The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-03-01
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New Moral Order
Must Be Promoted
PAUL MALLoN

e in finance, taxation, prices
onj such economic matters, but
aIso POLITICAL soundness built upon
the confidence OF its people.
In red ink we must write on
o,,r books the burden of the great
oct debt of history, eventually
to be 800 billions of dollars. We
must service and pay this debt,
ss.arrv II as our war burden, for
lie financed this war, not only our
part of it, but that OF everyone
else. including Russia to some ex-
tent. But Russia will have no
such burden. She has for herself
DESTROYED our concepts of finan-
cial values. g.
Az the heart core of this war
Is the revolution in values which
started long before ths war
and win continue long afte I
have spoken only Of the corrup-
tion of financial values, or one
phase Of them which destroyed
the morality Of money.
" This war indeed is only a sup
perficial phase of the revolution
in ali values, the decline of mo-
rality in politics, international
diplomacy, education and, indeed,
the individual lives of men.
Consider politics. The prom
ised word no longer has popular
value. You seldom hear the word
sshonor" any more. It is consld-
cred victorian to be honorable.
The people have come to accept
the doctrine of immediacy, of do
ing what sounds best at a given
moment. They scorn traditional
values as restraints and lnhlb1-
lions. They themselves are no
more tied to soundness than the
money of the world. ~. ~.
Regulations Are General
Take International diplomacy.
Regulations. of treaties before
ink is dry represents the same
departure from soundness in val
ues, as that of the political leader
from the promised word, and that
81 money from the shadow OF
1bstance. The doctrine of I'M
mediacy is what guides nations.
Their own desires of the moment
rule their conduct and make the
world.
In education there has been the
same corruption of realistic values
which we have noted in money,
politics and international relations
: the doctrine that children
should be raised also according
to their own desires. Education
is to be sightseeing affair. They
even taught the philosophy of fol-
lowing desire in sex, which hardly
seemed to me matter to require
teaching.
There is no phase of existence
which has not been touched
by the revolution in values, the
erection of ideals of immediacY.
In the end, all the world must
come back to values. But is it to
come back to the realization OF
soundness only after thoroughly
exploring and suffering the col
lapse of the fabulous foolishness
of immediate desire as guide to
life?
We will have to 60 completely
through the revolution to the bot
tom and let each man know the
falsity of these indulgent fictions
before all can grasp the solid fact
and truth? Or will the resurgence
OF reason founded upon the ex-
perience of the war catch definite
hold now and lead our people on
to realism and common sense?
I do not know. My judgment
is that revolutions generally run
course of extremity before
urey settle down into sense. First
there must arise powerful lead
ershlp for good before there can
be good.
=. Above all, no matter what the
immediate future course, there
must be no compromise of ideals
Those who know the true values
OF life also know that one day
tnese will be restored to popular
acceptance.
Stand Steadfast
Therefore, it is the duty of those
VINO believe in soundness to stand
steadfast in this wandering, drift
ing condition. 1t is their duty
70 nurture the light in darkness
Tor the future time when it will
again tighten the fires in every
nome and bring warming COM
tort to future people.
Ot the realization of simple
substances must sound knowledge
and sound value eventually come.
Money will be worth only what
circumstance or some future au-
thor1ty declares it to be worth
our international safety will be
only such as OUR ingenuity and
constant alertness can prescribe.
mere is no safety in numbers
tVen IN modern weapons, because
mese become obsolete overnight
frames in which we trusted at
.ae outset of this war can hardly
Se used as trainers today. Time
- last. So is obsolescence.
Sy such considerations should
ts aiues be truly measured, not in
'''e nigh talk you hear so fire.