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Show There Is Only One Road To Peace The idea that science, with its limitless capacity for eliminating eliminat-ing want and creating plenty, may develop the long-sought formula for a lasting peace is expressed by John W. Thomsa, chairman of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Press dispatches relate that Mr. Thomasenvisions a world of the future in which research will do much toward outlawing war by removing a major cause and developing weanons so destructive destruc-tive "that men will never dare unloose them." The tire executive was on debatable de-batable ground, at least, until he brought forth the idea that men will never dare unloose the most destructive weapons available avail-able for their murderous warfare. war-fare. This notion will not stand up under scrutiny. . It has been advanced repeatedly as new weapons have been developed to make wars more deadly and more devasting. There is something to the idea that science, if it eliminates want and creates opportunity, world which will temporarily, at least, satisfy the longings and ambitions of most people. It is possible that such a development develop-ment may eliminate the artificial arti-ficial barriers that now restrict the economic activities of mankind. man-kind. This is the extent of the contribution that science can make to the prevention of warfare. war-fare. If the men of the world are to live in peace, that happy state will be reached not through the development or material things Ulil III iiic giuwiii ui liic apim ui unselfishness within the hearts of men. In this sense, it is quite true to say that the only hope ol permanent peace lies in the spiritual development of mankind, man-kind, which depends very largely large-ly upon the practice of the re-ligiions re-ligiions professed by men. |
