Show the worlds greatest need by LEONARD A BARRETT I 1 questionnaires seeking information on every conceivable subject frequently come to ones desk they ey are sent ent by 41 students pursuing advance courses of study by business concerns and pro fess tonal ional alons and in some cases are sent as advertising kropa ganda of the many received we cannot remember one which serious ly asked the im q jestion what Is the worlds world s greatest need the financier would doubtless file an answer something like this the world s greatest need la Is a return to economic prosperity the college president would doubtless reply that education is our greatest need social workers en ga e d in labors to re enforce humanity with hl high h moral purposes would ac claim character as the world 8 most desperate need all very good the trouble Is that none of these quest questions lons go to the root of the matter the world may need all of these things but the greatest need Is the power to bring about these results it Is not difficult for a physician to write a prescription after he has made the diagnosis were we to make a dia dlag noa of the worlds world s moral and ec eco condition today we would soon discover that the greatest need Is not for things but for spirit an atti attl tude of in nd and heart the spirit of good will Is basic to all economic social and moral ery our racial problem Is solved when the spirit of good will removes our prejudice against those not of our blood the economic problem is solved when the spirit of good will remo removes es the danger of that doctrine that only the fittest have a right to survive the spirit of international good will solves for us the problem of universal peace we have tried peace pacts courts court of justice and gentlemen s a agreements ree we fought a war to end war we failed miserably why not try the method of the prince of I 1 bace the spirit of good will 0 western newspaper union |