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Steiner, O.H., President Turner Printing Machinery, Inc., June 17. 1948
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Most respectfully I suggest that the problem is not to educate "people to a comprehension of the tragic situation in which mankind exists today". They comprehend the situation and are fatalisitc in their feeling of helplessness. | Most respectfully I suggest that the problem is not to educate "people to a comprehension of the tragic situation in which mankind exists today". They comprehend the situation and are fatalisitc in their feeling of helplessness. | ||
| − | It rests rather in two directions: 1. An awakening to the fact that people can do something. | + | It rests rather in two directions: 1. An awakening to the fact that people can do something. 2. Outlining a simple program for accomplishing this. |
Of course, the latter is no simple problem. And yet the special authority and responsibility which apparently rests in your Committee makes it imperative that something be done along this line. Certainly, it would appear to require more than a conventional educational program. | Of course, the latter is no simple problem. And yet the special authority and responsibility which apparently rests in your Committee makes it imperative that something be done along this line. Certainly, it would appear to require more than a conventional educational program. | ||