Evening star., 1951-01-04
The Political Mill
Moral Reurmument
Gains Cited in Book
IdeoIoey Offers Third Choice
To Humanity, Says Author

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IdeoIogy Offers Third Choice
To Humanity, Says Author
By Gould Lincoln
Pointing out that the democratic ma
tions stand in much the same position
toward Communism today as they stood
toward Naziism In 1889, Peter Howard,
British writer and journalist, in his new
and challenging book, 1.-THE World Re-
built" declares that this need not be
a time for either world dictatorship
or world war Moral Re-armament Of
fers, he says, "a third choice" to
humanity. 1T is" he insists, "a world
force with a world strategy to out
revolutionize Communism"
His book is an absorbing story of the
work and successes of Moral Re-arma-
ment, Cd in changing individual human
beings, CD in improving relations be-
tween labor and management, CD in
bettering relations between peoples who
have historically been enemies, and a.
in turning CommunistS-working and
leading Communists-away from Com
munism and its proposed world domina-
ton.
Mr.. Howard is in Washington attend
ing national assembly, called by Moral
Rearmament, whose founder Is DR..
Frank N. D. Buchanan. It is DR.. Buch-
mans contention that a superior
theology, plus firm military defense,
is our instant need" in the threatening
world situation. Moral Rearmament-
really kind of moral rebirth for the
individual. based on absolute honesty,
unselfishness, kindness and love-pro-
vides, DR.. Buchanan insists, this supe-
rior theology.
Points to Course.
Asserting that Moral Rearmament-
the ideology-has been destined from it's
inception to become a world changing
force, Mr. Howard points to the course
which has been followed-"fir the
creation of bridgehead of cells Of
changed men in every continent, then
the build-up Of a force equipped by
years of training to carry the theology
to the masses, and then the break-out
across the world"
THAT third stage has begun" he con-
tinued. "And the pace is quickening.
From Caux Gin Switzerland and from
similar training centers in other coun-
tries. from homes and factories and
cabinets where men have been mastered
by the theology and so become the
masters of it, streams of new life are
swelling toward the four corners Of
the earth. With the theology Of Moral
Rearmament. democracy can begin to
recapture the initiative in this new
theological age"
Moral Rearmament has developed
centers in Washington. in London, in
Canada, in Switzerland and, indeed, in
Asia and in Africa. Writing of the gath
ering at Caux, Mr.. Howard says:
Thirty thousand delegates from 103
countries have been to the assemblies
at Caux. They include ten prime min
listers, SO cabinet ministers, as well az
trade union officials from "a countries.
men who lead 40 million workers. Two
thousand Marxists and Communists
have come to find a superior theology.
Fourteen United States Senators and
twenty-three members Of the House Of
Representatives are among the delega-
tions from the parliaments of the world
that have come to Caux.
what is the magic Of Caux that other
conferences do not have? The vice
president Of the French Senate said:
We have failed to unite Europe because
we have tried to do it on political and
economic basis. We need the moral unity
which we find at Caux.'"
Impact on Ruhr Workers.
Reviewing the more recent history Of
Moral Rearmament, Mr.. Howard tells of
its impact on the workers of the Ruhr,
many OF whom, indoctrinated with
Marxlst theology, have been trained
shock troopers in theological warfare In
the last two years hundreds of meetings
on Moral Rearmament were held in fac
tories and trade union branches as well
as in the provincial parliaments of
Western Germany; 100000 workers,
trade union officials, industrial and
political leaders have seen it's plays in "a
cities. The result has been astonishing,
both for industrial peace and for the
change OF Communists. many of whom
have torn up their membership cards.
The Communist Party in West Germany
removed 40 regional leaders "for having
dealing with a contrary ideology'-
Moral Rearmament
ITALY" writes Mr.. Howard, sis one Of
the worst situation in Western Europe"
Yet in the Milan area, where Com
munists predominated, many listened to
the counsels of MIRA and changed. Dele
gates from the largest steel works in
Italy, situated in what is known as Little
Stalingrad, went to Caux. In India and
In Burma, too, the seeds have been
sown.
Mr.. Howard holds that "the issue Of
world control will in the end be decided
by the workers of the world The struggle
to capture the heart of the masses is
the basic theological battle" He quotes a
French Communist as he talked to two
French army officers: "You talk of ma
tional defense. But what has the worker
OF France to defend? His standard of
living can scarcely fall any lower What
has he to lose? Unless you can give the
workers Of France an adequate life they
will flock to the first program which
offers them immediate relief There are
only two real choices before the workers
Of France today. One Is the revolution
Of Communism, and the other Is the
revolution Of Moral Rearmament."