Judge — March 1933 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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FRED NEWER © WV v4 “This ts the last night I sleep in the cot next ty youl” THE ECHNOCRACY! What do you know bout it?) What do you think of it Folks, your inquiring reporter lied forth today, and asked sentative citizens of our fair city to give us the low-down on what they thought about this momentous sub- ject. We put it to them straight Call pade a spade, we told them. And, s did they burn these tech- nocratic fellows up? Well, I should murmur! But, here you are, folks, five opin- ions by five men from all walks of Read ‘em and let the techno- crats weep! A well-known economist: “Prepos- terous! The technocrats ignore nat- ural economic law. To do so is un- thinkable. What would become of the economists?” A noted industrialist: ‘“Technoc- racy would close the portals of oppor- tunity in America. What would happen then to our great bankers and captains of industr They would all have to move to Greece.” A prominent politician: “I am op- posed to it without equivocation. Put experts in charge of our govern- ment and what would you ave? 500,000 unemployed office-holders.” A merchant “Technocrats say that our present system is founded on credit, but they can't tell me any- thing. If it weren't for credit, I INQUIRING REPORTER wouldn't be in business today. As it is, | can't quit. People owe me too much,” + The man in the street: “Technoc- racy? Don’t ask me, ask the bankers and the big shots, I'm too busy look- ing for a job.” —GLENN R. Dopp. Premi¢re HE Technocrats are acrobats on economic stages; In metal tights, by neon lights, They juggle charts and gauges. By ergs and joules we dazzled fools Are shown the brand “new deal”- ism. A grand new play; but critics say: “We wonder if it’s realism.” F.M.B. Look at the effect of the mechani- cal age on the theatre. This season marionettes have been more success- ful than lots of actors. Well, the baseball season can't be far y. We a Brooklyn fan counting his bottles the other day. And gangsters are having such a hard time of it that they’re not put- ting notches in their guns any more. They’re putting them in their belts. A few y ago we had nothing to worry about but an evolution trial. “Where did man come from?” the burning topic of the d it’s: “Where is man going?” there’s the friend of Then ours s his little bungalow in the s “the Lien-To.” icbooks.com