Show THE FOUR FEARS by sen elbert D alion thomas aas the four fears is both a fi fighting book and a magnificent analysis sas of our world outlook the author does not fight with words but with facts he does not talc talk over the head of the common man but directly to him in simple succinct language whose e strength lies in its credibility written with the clear insight understanding and h humanity u m a n i t which only a man who has attained full political power and influence could possess the four fears is a counterblast at the major national phobias phabias which exa exist among us and continue to ta grow fed by ignorance and fostered by prejudice prejudice whether it is the propagandist agan dist machine at work or merely the natural behaviour of man to question the unknown these fears are dominant since the four freedoms should be not only cur national achievement but our international goal fear of idealism fear of entangling alliances fear of england and fear of russia must be met with intelligence in order to achieve this broad objective the four fears appeals to the decency sense of honor and intelligence inherent in civilized man regard regardless g less cf his social political political cai or racial status it should be read as an antidote to cynicism and defeatism feat ism senator elbert D thomas of utah entered public life as a recognized scholar in the field of government A well i informed n f 0 r m e d member ember of the foreign relations committee he is admitted to be the senates foremost authority on far eastern affairs when he speaks from the floor it is with W ith qu quiet iet dignity intelligence and f force orce resulting in sane liberal legislation within the nation and enlightened foreign policy abroad he is a member of the important steering committee chairman of the committee on education and labor and ranking member of the military affairs committee senator thomas is also chairman of the thomas jefferson memorial commission and vice president of the american society of international la law W appointed by the president to t serve as associate moderator of the labor industry conference it was senator thomas three point plan adopted by the conference which resulted in the no strike and no lockout pledge of labor and industry and in the establishment of the war labor board bard |