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The Social iCrediter, Saturday, March 25th, 1939.--~~ .

(__THE SOCIAL CREDITERFOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REALISM

Vol. 2. No.2. 3d. Weekly.Registered at G.P.O. as a Newspaper.Postage (home and abroad) !d. SATURDA Y, MARCH 25th, 1939~

THE MENACE OF DICTATORS,HIPBy L. D. BYRNE

"Oppose in any way you can any attempt at the centralisation of control."(The first part of this speech given to the Alberta Social Credit League was published

in the Social Crediter of March 18.)

Provincial ActionIn the broad line of national

action which I have outlined, youwill recognize the same basic prin-ciples as those which have governedthe action taken in Alberta toacquire the necessary control inorder to carry out the reforms

,,__; . demanded by the people of theProvince.

The Credit Regulation Act,which was disallowed, was designedto elevate the banks operating inthe Province to the position of thepeople's servants. It provided,under penalties for failure, that thebanks should be left completelyfree to order their business in anvway they desired, but the method"swhich they adopted must yield thepeople the results they wanted fromthe use of their own resourceswi thin their own boundaries.

That Act established the basiccivil right of the people to controlcredit policy. It established the'basic property right of the peopleto have access to their 0\"'11

resources within their own boun-daries.

That Act was disallowed afterthe terrific reaction it had on thefinancial- centres of the world. Andyou can. understand why it wasblocked-for had it not been itwould have meant the defeat of theMoney Power in Alberta,' andtherefore the defeat of the MoneyPower in Canada.

Keep before you a clear picture

of the nature of the task before us.The power to do things is depend-ent upon policy control~that iscontrol of the results which areyielded. In the economic spherethese are controlled by themanipulation of money. Therefore,before the people of Alberta canobtain the economic results theywant, they must have 'power todictate what results shall accrue tothem from the administration oftheir monetary arrangements.Thev have been told that the banksand" the banks alone have themonopoly for administering theirmonetary system and that they, thepeople, are subservient to policycontrol by the banks.

If the people were prepared toaccept this situation there would be

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an end of the matter. However,I gather that they are not, andthere is still a way open to them.The controlling instrument ismoney. But this money is only ameans of exchanging goods andservices-s-and is no more than anelaborate system of bookkeeping.Therefore, there is no reason whythe people of Alberta should notintroduce their own system ofbookkeeping through institutionsunder their undisputed control, forthe purpose of exchanging goodsand services without using thebanks' monetary system. Thiswould rapidly place them in aposition in which they-the people-could determine for themselvesthe results which should accrue tothem for the use thev make of theirown resources within their ownborders ...

But they must have a mechanismto' enable them to do this. Thatmechanism exists in the TreasuryBranch Interim Programme.

I will not elaborate on' this asyou are already familiar with theoperations of that mechanism. AllI will stress is that the initiative ofaction rests with the people. Themechanism can be provided byadministrators-but unless thepeople, by their action, will getthemselves into the position wherethey are in control of the institu-tions through which their e-conomicbookkeeping transactions are beingcarried out, they cannot eXI?!!\:J to

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acquire the power to free them-selves from their present plight.

The Money Powers' OffensiveIn the few minutes left to me

I want to indicate to you the natureof the action which you can expectthe Money Power to take.

In the first place you want tohave a clear idea in your mind ofits objective. The objective ofInternational Finance is worlddomination-s-and undisputed dictat-orship of all nations. BetweenInternational Finance and itsobjective of Universal dictatorshipstands the Anglo-Saxon peoples,and, in particular, the BritishEmpire.

I t would take me some time toanalyse the situation for you and togive you my reasons for suggestingthat we may expect certain moves.I must, therefore, content myselfwith telling you the moves you canexpect from the Money Power, andleave you to judge by what actuallyhappens.

It is immaterial to the MoneyPower whether it destroys theBritish Empire or whether itcontrols it.

I believe you will see a seriousattempt made to increase its control.In Britain a determined effort willbe made to oust Mr. NevilleChamberlain in favour of either Mr.Anthony Eden, or Mr. WinstonChurchill.

This would immediately in-crease the threat of war in Europe-and I leave you to gauge thepossible results of an aerial war inwhich the balance of power isfairly equally distributed betweenthe belligerents within rapidstriking distance of each other.

I believe a determined effortwill be made in both Canada and inAustralia to centralize control-andto reduce the status of the Pro-vinces and States to those ofglorified municipalities.

These are the two main lines ofaction which we may expect tl.eMoney Power to take. For lack oftime I cannot go into the mattermore fullv-but I warn YOU to beon your guard . . . .

In conclusion I urge upon you:1. To beware of the propaganda

which is being presented to you asnews.

2. To· support every actionwhich would increase your poweras an individual citizen, and tooppose every action which weakensyour position. . .

3. To remember that you are' ina war and. that you are fighting foryour existence. This will requireacting under leadership and it willrequire organization. Make surethat in both these directions youretain control of matters of policy,but leave the questions of admin-istration to those you have set up

to lead you. If you criticise, spreadrumours, interfere with methods. v-,and that sort of thing you will '-cause disruption in your ranks andinstead of furthering the objectivefor which you are aspiring you willbe helping the enemy. "Everykingdom divided against itself isbrought to desolation."

4. To oppose in every ·way youcan any attempt at the centraliza-tion of control. Hang on to therights you have and the control youhave. Do not let it be filched awayfrom you.

5. In the national sphere tosupport all actions directed towardsgiving you sovereign power todetermine the results you want toobtain, and to oppose every devicewhich aims at making you the merepuppet of a party machine or someunseen authority which seeks toobtain your acquiescence of thecontinuance of the present state ofaffairs.

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I6. In the provincial sphere to

press forward with the develop-ment of your Treasury Branchstructure with all the energy andenthusiasm you can put into it.

7. In all things to continuouslybear in mind the terrible urgency ofthe situation-for by your actionsyou will be deciding not only yourfate, but possibly, the fate ofhumanity for generations to come.

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ITHE SHEETNATION'S BALANCEPublic interest in the budget will be high during the next two weeks.

It is time that it was broughtsharply home to those responsiblethat the nation has never vet issueda balance sheet. . .

The account, prepared annuallybv the Treasury, which theChancellor of the Exchequerpresents to Parliament, follows amethod of accountancy which evena local shopkeeper would dismiss aschildish.

If the board of a tenth-ratelimited liability company put such astatement before its shareholders.and called it a balance sheet,somebody would get into trouble-probably into jail.

Why are the nation's assets

never shown? Orthodox answer:because this is an account ofreceipts and payments only. Verywell. Then presumably liabilitiesshould be omitted also. Are they?From the account itself, yes-butthe outstanding debt is alwaysappended, and quoted.

Whv are not the assets enteredagainst -the debt? Battleships havea value-and so have roads, bridges,harbours, mines, railways, aero-planes, post office properties,museums, picture galleries, land,forests, fisheries. Why are theynot listed?

How would the average com-mercial balance sheet look if all the

items relating to plant, stock andbuildings were omitted?

Suppose you owed :£l00 andpossessed a house worth '£1,000,furniture worth .£300 and a carworth .£100-would yOUcall yourselfbankrupt just because YOt{ hadn'tthe ready money to meet the debt?Would you be honest if you at-tempted to raise the money on theplea that you were a pauper?

The people must insist on atrue statement of the nationalwealth. When this figure is on thebalance sheet the national debt willbe recognised as the insignificantfigure it is.

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J WEEKLYP.E.P. Plans Again

Political and Economic Plan-ning has issued a remarkable reporton the Location of Industry,analysing the shift of the workersin this country from the oldindustrial areas to the West Mid-lands, Greater London and thesouth-east of England. Industrieshave also moved from the centresof towns to the fringes. Theold basic trades have lostoverseas custom, new consumers'goods trades have grown in im-portance.

The pattern of these changes isundoubtedly costly and wasteful-but the plan recommended by P.E.P.to end this state of affairs isin high danger of being a great dealmore costly and more wastefuljudged by real values.

In the first place it suggeststhat some central body shouldundertake research and publicity,which will open the eyes of indust-rialists, State departments andpublic corporations to the conse-quences of the policies they intendto carry out. In the second placeit calls for the extension to thewhole country of the powers offinancial inducement now possessedby the Commissioners of theSpecial Areas. Finally (and thesnag is in the tail) every proposalto establish or extend a factory willneed to come before the IndustrialDevelopment Commission whichwill license it. Further P.E.P.proposes that a National PlanningCommission should be set up tomake efficient practices of townplanning. This subject is left fora further report from the P.E.P.-but there can be little doubt that itwill advocate the reorganisation oflocal authorities into regionalgovernments, and other methods ofcentralising power, so attractive to"planners" in general.Pro-Bank Propaganda

The recent spate of 'interestingand informative' articles in popularpapers on the subject of banks andbanking is evidence of the latentpublic interest on these subjectsswinging into play. The PicturePost, an enterprising and liberal-minded weekly paper, persuasive by

means of suave and excellentphotographure, has recently pub-lished an article on the Bank ofEngland and a further one on theBig Five banks. The high spot of thispropaganda move was Mr. Nor-man's broadcast on March 16. Heconfined himself to the history androutine of the bank.

He said that there was notrace of government control orsupervision in the formal constitu-tion of the bank. The bank wasnot controlled by bankers, nor didit compete any longer with them.This meant it had full co-operationin carrying out policy which wasfully shown by the imperial andforeign banks in London.

Whose policy, Mr. Norman?Not the people's-they are labouringunder a burden of debt. Not in-dustries-they find it difficult tokeep going. Not the policy of theopen representative governmentwhich would aim at reducing taxesby bank created credit ..

He concluded by saying:"I would sum up vital

characteristics of the Bank ofEngland as experience in affairs,co-operation on all sides and in-dependence of judgment.

But these are no good unlesspeople have confidence in you.Only by service to the communitycan that esteem be maintainedthrough times good and bad.

We value and are alwaystrying to justify the confidence andesteem-perhaps the affection-thatare surely summed up in the name'The Old Lady of ThreadrieedleStreet.' "

But in the long run, the com-mu,nity only can tell what is aservice to itself ... .It must judge bythe results.

Response to ClaptrapWe are told on all hands that of the

two million, only some 300,000are permanently unemployed ...the hard core . . . &c. Then ifthe rest are only unemployedthree months out of the twelveit means that at least sevenmillion individuals taste thepleasure of unemployment each

year.Hard core or not, yO\1can't escapethe fact that the unemployed'figures show that we can't usetwo million man-years of labour.

U.S. Loan for ChileAccording to a recent report in

the Daily Telegraph and MorningPost:-

The "Journal of Commerce" saysthat according to banking quarters, asubstantial loan or credit for Chile isnow being discussed. If arranged itmay resemble that made to Brazil, withthe banks advancing funds under a.guarantee by the Export and ImportBank.

It is pointed out that such a loanwould probably eliminate the necessityfor Chile to enter into a new barteragreement with Germany. The possibil-ity of the loan is said to be considerablyenhanced by the abandonment of thefive years' moratorium on Chileanforeign debt, which was reportedyesterday.-Reuter.

The report might be rewrittenas follows:-

Chile, having now abandoned itsattempt to prevent the collection ofperpetual interest from its citizens forthe benefit of the New York bankingsystem, its Government becomes goodcredit for a further loan. The Americanpeople will accordingly (if the arrange-ments are successfully concluded) shipgoods or provide services, or both, equalin value to the proposed new loan madeby their banking system-alwaysprovided that the said banking systemcan obtain satisfactory guarantees thatthe interest will' be duly paid. That is,that Chilean exporters can and will shipgoods to the U.S.A., which will under-sell American suppliers in their homemarket thus obtaining U.S.A., currencyor credits for the interest payments.

Thies arrangement will probably"eliminate" Germany's opportunity toexchange some of her products directlyfor Chilean goods; it will be anotherprovocation to the "inexplicable" bellicos-ity of that country, and will make warin Europe' a little more difficult toavoid.

How many readers of theoriginal paragraph were able totranslate it, we wonder?

WORTH REPEATINGIN PUBLIC

Grace before Bombs: "Forwhat we are about to re-ceive, may President Roose-velt make us truly thankful."

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Southampton Chamber of Commerce:That progressive body, the

Southampton Chamber of Com-merce at a recent meeting discussed"the causes of war and the makingof constructive suggestion for thepres,ervation of peace."

The meeting passed the follow-ing resolution:

"That in the opinion of thisChamber the chief menace to in-ternational peace lies in thegrowing struggle among thenations for a share of a greatlydiminished and still diminishingvolume of export trade; and thatin these circumstances it isurgently desirable that H.M.Government should take irn-mediate steps to relieve thesituation by facilitating a much-needed expansion of the homemarket."

Dealing with the first part ofthe resolution, Mr. Winter, whoproposed the motion, said the firstconclusion was that modern warwas produced by economic causes,and that the outstanding feature ofthe world economic situation was

the struggle among the nations forexport trade.

Further, it was common know-ledge that export trade had shrunkseverely, and that owing to theprogressive industrialisation ofcountries which formerly importedgoods, the struggle for exporttrade daily grew in intensity. HerrHitler recently said that Germanymust export or perish. Everynation was saying the same thing,and they were compelled to recog-nise that the struggle for exporttrade was fast being made a life anddeath struggle. It was a struggle,moreover, which could end only inwar.

It was obvious that the out-standing necessity of to-day was tominimise the struggle.

The second part of the resolu-tion suggested a way in which thepressure on the export marketcould be relieved.

There were only two types ofmarket-the international marketand the home market. : Plainly,

The Cause of Wartherefore, the only way in whichthe pressure on the internationalmarket could be relieved was byexpanding the home market.

If Great Britain could sell moreof her products at home, pressureon the international market would,to some extent, be thereby eased,and the friction correspondinglyreduced. If other nations followedthe example, as they undoubtedlywould, there would be an easing ofa highly dangerous situation ...

The committee felt that iftraders had an abundance of goodsfor disposal, and there were thous-ands of people in Southamptonalone requiring goods fer health'ssake, the time had come when theGovernment should devise somemachinery of a new typewhereby people and goods could bebrought into contact • • •

If other Chambers of Com-merce adopted the same realisticview as Southampton and proceed-ed to insist on its implementationwe should be finding a solution tothe problem of war.

NEWS SUMMARYEngland

March 16-A scheme for thepayment of a family allowance of5s. a week per child was advocatedat the annual meeting yesterday ofthe National Council for EqualCitizenship.

Complete plans are worked outfor control of food supplies andrationing in time of war.

March 17-1n the House ofCommons Sir J cihn .Sirnon made astatement on' events in SouthEastern Europe.

The Prime Minister condemnedHerr' Hitler's .action in CentralEurope when he addressed theannual meeting of the BirminghamUnionist Association.

March 19-The Archbishop ofCanterbury, in a sermon, said thatif the challenge to the whole basisof the civilized order of mankindwere to go unanswered we couldnever be assured of peace again.

FranceMarch ZO-The French Parlia-

ment has passed a Bill giving M.Daladier plenary powers, and anumber of important military andfinancial measures are expected.

CzechoslovakiaMarch 15-German troops

occupied Prague. They weregreeted by a comparatively calm buthostile crowd. Many people werein tears.

March 16-Decree issued est-ablishing absolute German ruleover Czech State, which is to haveprotector with absolute right ofveto.

March 21-The number ofarrests in Bohemia and Moraviasince the German occupation isestimated at 18,000.

HungaryMarch 16-Hungarian troops,

completing annexation of Ruthenia,established a common frontier withPoland.

Rumania

March 21-It is expected thata limited trade agreement will be \signed between Germany andRumania some time next week. Thequantity of oil which Germany isto receive will fall far short of heroriginal demands.

Palestine

Both Jews and Arabs haverejected all proposals for a settle-ment of their problems in Palestine;the London conference hasdefinitely failed.

Canada

March 20-Mr. MackenzieKing, sp.eaking in the CanadianHouse of Commons, said that in theevent of an aggressor attackingGreat Britain, Canada would regardit as an act of aggression menacing "--all parts of the British Common-wealth.

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Decline of In

Some items of news culledrecently from certain Germansources suggest that, if presenttendencies there are maintained formuch longer, she will be in a lessfavourable position to wage war onanybody, least of all on ourselves. Asa result of certain features inherentin the system, the standard ofeducation' is declining, to such anextent, indeed, that the banks andthe industrial houses are finding itdifficult to meet their requirementswith regard to new recruits fortheir technical staffs. But thefollowing extracts speak for them-selves.

From Das Wahre Deutschland,Auslandsblatter der deutschenFreiheitspartei, February, 1939:-

"In a report of the labour bureau ofthe chambers of commerce and industry,which has a's its basis material from 90examining bodies, it is declared that,'people are lamenting the defectiveknowledge among Germans;' that 'therehave been complaints about weaknessin reckoning.' In a report of thechamber of industry and commerce atSaarbrucken 'clumsy forms of express-ion' and 'dreadful orthography' arementioned, and the fact that 'notseldom the simplest percentage calcula-tions could not be worked out,' and that'the level of attainment of the examin-ates has been falling for a considerabletime,' is confirmed.

"The Bochum chamber of industryand commerce complains about the lackof knowledge of spelling, 'even amongthose leaving the higher schools.'Examinees 'lack a knowledge of thebasic principles of reckoning and have110 skill in performing even the simplestcalculations.' . . .

"In a report of the chamber of indust-

AustraliaMarch 19-Mr. Lyons said

that the United Kingdom could relyon Australia's whole-hearted sup-port.

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South AfricaMarch 15-Mr. Havenga, South

African Minister of Finance,stated that income-tax rebateswere to be increased and thesurplus of the present financial yearwould be spent chiefly onre-armament.

United StatesMarch 20-A duty of 25 per

cent. has been placed on subsidisedGerman goods entering the UnitedStates.

Educational Standard'ry and commerce in Berlin thecomplaints made agree almost word forword with those of other chambers,although these reports were drawn upabsolutely independently of one another.

"The Bochum report complainsabout 'a rambling and rhetorical style,'about 'a lack of clarity, neatness andobjectivity.' Similar reports have al-ready been made for some time inmilitary circles about the generalknowledge and ability of recruits. . ..

"There is no question of thedemands of the examiners being toohigh, the methods of assessment beingtoo severe. There have been bittercomplaints even in the 'Volksschulen'about the results, and it has been con-firmed that one-third to three-eighthsof the Iourteen-year-olds finish schoolbelow the standard ...

"Where are we to look for thecauses of this drop in the level ofperformance? They are manifold. Theteaching staffs are overburdened; thereis a lack of recruitment (for the pro-fession). Interest in teaching as aprofession is small, and the youngteachers themselves no longer posses'Sthe necessary knowledge. The fall inthe number of teachers has necessitatedan increase in the size of the classes ...

"The teachers are overworked andare no longer able to attend, to the sameextent as formerly, to the training ofthe individual. Psychological . factorsplay a great part; such as the annoy-ance of having to teach im accordancewith principles which the teacher re-jects; the continual pr essure.; thenarrowing of all individual freedom."

And again:-"The real cause of the fall in. recruit-ment for the acedemic professions.

"They (National Socialists) say thatthe lack of recruitment is the result ofthe lower birthrate during the waryears-but the falling figures of thestatistics relating to the high schoolsbear no relationship to the fall in thebirthrate. Rather has the differencebetween the number of matriculates andthe number of students become evergreater. Then they affirm that theattendance at high-schools has declinedbecause study is too costly (and thereinthey admit that the income of the man-in-the-street has fallen), and becausethe period of education-plus 2! yearslabour and army service-lasts toolong ...

"The truth is that the question ofearnings no longer 'plays any great partin the choice of profession by matricu-lates. Even for civil-service andadministrative posts-jobs offering atthe moment, at least, complete security-there are insufficient recruits. Thosematriculating prefer, on the whole, acareer in the army or the party to onein an academic or industrial sphere.Not because they are 'secure positions'-the very picture of a secure positionis a .career in the civil service-sand not

• Germanybecause they are well-paid posts, butbecause the anti-civilian 'type' whichNational Socialism has cherished seeksits gratification in a career in the partyor the army. (And thereby, of course,the matriculate with his completelyunreal system of ideas, coming into thearmy, is often completely disillusionedby the sober, and in his eyes, bourgeose-scientific reality of the work of thearmy).

"The devaluation of professionalofficialdom by the caste of partyfunctionaries is one of the most radicaland characteristic alterations in Ger-many. The 'gleichgeschaltete' officialis despised, but even the official who isnational-socialist from the very begin-ing is not valued. He pales beside theyounger, domineering. beweaponedtype of party leader, with his lust forpower, hi·s hunger for deeds, and hisgreater sex appeal. State and econ-omics belong to the party, the scholarlearns, and a bondsman's career does notattract him. A career in the party ismore 'heroic' than one in the stateservice; and as the 'heroic' is preservedfor the party by law, by the police, andby the disarming of the unheroiccivilian part of the population, 'such acareer is more comfortable than one inindustry or the civil service. By thispath one can achieve the enjoyment oflordship and the satisfaction of powermore rapidly, more directly, and lessdangerously, and to a degree to whicha civilian, by however much diligence,'puI1", or money, can never attain.Why, thinks the matriculate, should hestruggle up to a higher official position,to be then dominated by a youngersubordinate party functionary? So heturns, not to the expensive, excursion-train of study and state service, but tothe cheaper Pullman party-express topower-unless, disgusted by this un-lovely and unequal struggle, betweenparty and state, he prefers a third-thearmy; since even this is one of thegrounds for the flow to the army."

"In Prussia, at the moment, thereare about 3,000 elementary schoolteachers too few. In East-Prussiaalone there are 500 vacant posts forteachers.

"Saxony needs yearly 400 newelementary school teachers. In thewinter of 1937/8, 118 young peopleregistered for the profession.

"For posts for which formerly 100teachers applied there is often now noteven one application.'"

It appears as if that wonderfulbureaucratic organisation whichmade possible, during the last war,the almost perfect integration ofthe whole of the resources of theReich, and which preserved Ger-many from a complete breakdownof the social structure during therevolution and the period of theinflation is rapidly deteriorating.

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STAND·Apprehension of war increases.

Urgent messages in official quarterssp.read apprehension. The situationis graver.

Herr Hitler is pictured less andless as a figure moved by forcesand more and more as a prime-mover inviting resistance. Thathis puppet predecessors are nowmerely names and the. greatest ofthem (as measured in headlines)only the name of a pathetic person-al curiosity affects public judgmentnot at all. He takes his place asa prime political and economicvera causa as they did in the instantof catastrophe.

This is not the time to givedefinition to the reality behindthese appearances or to explain whyseveral 'crises', each more frighten-ing than its forerunner, may inter-vene between us and disaster. Theymay not. In the meantime the"danger" to Britain inherent in"Germany" and "U.S.A." respective-ly may be suggested for publiccomparison. If we must have war,let's pick our own enemy! ("Gracebefore bombs: For what we areabout to receive may PresidentRoosevelt make us truly thankful !")

As fully equipped with know-ledge and fortified by understandingas ourselves, several supporters ofMajor Douglas have written to askfor guidance in the event of theoutbreak of war.

That such requests do not come

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FASTexclusively from those who havehonoured the spirit as well as theletter of Major Douglas's recom-mendations in the past, suggeststhat when the disappointment ofour major hopes is an accomplishedfact, and not merely a contingencywhich a small persistent andunshakable body of individuals havestriven to the last moment toprevent, "unity" will become thenecessity of the many instead ofthe hypocrisy of the dissident few.Does it matter? It matters notonly in those dire circumstances butin the uncertain present.

There is a singular note of un-easiness in the double emphasis ina Times leading article the otherday:-

The Prime Minister repeatedyesterday that the occasion doesdemand a review of every aspectof our national life which bearsupon the national safety.

What! All of them?All right! Then, if you please,

may the Secretariat have ten moremen at its disposal to pursue,effectively-and all the work of theSecretariat has been not only in-spired by the genius of Douglas,but effectively inspired (with nec-essary variation in degree)-thisavenue of opportunity. Perhapsten is a tall order. Five? If notfive, then two?

The total number of inveteratequestioners of the intentions andaptitudes of Major Douglas, be-tween the Orkneys and the Isle-of-Wight might make success toocertain! Such an accession ofstrength would certainly makeeffort by those worn out by effortlighter.

There is a distinction by no

means subtle and obscure betweenthe self-imposed task of the socialcredit martyrs and the task accept-ed by every man and woman whovoted for Major Douglas as Chair-man of the Social Credit movement.

As one of our correspondentstells us: "In view of the presentvery grave international situation. .. I hope the mutineers will seesense and take my advice." Thatadvice is "that these individuals puttheir personal vanities in theirpockets and call back the only manwho has the key to the presen tworld crisis and the directive braincapacity capable of enunciating apolicy which would save Westerncivilisation from a major break-down." He hopes the path ofrepentant sinners will not be madetoo difficult-to which we can onlvreply that repentance is itself thebest maker of paths howeverclifficult they may be.

CRISISWhat is the relation between

the break-up of the PalestineConference and the renewed threatof war?

Not a gun or a shell or anaeroplane can be made withoutnickel. The International NickelCo., is a completely Jewish under-taking. Germany is supposed tobe violently anti-Jewish. How isshe getting nickel?

Secretariat AppointmentsDirector of Publicity:

Mr. W. Wilson.Overseas Relations:

Mr. R. Oakley.Special Purposes:

Mr. A. E. Thomson.Officer for Personnel:

Commander Richardson.

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Messrs. Hiskett and Franklin Try to Liquidate the D'ebt

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"Searchlight on Social Credit" By W.R. Hiskett and J. A. Franklin. 8/6. (Lon-don: P. S. King & Son, Ltd.)

Mr. Spooner should havesurvived to review this work, which(with careful emphasis) is byHiskett and Franklin, and not

For twenty-one years, theprofessors of Economics of thecivilised world have been waitingfor Messrs. Hiskett and Franklin togrow up to write it.

Now they have written it, atleast one copy should be carefullypreserved in order that it may someday be exhibited to an incredulouspublic in company with Dr. Singer'sexamples of Chinese anatomicalteaching, and other evidences ofwhat can and does happen to thehuman mind under doctrinalinfluence.

Chinese anatomy is traditional.Once upon a time the viscera wereobserved, and ever since therepresentation of them has beenhanded from artist to artist untiltrue Chinese anatomy now rep-resents organs which are, side byside with organs which aren't, in ajuxtaposition. neither useful norright, though possibly it may bebeautiful (that is merely a matterof taste).

One might have thought thatMr. Kingsley Martin's experiencesat the hands of social crediters (ofwhich he so bitterly complains)would have induced him in self-defence, to have penned (or reeled-off, or whatever is the correctjournalistic phrase) this "refuta-tion"; but the sage editor of TheNew Statesman and Nation patientlyleft the task to Messrs. Hiskett andFranklin, one of whom he hadknown as a small boy at schoolchiefly remembered "as an excep-tionally shrewd and businesslikeswapper of stamps."

Since Douglas has alreadydeceived so "many well-meaning.and idealistic people" and "may stilldeceive many well-meaning andidealistic people when anotherslump once again calls attention tothe deficiencies of orthodoxeconomics" (in spite of Messrs.Hiskett and Franklin?) one wond-ers why one so tireless in the public'scause should himself have tarried.

But so he did. Possibly he hadnot the claim of Mr. Franklin toprevious addiction to Douglas to addsaintliness to conversion; or per-haps be lacked the "admirablepatience and most praiseworthypersistence" of our authors in, "Iveritably believe" tracking down,showing up, destroyinq "not merelythe original A plus B theorem, buteveryone of its numerous re-statements and reinterpretations."

It fairly makes one shudder,doesn't it?

What a pity the "shrewd andbusinesslike swapper of stamps"never worked out a system ofcompulsory certification for thoseinnocent juvenile transfers, retain-ing to himself the sole right ofsignature and evaluation !-But thenthis devastating exposure of "theelementary level at which MajorDouglas makes his mistakes"might never have been written (andthat not merely because one-andfrom Mr. Kingsley Martin's ad-vertisement presumably the chief-author would have soon passed farabove the sphere of mere writers ofbooks; but because he would haveknown too much to write this onein particular).

Well, what is the demolition,the refutation, the shattering blownow it has fallen? Upon what'elementary' error does the so-long-awaited penetrating beam fall?

"How great a nuisance Douglas-ism could be, first became apparentin 1931" (Mr. Kingsley Martin).That is eight years ago, and how-ever great a "nuisance" Douglaswas then, he must be presumed tohave become a greater nuisancenow. Why let the nuisance grow?

There is not an unfamiliar linein the book, which is, in its techni-cal chapters, a rehash of old critic-isms, set out elaborately, withwordy argumentative eloquence,interspersed with remarks whichare merely personally derogatory.If valid, a single column in TheTimes, (or in Nature, or in TheEconomist) would suffice to state the"fallacy" underlying the theory ofinherent deficiency of purchasing-power and if, as the authors assert,there is no deficiency of purchasing-power the satisfaction of con-

sumers and producers alike wouldmake refutation of Major Douglas '(or any interest in this aspect of hisviews) unnecessary. That completeand final column would reach theintelligence of the world. Whymake a book of it and miss it?

There is nopurchasing power.

deficiencyNo?

of

Then listen to our authors:-"We have seen that the social

credit case is built upon anassumption that the presenteconomic system involves a contin-uous deficiency of purchasing-power. We now propose to examinein turn, each of the five causes ofdeficiency which Major Douglas hasindicated."

They picture two undertakingsretaining a proportion of theiroutput as "profit", selling the' restat the cost of the production of thewhole and then swapping (no notstamps) but the "profit." But thisis not "selling at a profit"; it isswapping on the basis of equalityof cost of production. They sayMajor Douglas's contention is "sodemonstrably unsound that it isunnecessary to pursue the matterfurther."

They say mere abstention frombuying does not cause deficiencybecause "as a result bank loans willbe increased." (Oh no! this is not'debt', for the borrower "is in theposition of both borrower andlender" since the bank acknow-ledges its 'liability' to payout themoney it has 'lent.' This amusing.conceit intrigues our authors forseveral pages" and finally they endup by concluding that bankingconsists essentially in the creationof 'neutral qualities', the profit onwhich is, of course, a-'positiveresolution of a negative-positiveneutral complex,' (if I may conveni-ently condense a page or two ofjargon).

On page 61, we learn that "avery elementary knowledge of theprinciples of accountancy" wouldhave saved Major Douglas from theerror that investment of savings innew works subtracts a half-penny-worth from the power to purchasegoods on the market; and as forthe difference of circuit velocity,

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between cost liquidation and pricecreation causing deficiency-c-reallythat is a matter the authors at lastresolve to "discuss fully in thefollowing chapter."

Deflation "it may be freely ad-mitted" does cause deficiency; but inthis case Major Douglas is "merelystating the obvious."

How much happier the worldwould be if economists wouldalways do the same!

"The attempt which is some-

times made, by orthodox defendersof the banking system, to show thatbanks do no more than lend themoney which is deposited withthem, is based on a specious argu-ment which tries to prove toomuch."-But, all the same bankdebts are not the outcome of a vastspoliation of the public ... "it can bedemonstrated, to the last degree ofcertainty, that they are no morethan the record of debts owing byone section of the public to another

section of the public. Such debtsare self-liquidating ... !"

Well, the world is still here toliquidate them in! What about it,Messrs Hiskett and Franklin?

What is it that eludes these"persistent trackers"? It is thewhole meaning of what is impliedin the little word ratio: they knowwhat a mile is and what a minuteis; but the concept of 'a-mile-a-minute' is utterly beyond theircapacity to grasp. T. J.

Space reserved byTHE UNITED RATEPAYERS'

Secretary: John MitchellADVISORY ASSOCIATION

Sentinel House, Southampto n Row, London, W.C.l.

The Voluntary .BilletsConsiderable publicity has been

given in the national press duringthe past week to the Minister ofHealth's daim that over 1,500,000billets have been 'volunteered' forchildren by householders inReception Areas.

How 'voluntary' were theseoffers, however, is revealed from thefollowing excerpt from a letterreceived by U.R.A.A. which istypical of many reports received:-

"One of the visitors whohelped in the survey of our parishtold 'me: 'Only in two cases, out of70 houses visited, was there a

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sincere willingness to offer ac-commodation. Some refusedinformation altogether. Mostoffered under the impression thatthey had got to.'''

The Brighton and HaveGazette on 4th March in a. frontpage article on billeting said': .

"During the recent crisiswhen there seemed every likeli-hood that accommodation wouldbe required for 1,200children andadults, many poor people Were inabsolute terror at the thought ofhaving strangers billeted uponthem.

"In a leaflet issued by theUnited Ratepayers' AdvisoryAssociation, whose views areshared by practically every house-holder, the dangers of compulsorybilleting are very forciblyillustrated."

Mothers who have agreed toallow their children to be takenfrom them. for the duration of along war, should take note of thesefacts, which are being suppressed.Their children will be going tounwilling hosts.

There is a saying that 'theEnglish lose every battle but thelast.' Whoever may have won thefirst battle over billeting, many arelearning for the first time that theGovernment of this country isdishonest and dictatorial. Thatknowledge may prove a decisivefactor in the 'Iast' battle.

OLD AGE PENSIONCAMPAIGN

The O.A.P. Campaign is pro-gressing very satisfactorily. Wehave refrained from giving it muchpublicity in these pages, because wedo not wish those actively engagedupon the Rates Campaign totransfer their activities. This doesnot mean, however, that theyshould not seek every opportunityof encouraging others not so en-gaged to take it up. Suchopportunities are easily overlooked.There is a Rates Campaigner inHarrogate,' however, who seeksthem. She gave some U.R.A.A.Pensions forms to the old man whosells her eggs, and within a fewweeks he collected 396 signatures.

An Old Age Pensions'Association, which is now usingU.R.A.A. literature was started inBlackburn at the end of lastNovember. It gives a freeconcert every month at which anaddress on U.R.A.A. lines is given.Not less than 400 attend on eachoccasion. Branches in threeneighbouring towns have beenopened and the membership is.already past the 5,000 mark.

Among other places, thecampaign has had an encouragingstart in Barry and Cardiff.

Why not get some U.R.A.A.Pensions Forms and encourage v..your elderly acquaintances to starta campaign ? You are likely to be:surprised at the result.

THE;' SOCIAL CREDITER

Letter to tbe EditorWar, Billeting and Rates:Dear Sir,

Could you please grant me alittle of your valuable space inorder to reply to Mr. Mitchell's"Open Letter to the Mothers ofEngland" dated 11th of March.Now while I agree with his state-ments, I think it would be a muchbetter plan if he would instruct thewomen how to remove the Causesof War, then there would be noneed for complaints re Billeting,Sacrifices, &c.

Why should there be War?What have wars in the pastaccomplished? We hear a lot oftalk about the glories of war, andthe sacrifices one must make. Itis now over 20 years since the lastwar 'which was to end all wars,'and what do we find to-day? Menand women by the thousand out ofwork; children starving, agriculturealmost at a standstill, while on allsides there is a rush to make arm-aments-for what? To repeat thevicious circle again, only worse.

Cannot you realise that insteadof talking about the "need forsacrifices," "that it is the nature ofwar," &c., that you should thinkabout the horrors of war. Theflower of our menfolk sent out tobe murdered, maimed, shell-shocked or blinded. To-day,twenty years afterwards, you hearof men dying from the effects ofgas, suffered during the last war.What must the soldiers and ex-soldiers think of this wild talkabout another war, a far worse warthan anyone ever dreamed of. Lookat the pitiable fellows of . St.Dunstan's, who have been deprivedof the sight God intended them tohave. Look at the maimed and thenerve-shattered wrecks one sees inthe hospitals even to-day. Do wewant this repeated? Is this theglory of war?

Women must realise that thosewho talk grandly and glibly aboutthis glory of war seldom, if ever, goout to the front line.

Then again, who bears theburden of war and its outcome?Are we women to stand by and letour menfolk be fooled andstampeded into another state ofinsanity, to get profits for afavoured few who are behind it all,

swaying the multitudes with talksof "sacrifice, and how brave onemust be in time of war, &c.?"

By all means let us have ourdefences put right and kept right,as that creates employment for atime, but it is a terrible indictmenton the state of the so-called civilisedworld to-day that one must think asone's dailv dutv of A.R.P., Airattacks, Gas, &c. HAS THEWORLD GONE MAD?

I am not a pacifist, as I do notagree with their ideas of sacrificesat any price, but I am a lover ofPeace; therefore, I appeal to allwomen to UNITE and DEMANDthat an effort be made to stop thisoncoming horror before it is toolate. We are continually told thatother countries do not want war,and if that is the case who are wesupposed to fight, why should wehave to think of any such thing.Therefore I say that if all women,all over the world would unite,there would be no need for war.

ELIZABETH A. MEE.Bangor, (Co. Down), D.S.C. .Group,March, 1939. . ..

Mr. Mitchell, Secretary of theU.R.A.A. writes:-

Need I say how very much Isympathise with what Mrs. Meehas written. In replying, I shouldfirst point out that the UnitedRatepayers' Advisory Associationin the technical sense is "inbusiness" to advise the public howto ACT TO GET THINGS THEYWANT, DONE. The first thingthat anyone learns when they startto DO things is that they have todeal with REALITY. Certainrealities about the circumstancesgoverning action which can beobtained from the electorate inGreat Britain have been learnt fromhard experience by those associatedwith the U.R.A.A. who have beenactive for many years in theirendeavours to remove the causes ofwar. Things which, in theory, arequite sound in principle, are foundin practice to be unworkable, notbecause the principles won't 'work',but because the social force orbelief which will get action is tooweak in respect to the objectivechosen.

The problem is how to build upthis social force or belief, which, INACTION alone, will provide thepower to compel those in authorityto remove the causes of war. Thatinvolves a study and practice ofsocial dynamics in relation torealities. It is not merely ascience of thought; it is a scienceof thought put into action.

Experience has taught thoseengaged in this practice of socialdynamics that in the present stateof public morale sufficiently forcibleaction from the electorate arises.only from negative factors.

The Rates Campaign, which isprogressing so satisfactorily, de-rives its power from' the emotionaroused by deprivation of pur-chasing power through high rates.The success of the Rates Campaignwill at once establish' a partialcontrol over those who control thefinancial system which is respon-sible for the causes of war, and atthe same time, so reinforce thesense of power or sovereignty ofthe electorate that it will be possibleto organise action for biggerresults.

A swordsman, however, who isso attentive to the opponent infront that he ignores his confeder-ate in the rear, is inviting disaster.

It is quite clear that under th-eplea of military necessity, attemptsare being made to 'put over'measures which are quite un-necessary, the effects of whichwould be the undermining of publicmorale. The billeting scheme isone such attempt. If persisted init would be recognised by anypossible aggressor as a fatallyvulnerable point in our defences.No REALISTIC attempt on ourpart to defend our present freedomand win new freedom can ignorethe necessity for a policy of MoralRe-armament, of which the No-Billeting Campaign is no insignific-ant part. The enemy we areattacking is also attacking us. Inwarding off their attack in thebilleting campaign, we can alsoscore a victory by increasing thepeople's sense of sovereignity.

. J. M.

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Mrs. Palmer's Page

There was a letter in TheTimes this week from someone whocould not get a kitchenmaid,although he lived very quietly, witha staff of seven servants. Hethought it unfair that he should becompelled to pay taxes to keepwomen and girls on the dole, whilethey were allowed to refusedomestic work if they did not likeit. He suggested that every girlon leaving school should be com-pelled to enter domestic service fora year or two. He felt sure theywould soon come to enjoy it somuch that many of them wouldnever wish to leave it, and ourdomestic problem would be solvedwith satisfaction to all concerned.

When anything goes wrong, Iwonder why the first remedysuggested is more compulsion?

Now I've no doubt that thiskind, old gentleman would tellyou that we must prepare tofight the dictators, because theywished to deprive us of our free-dom, yet here he is advocatingconscription of labour on completelyfascist lines. Compulsory domesticservice has, I believe, already beenintroduced in Germany.

An earnest young man who isgiving up all his leisure to a move-ment which he believes will bringus to Utopia, recently told me thatwe must give up some of ourfreedom now in order to have morefreedom later on.

There is an axiom so simplethat perhaps only those who haveretained some of their childhood'swisdom can understand it. It isthat the first step in resistingregimeritation is to resist regiment-ation. The first step in fightingdictatorship (red or black) is tofight dictatorship, wherever it mayappear.

The writer to The Times, ofcourse, may desire to live under anopen dictatorship, but I don't thinkso. He evidently objects to payinghigh taxes=-cannot he see that thething to do is to resist high taxes,not to attempt to dragoon a wholeclass in the community into doingsomething against their will.

.A fair number of people are

UPSIDE DOWNbeginning to understand and act onthis principle, with the result thatthey have the satisfaction of know-ing that they have made an im-pression on the enemy.

But this domestic servicebusiness. It will never be solveduntil all our ideas concerning lifeare turned upside down. I don'tmean reduced to chaos, but literally"inverted."

A contributor to The SocialCrediter quoted these words from

.William Blake, "Peace, Plenty andDomestic Happiness are thesources of sublime art."

I would go even farther thanBlake and say that while peace andplenty are only a means to an end;domestic happiness is the source,not only of sublime art, but ofeverything precious in life. Thisdomestic happiness I take to be theway of life, freely chosen by eachman or woman, defined in theAmerican Constitution as "the rightto life, liberty and the pur-suit ofhappiness." Though some mayprefer to live alone, there is nodoubt that for most of us fullness oflife can only. come when we aremembers of a small group orfamily. I think of the nation asmade up of myriads of small groupsof friends, and families of bloodrelations. They are together be-cause of the social credit that comes

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from the friendship and love they ,have for one another. These groupsmay call themselves a nation, andfor some purposes it may beconvenient to unite into largerunits; but nothing can deny the factthat the nation has no existenceapart from the individual and thesmall circle he calls his own-is,indeed, quite subservient to him.

Men and women and thehappiness of the homes which theymake-these are the supreme factsof national life, to which all otherconsiderations should be subordin-ated.

You will find most people willagree with you on this point(except those who believe in com-munal living) and yet few of themwill see that our national life isorganised on a principle which isthe exact reverse. In every con-tingency it is always the homewhich receives the last considera-tion, and is the first to be sacrificed.

To succeed in business many a "-man is compelled to invest everypenny he can spare in smart andfashionable premises, while his wifehas to make do with an inconveni-ent house and equipment that are adisgrace to the age of invention anddiscovery in which we live. Howmany itinerant salesmen who come \.during spring-cleaning time, bring-ing a vacuum cleaner like a RollsRoyce, can afford to buy one fortheir wives? How many who singtheir praises, can afford to storetheir own food in an electricrefrigerator, or bathe in luxurioussoftened water? I remember oncebuying a silk bedspread in a littleshop where the proprietor servedme himself, and remarked wistfullythat his wife would have liked onefor their own home, but "businesswas bad."

"Good heavens !" I thought,"who is this god Business to whomyou are compelled to sacrifice yourwife and yourself?" .

Supposing he went bankrupt,though none could have struggledmore desperately, the first thing to "-go would be his home, to pay debtson money lent by bankers who

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WALNUT CREAMS"create the means of payment outof nothing."

M.l.l1Y a man has to work sohard "earning his living" that he is.unable to take his real place in theassociation that is his home. Evenhis scanty leisure is spent in work-ing for the firm, or thinking outnew ideas, so that his wife mustcope almost single-handed with thehouse and children, often with theadditional worry of not knowinghow to make the money go round.Is it any wonder if she comes tohate the task of ordering herhousehold, which, in a dispensationrecognising the sanctity of familylife, could not be regarded by her asa sacrament.

All around our big towns arehundreds of thousands of smallsuburban homes, most of thembelonging to owner-occupiers. Theyhave been painfully paid for on theinstalment system over ten orfifteen years, furnished with prideand care, lovingly cleaned andpolished by the housewife herself.Nowhere in the country is thesense of home stronger.

What is going to be done forthese people if war comes? Lessthan nothing, if things are left asthey are. These homes will,indeed, spiritually be destroyed. Forit is intended that the people inthese families shall be separatelyhilleted into other people's homes,the men, of course, being in thearmy.

It is both cruel and hypocriticalto pretend that these people oughtto be prepared to lose their homes.To many of them the home is theonly reality in a world madeunreal by financial abstractions.

vVe cannot move the houses;but there is no reason why campswith separate family quartersshould not be provided so that themother could live apart with herown children around her, and atleast a nucleus of a home, thoughmost of her beloved "trivialities"would have to be left behind to themercy of the bombers.

It is all very well for Mr.Walter Elliott to talk about his

\ . / offer to receive forty children into-.....v his house during war time, and say

that he will think himself lucky ifthe only· damage done is that done

by the children. Presumably afew hundreds spent on re-decora-tion would soon restore house andgarden to its first state (-a fewhundreds !). It would be well totry doing his own housework first-and then let him sacrifice himselfif he likes doing it; but he has noright to expect others to do thesame. Moreover, what he hasoffered to do is as nothing com-pared with what he expects of therefugees. It is true that under thepresent scheme mothers will beallowed to keep their children underfour or five years old, but whatabout those of school age, and theadolescents? They may be sep-arated from their parents for years,and when they meet it will be asstrangers.

I have always thought that.vile as the whole scheme is, it willbear ever more hardly on therefugees than on those receivingthem. Now is the time for thoseworking Rates Campaigns to takeanti-billeting literature to thesuburbs of our large towns, beforeit is .too late.

The Devil is God upside down.I have travelled a long way 'fromthe plaintive letter published inThe Times, but the problem is allone. You have got to invert thewhole thing and make the homeand its happiness the central pointof national life, the inviolablesanctuary which nothing must beallowed to desecrate. This is thetrue aim of every normal man andwoman, but another aim has beensuperimposed upon it, the hopelesstask of making an unworkablemoney system reflect reality.

When the money system is ourservant and not our master, we canbegin to solve the problem ofdomestic service. I don't knowhow; whether it will be by re-building our homes, having im-proved labour-saving devices, moreeducational and nursing facilities,or a newer sense of service andresponsibility on the part of all.I think that the age of leisure willbring all these things with it; butto ask, "what should I do for amaid if evervone had a nationaldividend ?" (s to ask a questionwhich, when it is practical, willhave already begun to answer itself.

B. M. PALMER.

2 lbs demerara sugar, 3 ozs.butter, 1 teacupful milk, 1 teaspoon-ful vanilla essence, 4 ozs. halvedwalnuts, 1 teacupful of thin cream '(6d. carton of half-price cream willdo).

Method-Melt the butter in apan, add the milk and sugar, andbring to the boil. Add the creamand boil for twenty minutes or untila soft ball is formed when a littleis dropped into cold water. Removefrom the fire. Add the vanilla, andbeat with a wooden spoon for fiveminutes till it begins to thicken.Pour immediately into a butteredtin, and press the walnuts over thesurface. Before it is quite coldcut into squares with one walnut oneach.

- B. M. Palmer.

London SchemeThe London County Council, at

the request of the Government, ispreparing a scheme for theevacuation from London in theevent of war, of more than 1,300,000persons, mainly children.

"Some idea of the magnitude ofthe task," says the Council's A.R.P.Committee, "may be gained fromthe following estimates of thenumbers of persons for whomarrangements will need to be made,or co-ordinated by the Council.

"From the AdministrativeCounty of London-schoolchildren,400,000 ; pre-schoolchildren, theirmothers, and the other classesconcerned, 400,000; persons fromextra-London areas (includingchildren), 500,000.

The Council has undertaken thescheme on the understanding thatresponsibility for policy and billet-ing rests with the Government.

- From The Obseruer, Morek12, 1939.

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