that 1, like most
Americans, consider il immoral
to breed large families ID
when the parents can't support
their children according to the
prevalent standard of living, or
(2) when the purpose is to pro-
duce soldiers for waging war.
In these cases. do not consider
it immoral to keep down, the
population by any means that
typical decent people approve,
NO USE TALKING
Anyhow. there is no use in
talking. The facts as to what
people do to restrict population
are known to all. The main
problem seems to me to lie in
spreading information among
the ignorant poverty ridden
masses which threaten to over
run the more thoughtful and
farsighted elements in the
population by sheer weight of
numbers.
Food and clothes" are not
enough for American children.
They can and should have
higher standards Of living.
It is the natural population"
of Japan that overruns Korea,
Manchuria and China. II is the
natural population" of Italy
that overruns Ethiopia, and
joins Germany in attempting to
get food and clothes" by rab-
bling France and the rest of
Europe. That is what your idea
may lead to.
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