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...Godkin lecture at Harvard, Bruening attributed the downfall of the German Republic to economic difficulties. Commenting on Bruening's regime, Louis Fischer said that "He concentrated on financial problems. . . and was too busy to see or to cope with the tremendous changes taking place in German life...
...final Godkin lecture, the Chicago professor cried that "the ideals of freedom steal into the dreams of conquerors, and they wing their way above the battlefields, deadening the victors' shout." He avowed that "I am not terrified by the shoutings of Hitler or the boasts of Mussolini. They speak for a mood, but not for the heart of their peoples...
Democracy must, in short, ensure that "the gains of civilization shall be widely and fairly distributed." "In this titanic struggle," concluded the Godkin lecturer, "forms alone cannot survive unless filled with a substantial content of life...
...fifth Godkin Lecture last night at Littauer, the distinguished export on planning and administration declared that "analysis of national income reveals wide discrepancies, wider than are comfortable in a democracy." He supported this statement with figures from a study of the National Resources Planning Board, of which he is Vice-chairman...
There is no need to default in this struggle simply because we are at war, the Godkin lecturer continued. "The American standard of living and national defense are not inconsistent but complementary." "We can have guns and butter too with out resources and organization." Without both, there can be no democratic morale...