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Harvard's tradition of long-view pioneering in education is not a war-time casualty. The same intellectual spark that gave birth to the country's first case system and school for public administration has flared up again, despite the obstacles of collegiate conversion-to-war. Though only five months old, The Harvard Trade Union Plan, an educational experiment which is based on recognition of the major role labor will play in helping to settle post-war problems, has excited wider general interest than any educational project undertaken in many years...
...been amply demonstrated by now that the colleges of the country have geared their programs to the immediate requirements of war. This is as it should be. But it is nonetheless important that they also concern themselves with post-war problems of readjustment. Harvard's recognition of the important part that labor will play in that readjustment has been commended the country over, by labor and industry alike. The Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs in Washington has stated: "At the present time, unions in the United States have about 100,000 administrative officers. The universities...
...holds promise of developing into one of the most important phases of adult education ever attempted in this country," the Washington Post has said in an editorial. And New Frontiers has stated, "At the very least it should indicate not only the nature of some of the post-war problems, but also means of coping with them...
Discussion has been in post-war topics including rehabilitation with the idea of forming some constructive plans for meeting educational needs for Holland in the future...
Loudon began with the demand that the Allies cease their self-destructive "wishful thinking," and begin to plan realistically, establishing definite principles to guide the actions of the post-war leaders. Moreover he asked that all nations be included in the consummation of these ideals, not just the victors in the fight...