The burden of adjustment lies partly with the scientists themselves. Dean Donham stated; they must "consciously direct scientific thought toward social problems." But more important in his opinion are the responsibilities of government administrators. Here "the scope of political action must be clearly defined." Detailed control of business, in his opinion, requires great bureaucracies, which in return require a dictator with "power to break through the coils of red tape if the machine is to function."

Role of Business Vital

Of paramount importance is the role which business must play, he said. "They must work with government support and apply results of scientific research in the solution of unemployment and the agricultural problem, and take risks in order to solve unemployment. Above all, they must bring human relations into their thinking."

The responsibility of labor in solving the problems which modern science has thrust upon us, Dean Donham said, "cannot be discharged merely by tactical skirmishes to secure temporary advantages for one group at the expense of others. It will not be discharged by blind opposition to technical progress, which alone can establish the basis for permanently higher standards of living.

"But as matters now stand, business administrators will do well to realize that labor has a case against emphasis on technological progress of human problems."

In conclusion Dean Donham warned against the disastrous results which, lacking the cooperation he asked, might come about. "If free and orderly civilization is not to disappear in the face of constantly accelerating change, a greater sense of responsibility and a better basis for human collaboration must be discovered and put into effect. A discontented democracy cannot survive. We have no time to waste."

Bruce C. Hopper '18, associate professor of Government, keynoted his speech with the hope for "an allied victory and a wise peace, negotiated with the moderate elements in Germany."

Stressing the fact that "we are living through a transition period when blind forces are smashing the old patterns." Hopper pointed out our responsibility to the moral and economic cause of evolution in Europe against "demoniac revolutionary nihilism." It is the task of the United States to work with the combination of powers most likely to secure a permanent peace, according to Hopper.

"At the end of this war," he urged, "let us aid that regional bloc of nations which is least likely to unite all Europe against us and most likely to cooperate with us in world demobilization, in the transfer of energy from the making of armaments to civil production. In that way, and in that way only, lies peace."

Hopper asserted that the longevity of any peace settlement depends primarily on the outcome of the war. In the event of a Nazi victory, he feels another war would result within a generation. An allied victory leading to the dismemberment of Germany could have only the same result, in his opinion.

A stalemate, he thought would result in an armed peace. There would be two "economic powerhouses," a Mittel Kuropa customs union extending from the North Sea down to the Dannbe, and a British-Fraench bloe which closely amab gamated the two empires.

Only an allied victory followed by a wise settlement can provide a lastins peace, Hopper indicated.

He pointed out that three conditions are absolutely necessary for adjusting the boundaries in any peace settlement The first is economic, as there is an urgent need for more free trade and currency areas and customs unions. A second prerequisite is military strategy, to correct the mistakes of 1919. As a third dictate he chose air power, which is of special importance to the small states. "The nervous tension of awaiting possible bombers would be almost impossible for large states, and it would certainly be out of the question for the small advereignties," he explained.

Concluding his speech, Ropper mentioned his respect for the air plane as a machine of war. "The air bomber has more significance for history and politics than any other weapon since the invention of gunpowder," he stated.