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Show Dr. Robert H. Montgomery Gives Talk on World Conditions at Provo Meet "Isolation is out! The old world ol isolated communities died in 19U0, and we are just betting around to the burial." Wim that emphatic statement. Dr. hoDcrl H. Montgomery, po-l.tical po-l.tical economist and well-known national speaker, told aud.cnces ot larmtrs and townspeople in Provo, bait Lake, Ogden and Lo-;jh Lo-;jh i-iat good roads, airplanes, eiepnonei, and radio should pretty pret-ty will wipe out existing boun-uaries boun-uaries Oclween countries. "The world is fast becoming one com-mun.iy," com-mun.iy," he sa.d. Wiui the western world, at least, as one community, someone is go.ng to write the rules of conduct ior that community. It may be the Commumsts, the state Socialists or the Democracies Democra-cies who write tne rules. "If tne Un.ted States fails to recognize this western world community and fails in her re-. re-. j-unsiu.n.y of leadership, the communists or Nazis will write ..if rules," he declared. As goods, men and ideas move across oiu ooundaries these bor-.cis bor-.cis arc ueing wiped out. Our prooiem now is to establish a community where we of the we.,tern world, Europe and Amcr-.ca, Amcr-.ca, can trade with eacn other, move irecly from one country to anotner and exchange ideas. We w.ll neeu a cojnmon system of money, weiants nnd mnioirra and a common langugage. The United States with more than halt' of 3G of the 42 resources resour-ces necssary lor man's existence, iS in an excellent position to take uiu leadership in drawing up a "consutu'.ion" lor th.s community oi tne western world. Sucn a community would mean a gradual breaking down of trade oair.crs between existing nations out would not mean, a lowering of living standards in the United Slates. The l.ving standards ol all people would be raised. An increase oi trade would (man more goods and a. greater variety ol goods ior all people, lie pointed point-ed out tjuit if trading with a ,.oor iiiiuon lowered the stan-uaixls stan-uaixls ol living ol a rich nation, liier,' Lie ricn people should not trade w.th poor people now. lie urged that the people of Jus country begin to recognize that we are liv.ng in u world community and plan now for the lliture of ina I world as a democracy. democ-racy. "For if wu don't Hitler or some systi m of State Socialism will control the world of tomorrow,' tomor-row,' he predicted. |