Show PEOPLES PEOPLE'S CORNER ETHICS To o the Peoples People's Corner Corners If It the great majority of oC American citizens had read the thc Bible 05 us history history his- his tory ry and as ns the m master ter work on ethics hies th this nation today would occupy oc oc- cupy a commanding place in th the world orld Intelligently and compre read without its theology taken into account it maps the course for or humankind to follow to the goal of f complete happiness and content Within it lic lies lIc the foundation for tor a perfect system of social justice When the ie Bible is spoken of ordinarily it seems cems to be assumed that it is only for or the religious man or the man who is s seeking spiritual truth to answer his is qu question Uon Is b there anything in this his thing called religion To the multitude of men who have thought hought of or the book In this this' light and andor for or that reason have never been in in- crested in reading it I commend it ct them 1 if they wish approach it as they hey would any secular work a rec ord rd rd of ot p past t events ts and a treasure of tee me ie w wisdom dom of the ages Instead then hen of holding the conviction that what the nation needs is a new deal or r an old deal dear or a square deal they ticy will discover the real lack in inthe inthe the he world today and the charted way to o the thc full tull life It lt is not simply that our economic system has blown up in our our- our faces faces face and has hils drenched us with miser misery It is is rather ather that what we had built bunt of ot an ethical culture the world over has disappeared We h had d not got far tar farenough enough nough along with it to be very proud of f it it but we once had what we proud proud- ly y called American ideals to hold us to maintenance of ot the most per per- feet traditions and institutions political poll poll- leal and social men had created They hey have been all but wiped out by materialism that glitters but is not gold cold S If H a wholesome majority of ot Ameri Amen cans ans could become ethically literals and finally ethical we should stand in n need of none of ot the complicated difficult and coercive programs in which we flounder toda today each man mant t tying to survive for tor himself alone unmindful that his brother too must survive In that survival too there must be more than continued ex ex- stence What we must leave of off is isman's isman's mans man's inhumanity toward man Are we headed that way Not enough of ofus us us surely WATCHMAN I I BLAME To the Peoples People's Corner When one has no income or home or one of own to make him a a law law- abiding citizen how can he be a good Christian A good Christian is a it good citizen God put enough r resources on earth for Cor all to have enough Dishonest people politics and economics sever these constitutional and religious ous i blessings 11 Religion embraces all t that at is 13 good 1 to which it is a support of both religion and the constitution Our economics economies are so o corrupt that that's they desire no morality to guide to them and so as to 10 deceive and harm harm one another of or the neighbors I Only men sneaks Or on serious troublemakers troublemakers trouble trouble- I makers keep them apart and conditions conditions condi condi- as ns such lIuch For every home or individual individual- or friendship that is 13 harmed or brok broken n through lack Jack of ot nourishment or sufficient suf sut wage from now until prosperity pros comes we can and should put the blame on the doorsteps of the profit motive sympathizers and press presa icon controllers MOSES I PROSPERITY FORMULA To the Peoples People's Corner Prosperity depends upon how well 1 f labor is organized to o fight for higher for higher wa wages es So Edward A. A mil mu- department store owner of ot Boston told th Vi i f n commerce Prosperity could occur only If 11 the masses were employed and if it they received received re re- re- re for tor their employment the equivalent of ot the thc services service which they were giving This he pointed out out necessitates the nationwide organ organ- of ot labor instead of company unions to keep the chiselers out The depression came about when the bosses were manufacturing more than they could sell We have learned the art of mass production and unless unless un un- less we distributed its products to the masses we couldn't distribute them i at all Filene said i t tat Since th the masses didn't have the buying power the manufacturers I couldn't sell their products They The closed their plants put more workers out of work and thus cut purchasing power still more The more men they fired the smaller their market be be- came v We should have a n short work day so that every possible worker can be employed stated staled It necessitates access- access tates tales the highest wages that can be paid and It necessitates a strong nationwide nationwide na na- wide tion-wide org organization organization- of ot labor which will prevent some bosses from chiseling chiselIng chisel chisel- Ing on the rest and thus ruining the whole machinery of ot prosperity HOPING |