Racial Values in the War 



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lusty sons of Great Britain. Germany 

 may more easily preserve the purity and 

 strength of her inheritance \\ithin her 

 realm, but her realm is full and her 

 overflow must go out to an inevitable 

 mingling with other peoples, unless by 

 sheer force she gains foothold on for- 

 bidden ground. Any one of these four 

 English peoples has undeveloped re- 

 sources greater than the resources of all 

 Genr.any. But resources alone deter- 

 mine nothing in human affairs; they are 

 the instruments of resourceful peoples. 

 What is more clear, then, than that 

 linglish-speaking peoples, with their su- 

 perior opportunities, have only to per- 

 petuate their genetic values in order to 

 make sure of a predominating influence 

 in the future civiHzations?" 



NEED OF RACIAL ALLIANCE 



" So we look out upon a future clouded 

 with perplexities which can scarcely be 

 defined. Against that uncertain future 

 we must prepare. An unshakable bond 

 of mutual understanding between the 

 speakers of English is the most obvious 



preparation. But that alone will not 

 suft.ce. We know that in the affairs of 

 men mere numbers are of little avail, 

 and the accumulated trappings of civili- 

 zation have in themselves no lasting 

 strength. The source of all strength is 

 in an abounding racial vigor. It is the 

 one sure reliance for the meeting of what- 

 ever may come. It is the motive power 

 behind all successful human effort, and 

 the failing of it is the palsy that marks 

 nations for destruction. 



"The truth of these things is making 

 uneasy those whom superiority has 

 heretofore made confident. They are 

 beginning to see that without racial 

 strength the mere numbers of the world's 

 inferior hordes might indeed prevail 

 against them. 



"The threat of racial failure has given 

 life to a new enterprise for the conserva- 

 tion of human values — Eugenics, 'Well- 

 born.' So far it is the beginning of a 

 promise. But in its main idea are pos- 

 sibilities now unthought of, awaiting 

 only man's necessity and determination, 

 to serve the race." 



The Journal of Heredity During the War 



Paul Popenoe, the editor of the Jour- 

 nal, whose active and painstaking efforts 

 during the past three years have built 

 it up, has been drafted into the military 

 service of the country, and he has been 

 granted leave of absence for the dura- 

 tion of the war. Herbert Popenoe has 

 been appointed assistant editor, and it 

 is believed that the Journal can be regu- 

 larly issued, notwithstanding the absence 

 of the editor, providing the members of 

 the Society take their full war share of 

 the responsibility for the Journal and 

 furnish manuscripts which are ade- 

 quately illustrated and of a wide general 

 interest. 



The Society is holding its own and 

 making a steady growth, and the in- 

 crease in interest in matters pertaining 

 to the new science of genetics as a sec- 

 ondary result of the war will, I believe, 

 experience a phenomenal growth as the 

 war continues and, after the war, lead 

 to many important changes which we 

 as little comprehend now as we realized 

 nine years ago that the flying machine 



of the boys of Dayton would be the 

 greatest factor in this terrible struggle. 



To lessen now the research work or 

 the interest of the pubHc in the science 

 of genetics will in my opinion prove as 

 shortsighted as the too practical policy 

 we have pursued to our sorrow in the 

 education and treatment of our analyti- 

 cal chemists. 



As the head of the Aviation Construc- 

 tion Board remarked to me a few days 

 ago, this war has become a war of the 

 scientific men — the professors — the real 

 technical experts and specialists. 



The Journal of Heredity aims to in- 

 terest the young men and women of the 

 country in the great subject of genetics 

 and encourage those who have research 

 abilities to enter this constructive bio- 

 logical field for invention and discovery. 

 It is more needed now than ever, and 

 every effort will be made to enlarge and 

 extend its influence. 



David Fairchild, 

 President. 



