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Show NEWS [ / NEWS/BEHINB NEWS BEHINB NEWSBEHINBTHE BEHJNIi BEHJNIiTHEN THEN THENBy THE ( A AByPAULMALLON By ByPAULMALLON PAUL HALLONTW HALLONTWfleieased , . . . XeIeaicJ Rele.d Reled fleieased b by Western Wutern Newtpiper Newspaper Union UnionNEW Unlo NEW MORAL ORDER ORDERlIUST ORDERiiUSr ORDERMUST l\IUST l IUST iiUSr \ BE PR01IOTEDWASHINGTON PROMOTEDWASHINGTON PROMOTED PR01\IOTED PR01 IOTED PROMOTEDWASHINGTON \ WASHINGTON - Excerpts froma from a recent talk of mine The Th Revo Revolutlon RevoLution Revolution lutlon Lution in ValuesOurs ValuesOurs Values ValuesOurs Ours is a a capitalistic : system systemwhich systemwhich systemwhich which depends for its strength and andpower andpower andpower power upon soundness - not only onlyIn onlyIn onlyIn In finance taxation orlces prices and such economic : matters but also political politicalsoundness politicalsoundness politicalsoundness soundness built upon the confidence confidenceof of its peopleIn peopleIn people peopleIn In red Ink we must write on our ourbooks ourbooks ourbooks books the burden of the greatest greatestdebt greatestdebt greatestdebt debt of ot history bistory eventuaUy eventually to be 300 300billions 300billions 300billions billions of dollars We must serv servIce service servIce Ice and pay this debt carry it as asour asour asour our war burden for we financed thiS thiSwar thiswar thiswar war not only our part of it but butthat butthat butthat that of everyone else includmg including includmgRussia includingRussia includingRussia Russia to some extent But Rus Pius Russia Piussin Rustia sia sin will have no such burden She Shehas Shehas Shehas has for herself destroyed our con concept coniept concept cept iept of financial valuesAt valuesAt values valuesAt At the heart core of this war warIs waris warIs Is the revolution m in values whlcb which whlcbstarted whichstarted whichstarted started long before berore the war and andill andTiill 1\111 1 111 ' \ ill continue contmue long after I have havespokcn havespoken havespoken spokcn spoken only of the corruption of offmanclal offinancial offinancial fmanclal financial values or one phase of ofthem ofthem ofthem them which destroyed the moral moralIty morality morality Ity of money moneyThis moneyThis moneyThis This war indeed is only a super superflclal superficial superBcial flclal ficial phase of the revolution in lD all allvalues allvalues allvalues values the decline decllne of moral ty m in mpolitic inpolitic inpolitic politic ' international mternatlonal diplomacy diplomacyeducation diplomacyeducation diplomacyeducation education and indeed mdeed the mdlvld individ mdlvldLlal individual mdividaal Llal ual lives llves of menConsider menConsider men menConsider Consider politics polltlcs The promised promisedIvord promisedword promisedword Ivord word no longer has popular value valueYou valueYou valueYou You seldom hear the word honor honorany honorany honorany I any more It is considered victOrian Victorianto to be honorableThe honorableThe honorable honorableThe , The people have come to accept acceptthe acceptthe acceptthe the doctrine doctrme of immediacy of domg doing domgwhat doingwhat doingwhat what sounds best at a given mo moment moment moment ment They scorn traditional values valuesis valuesas as restraints restramts and inhibitions mhibltlons They Theythemselves Theythemselves Theythemselves themselves are no more tied to tosoundness tosoundness tosoundness soundness than the money of the theworld theworld theworld theworldRepudiations world worldRepudiations Repudiations Are Ar General GeneralTake GeneralTake GeneralTake Take international mternatlOnal diplomacy Re Repudlatlons Reputhations Repudiations pudlatlons puthations of treaties treatles before ink is isdry Isdry isdry dry represents the same departure departurefrom departuretrom departurerom from trom ( soundness m in values as that thatof thatof thatof of the pol tical leader from the thepromised thepromised thepromised promised word and that of money moneyCrom moneyfrom moneyrom Crom from ( the shadow of substance The Thedoctrme Thedoctrine Thedoctrine doctrme doctrine of immediacy lIDmedlacy is what whatgwdes whatguides whatguides gwdes guides nations Their own desires of ofthe ofthe ofthe the moment rule their conduct and andmake andmake andmake make the worldIn worldIn world worldIn In education there has been the thesame thesame thesame same corruption of 01 realistic reallstic values valueswhich valueswhich valueswhich which we have noted in m money poll poli polltiLS poliLtts pollHcs tiLS Ltts and international mternatlonal relations-the relations the relationsthedoctrme relationsthedoctrine relations - thedoctrine doctrme doctrine that children should be beraised beraised beraised raised also according to their own owndesires owndesires owndesires desires Education is to be a sight sightseemg sightseeing sightseeing seemg seeing affair They even taught the thephilosophy thephilosophy thephilosophy philosophy of following followmg desir desire * m in msex insex msex sex which wbicb hardly seemed to me a amatter amatter matter to require teaching teacbmg teacbmgThere teachingThere teachingTber Tber There * Is no phase of eXlstence existence eXlstencewhich existencewhich existencewhich which has bas not been touched by bythe bythe bythe the revolution in Tallies values tbe the tbeerection theerection theerection erection of ideals of immediacy immediacyIn In the end all the world must mustcome mustcome mustcome come back to values But is it to tocome tocome tocome come back to the realization reallzabon of ofsoundness ofsoundness ofsoundness soundness only after thoroughly ex explormg exploring explonng plormg ploring and suffering suffermg the collapse collapseof of the fabulous foolishness foollshness of Imme mime Immedlate mimediate immediate dlate diate desire as a guide gwde to life L.fe Lfe L.feWill life7 life7Will . ? Will we have to go completely completelythrough completelythrough completelythrough through the revolution to the bottom bottomand bottomand bottomand and let each man know the _ _ falsity u of Df these all allcan allcan can grasp the solid solld fact and truth truth7Or ? ' I Or will the resurgence of reason reasonfounded reasonfounded reasonfounded founded upon the experience expenence of the theI thewar theliar I war \ ar catch definite defirute hold now and lead leadour leadour leadour our people on to realism and com corn common cornmon cornmon mon sense sense7 sense7I ? ' I do not know My ) judgment udgment IS ISthat isthat isthat that revolutions generally run the thecourse thecourse thecourse course of ot extremity before they theysettle theysettle theysettle settle down into mto sense First there theremust theremust theremust must arise a powerful leadership for forgood forgood forgood good before there can be goodAbove goodAbove good goodAbove Above all no matter what the lID im lIDmediate immediate immediate mediate future course there must mustbe mustbe mustbe be no compromise of ideals Those Thosewho Thosewho Thosewho who know the true values of life lifeaho lifealso lifealso aho also know that one day these will willbe willbe willbe be restored to popular acceptance acceptanceStand acceptanceStand acceptanceStand Stand SteadfastTherefore SteadfastTherefore Steadfast SteadfastTherefore Therefore it is the duty of at those thosewho thosewho thosewho who believe in soundness to stand standsteacUast standsteadfast standsteadfast steacUast steadfast in this wandering drlftmg drifting drlftmgconditIOn driftingcondition driftingcondition conditIOn It is their duty to nurture nurturethe nurturethe nurturethe the light llght in m darkness darkiiess for the future futuretime futuretime tuturtime * time when it will wifl again lighten the thefires thefires thefires fires in every home horn * and brmg bring brmgwarmmg bringwarming bringwarming warmmg warming comfort to future peopleOf peopleOf people peopleOf Of the realization of simple sub substances substances substances stances must sound knowledge and andsound andsound andsound sound value eventually come comeMoney comeMoney comeMoney Money will be . worth v.orth vorth orth only what clr cir clrcum circumstance circumstance cum cumstance stance or some future authonty authority authontydeclares authoritydeclares authoritydeclares declares It to be worth Our inter international international international national safety will be only such as asour asour asour our Ingenuity and constant alert alertness alertness alertness ness can prescribeThere prescribeThere prescribe prescribeTher There Ther Is no safety to m In numbers numberseven numberseven numberseven even in modern weapons because becausethese becausethese becausethese these becom become * obsolete overnight overnightPlanes overnightPlanes overnightPlanes Planes in which we trusted at the theoutset theoutset th thoutset outset of this war can hardly be beused beused beused used as trainers tramers today Time Is fast fastSO fastSo fastSo SO is obsolescenceBy obsolescence obsolescenceBy By such considerations should shouldvalues shouldvalues shouldvalues values be truly measured not In thB the thBblgh thehigh thohigh , ; blgh high talk you hear & so 0 frequently to today toflay toflay day flay In the search tor for arilfices artifices artificesmagic artificesmagic magic formulas economic contnv contriv contnvnnces contrivances contnvnnces nnces ances and devices to bring us all allease allease ease luxury heaven on earth but butwhich butwhich which are only cheating cheatmg our reason reasonof reasonaf reasonof of af the lesson of arithmetic anthmetic |