Show ARE WE THAT BAD HERE jERE In the midst o of Christmas giving Unemployment unemployment uno un- un o employment relief charity work and and all that Just when we were beginning to beli believe ve that the great human brotherhood was functIoning functioning in a widespread effort to carry cheer t into to dark places and brighten the lives of those in distress it comes with somewhat of ofa ofa ofa a a shock to look at ourselves in the rhetorical mirror held before us I by a speaker in the University of Utah extension division Our whole social structure says Dr of New York Is corrupt and inhuman For years we have gone along at an ever- ever quickening pace in the pursuit of wealth Which we misconstrued as the pursuit of hap hap- pine Some o of us acquired much of this worlds world's goods at the expense of others Fortunes Fortunes Fortunes For For- tunes fell into the hands of a few who by that were considered fortunate But the lessons of the past few years have driven home the truth that the pursuit of wealth is not the pursuit of that happiness guaranteed us by constitutional right in this great land of liberty and freedom and Pe Perhaps haps in chasing the elusive dollar some of us may have momentarily forgotten the obligations and responsibilities we owe the weak who have been less able to look after themselves maybe we have overridden the rights of others in blind selfishness At this time of the year and in the midst of an economic depression which emphasizes the fallacy of great wealth just as it accentuates accentuates accentuates the plight of the helpless the heart of humanity throbs in sympathy for those stricken down by the blasts of adverse winds If we were corrupt and inhuman in our relentless pursuit of th the dollar certainly the organized effort of a nation to relieve distress distress distress dis dis- dis- dis tress must be human and incorruptible The love of life the love of happiness the love of comfort must remain unrequited in any Jand and where human suffering cannot be assuaged Surely at this Christmas time when the bearers of gifts are abroad in the land when humanity Is galvanized into activity by the same impulses which led th the wise wIs men to a lowly manger in Bethlehem surely Bethlehem surely we cant can't be as bad as we are painted |