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Show Lasting Peace After War Aim of Scientific Institute An international scientific institute of social scientists to guide Europe into lasting peace after this war is advocated by Prof. Florian Znaniecki of the University of Illinois, an internationally known sociologist who before be-fore the war was a leading savant of Poland. "In this institute thousands of scientists of various nationalities historians, anthropologists, sociolo-, sociolo-, gists, psychologists, economists, religionists, re-ligionists, linguists, students of art, students of education would concentrate con-centrate on an objective investigation investiga-tion of all those forces which produce pro-duce conflict as well as those which I result in cultural collaboration and social solidarity," he explains. On the basis of such studies, other scientists who, like engineers in the material field specialize in applied knowledge, would draw plans for cultural collaboration on a European scale. Active leaders in every field of culture would realize these plans. "No post-war organization of Europe based on force and politics alone can stand," Professor Znaniecki Znani-ecki believes. "There must be a cultural as well as a political unification uni-fication of the continent. "Tendencies of European culture groups to expand under the existing system of national states inevitably leads to wars. These conflicts can be counteracted by creative collaboration collabo-ration of various culture groups." |