Word: douglases
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In his second Godkin Lecture delivered yesterday and entitled "Planned Economy in an Oppressive State," Lewis W. Douglas attacked the authoritarian thesis from two angles: a mistaken conception of the State, and the harm which such a State must bring to the consumer.
Those who advocate complete State ownership of all property and means of production, said Mr. Douglas, "conceive of the State as something more intelligent, endowed to a greater extent with wisdom, than are the individuals which are but its integral parts. Though doubtless they would not concede it to be...
Lewis W. Douglas, former Director of the Budget, will deliver the second of a series of four Godkin Lectures this afternoon in New Lecture Hall at 4.30 o'clock.
Mr. Douglas will arrive in Cambridge this morning to be the guest of President and Mrs. Conant. While he plans to return to New York tonight for business, he will return on Wednesday for his last three lectures.
In the few speeches which Mr. Douglas has given since he left office last summer, he has stressed the importance of formulating a program of legislation which does not strain the credit of the government. He has also been critical of the increasing role which the New Deal has taken...