Show RETURN TO FIRST PRINCIPLES Not long ago Mayor John V. V Lindsay of New York urged scrapping of the present pre sent welfare system In Its place Mr Lindsay recommends a system which rewards families who work and encourages them to work lIe He warns welfare recipients to avoid employment Thus it Is recognized that the all im factor Incentive factor incentive is as essential to a successful welfare system as it is in any other human endeavor Incentive the the profit motive motive motive-is Is what makes in in- as well as individuals pro gress Where there is no incentive or profit there is failure Those who criticize criticize crit crit- profits are advocates of failure The incentive of profit is as important to business and to American workers as asIt asit asit it is to a successful welfare system Mayor Lindsay's idea of rewarding families families fam fam- mes who work is but a return to a first principle of human existence a a principle pIe too often derided by vote seekers and militants of every stripe |