The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-12
The 80
American Way
LOVING BETRAYAL
By ALFRED p. HAAKE

Some one has said that the
road to He'll is paved with good
intentions, but he did not tell us
whether those who have paved
that road go to He'll.
1t would be interesting to
know whether the well-meaning
perverter of truth, the betrayer
of those whom he loves, and the
destroyer of that which he seeks
to build are judged by their in
tentions or by the results of their
actions-when the Great Judge
renders his final verdict.
We need not answer that ques-
ton here, but it is important to
know that motives, no matter
how good, cannot prevent oper-
alton of the law of cause and eff
/ feet.
The doctor who mistakenly
prescribes arsenic to cure heart
trouble does not thereby prevent
the poison from killing his pa
tient, no matter how earnest his
hopes that the patient get well.
The architect does not prevent
destruction of the house he
builds if he ignores the laws of
physics in trying to save money
for his client.
The teacher who loves his stu
dents does not thereby change
the laws of psychology which
wreck the boy who is mistaken
ly taught to rely entirely upon
others.
, So with the political and econ
omic policies of nation. We
know that the communist wants
to destroy capitalism and there
by tear down the prosperous
economic structure which we
have built in the United States.
He wants to set up government
control over our lives and sub
jugate the individual to the
state. He sees Jesus of Nazareth
with his gospel of love as the
mortal enemy of Karl Marx with
his doctrine of class hate.
But the communist is too wise
to attack in the open with clear
avowal of his real purpose. He
makes the attack in the name of
democracy and humanitarianism
seeking to enlist for his fell pur-
| poses, the aid of the very ele-
ments he seeks to destroy.
And so, many a devout church
member, or worker for good, ac-
cepts the extravagant spending
and accumulation of public debt
as means to foster the welfare
of individuals less fortunate than
himself, and to provide easy help
for the projects he would serve.
He does this out of love for his
fellow man, to establish the
reign of plenty for all men on
earth.
But, whether the purpose be-
hind the extravagant spending
subsidies, government control
and piling up of debts be to
wreck the capitalistic system
, quickly, as is the aim of the
communist and his socialistic
pals-or whether it be in the
name of democracy to promote
humanitarian purposes, as is the
hope of the devout and the good
THE END RESULT IS THE
SAME in either case. 1t brings
destruction to our traditional
American freedom and self-re-
lance, the setting up of bureau
cratic controls which ultimately
enslave the individual, lower his
standard of living and ultimately
destroy the Church itself.
So the devout church member
can become fellow-traveler to
the communist without realizing
it, and neither the purity nor the
nobility of his motives prevents
him from serving as ally to the
destroyers of his country and its
basic freedoms. His methods de-
feat his purpose.
Sheer love for humanity does
not save humanity when those
who love it use the methods that
ultimately destroy the objects of
their love. 1t then becomes low
ing hetraval