Show TECHNOCRACY'S SUCCESS Dear Editor Technocracy was originated by two Socialists Thorsten Veblen and Charles P P. P Steinmetz Its It's purpose was to substantiate the claims made by Socialists that the capitalist system could not last In in- in definitely This assertion is bas bas- ed upon the theory that under this system private ownership of the means of production and natural natural natural na na- tural resources has an inevitable tendency to direct all aU wealth into the hands of a few Control of wealth places power In the hands of that few and the protection of centralized wealth places governmental governmental governmental govern- govern mental powers under the control of the few thus necessitating a government of a few for a few instead of a government of the people by the people and for the people as expressed by our legis- legis j 1 I We are told that Technocracy failed because it had no plan to toto toto toto to offer by which the disasters it it brought to our attention could be bej J 1 l I overcome As a a a- political apolitical unit in inthe inthe inthe the United States it may have failed But it was an overwhelming overwhelm overwhelm- ing success from the viewpoint of its founder It brought to the attention attention attention at at- of the masses of the American American American Am Am- people the actual conditions conditions conditions condi condi- in which they find themselves themselves themselves them them- selves today It warned them that there can be little alleviation of present conditions under the prevailing prevailing pre pre- system that system that matters will fast become worse wore From this we see that Technocracy far from being a failure is a greater success than thana a vast majority realize The facts disclosed present a problem vital to the American people E. E F. F EVANS |