The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-29
They've Had Their Fun
Tuesdays SS Ss '3+i E. osoSo1skr

Scientists who experiment in
B Ia boratories on mice and guinea
/ pigs approach the application o.,
their techniques upon humans eau.
tiously. The experiment might
kill
The political and social scientist
dsregards the cautious approach.
He thinks his great thoughts, gath
ers his volumes of statistics. de.
bates with similarly minded collea-
CUES and leaps at vast experiment.
tation upon the lives of millions o,
human beings As long as il re
mains talkey-talk, little harm come.
OF it. but in government office
these votaries of nebulous sci.
ence commit marKels of confusion.
They become certain Of their pre-
mise and positive as to the eycntu-
a results. No one can diSprOVe
their conclusions. for no one now
alive will be among the living when
their full effects raise n people To
glorious heights or deuce them To
poverty
Great and lasting constitutions
governing people for centuries
were not written by such scientists.
They are the products Of the slow
evolution of peoples away from
slavery TO the ruler and the owner
of their bodies and their products.
Both the British and American con.
situations are the planets of such
an eyOlution-SlOwly. laborously.
shifting with each trial and each
people grow more assured in their
freedoms
What We call the capitalist sys-
TEN - individual enterprise - the
right of the individual to control
and use his earnings-iS still eyoIv-
ing out of the expressions of slaN-
cry. This way of life has actually
attempted in its current form by
very small part of the human race.
principally in Europe and in parts
of the Americas II has only re
Gently approached the edges of Asia
aGnd has hardly taken hold there
II has only developed to any full
ness in Africa in those parts which
belong to the British Empire.
All attacks upon the Republican
form of government as expressed
in parliamentary. or, in this coun.
try. congressional governments.
have led TO the Tyranny of dicta-
torship. Human beings can live in
Tyranny. but not with even YES.
tige Of freedom. Goods can be pro
duced in the socialized economy
which tyranny fosters but not with.
out the sacrifice OF all human liber-
ty. Tyranny breeds slavery. Oniv
constitutions representative gov.
eminent by means of a congress Or
a parliament safeguards the liber-
ties OF a people
This never means an end to all
injustice. II never means cQuality
even of opportunity. 1t never
means that there will not be the
too wealthy or the too poor the
greedy or the needy. 1t does mean
that there will be less injustice.
more equality. greater oPportuni-
~ for the individual and an accent
upon liberty II does not mean
Utopia: it does mean an evolution
upward.
. The people OF the area which
we now call the United States in
SO years produced the highest
standard OF living the sharpeSt rise
in individual well-beins and the
profoundest respect for liberty. At
the beginning OF the 18th century.
the principal industries of this
country were shipping and fishing
and so per cent of the people lived
on the Atlantic seaboard. To-day.
this country OF $4,000 600 people
lives in 3.00O.00 square miles or
continent with possessions over
seas and owns n diversified indus
try which produces normally a ma
tional income Of some 10000 ,0uO.-
600 year and is now in WARTIME
out-producing the entire world in
food in manufactured products and
in services TO it's own people and