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Jl but it was not acceptable to the Administration. Now the Administration 

 comes out with a comprehensive, even though incomplete, program and there 

 is some indication that Congress hesitates to go all the way. In spite 

 of these concessions to political expediency, both by the Administration 

 and Congress, real progref.s has been made and doubtlessly will continue 



to be made. 



We can look fom-^ard to more and more controls, less 

 fluctuation in prices of farm products and more unanimity of opinion 

 and action by the various economic and other groups. 



After the war . There are two current developments that ma^^" 

 affect us after the war is over. One is the ar.ount of governmental 

 control that is being exercised over all groups of people, and the 

 other is the international comn:itments and obligations that are arising 

 as a result of realignment in international relations brought about by 

 the w?a^. As far as the former is concerned, the government control 

 of the peo;ole in a country where the people still have the right to vote 

 is possible only so long as the voters are willing to have that control 

 exercised by the government. That appears to be quite necessary during 

 wartimes when the maximum of coordination is required. In general there 

 has been a world-wide tendency for the citizens of the various countries 

 to delegate authority to their governments to regulate their affairs. 

 Presumably this development has occurred as a result of realization that 

 the forces, particularly economic forces, are so powerful that the 

 individual has little opportunity to cope v;ith them as an individual. It 

 is unlikely that these forces will become easier to cope with in the 

 future, and for that reason it is doubtful if we shall ever go back to 

 the old laissez-faire system which involves the maximum of individualism. 

 As for the international situation, we are gradually >>inding together all 

 the countries of the Western Hemisphere, not only for the war effort but 



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