Social Credit Discussed

...This announcement waa not followed by any further information about the plight of "culprits," guilty of exercising their constitutional rights...

...Although the question if joining the Soviet Union was not raised, but rathsr hushed up during tha election campaign, the first step of the new Assembly was to ask for It...

...k* ellkial organ of the Latvian Com-.•aiit uarty, Cina (Struggle), ex-psmtd...

...Social Credit principles were made by Daniel Bell in u leview of Gorham Muneon's Aladdin's Uaia \kug...

...Reply From DANIEL BELL l' nirertity of Chicago To the Kditii, . TlIEKE is little I can say here other than lefer the interested reader to Ihe original review where the points Mr...

...The power will be in the Ma***/ {he real representatives ef the fllt »ie these real representatives of people...

...That is the basis of the Douglas axiom that whatever is trhysieally possible is finanically possible...

...This wss s warning to the "reactionaries" not to nominate their own candidates...

...The press, now completely under Communist control, explained in unison:1 "Attentive obuci reit will not fail to notice that the Working People's League compritet all the honett repre-tentative...

...The organ I |h* Latvian Komsomol, Latvia Jaun-m (Latvian Youth), predicted a* early ' ..gtii will be the character of the new g0t)tr*ti* republic we ewe going to ere-00'WiUit ae the democracy which tsc-,*#«·*«¦ IM«, and the child of which tfttcitm...

...An anti-sabotage decree was Issued on the eve of election day, providing for capital punishment tor trason and sabotage, which was defined as "shunning to fulfiill one's citizen's duties with the intent of injuring the interests of state and society...

...when, and where required...

...recognizes both the phy-"fsl ami imponderable elements in an •fornir system -such elements as, for '•«inple, the common cultural inhei it-*el derived from all past activities of •"nkiiul, Real credit includes all pns-J'Me social relatione insofar as they af-*T' 'he e. onomjc efforts of a community...

...Since the vote was later to serve as a "plebiscite" in favor of joining the Soviet Union, it was essential to make it unanimous...

...Urdall, as an orthodox economic heretic, says we live in a "money economy...

...On the first election day the following appeal was broadcast and published in sll papers: "In order that those who are still in doubt whether'to vote or not should have no reason to be ashamed of themtelvet, their fellow-citizens, fellow-workers, all the patriots of the Latvian republic, and of their personal documents [Passports are compulsory in Latvia] in which the teal of participation will be misting, overj/one it urged to the p*W...

...While Ulmanis was icminally still president of the republic, ? wholesale dismissal of state officwls in in full swing...

...Certainly Douglas makes no such claim for himself concerning it, but it is accepted as a commonplace of the prevailing system...

...The rem-mits of the "plutocracy" spent their ast hours of freedom in hiding at home...

...They have collected signatures among their fellow -eiliaena...

...The root fal lacy of Douglas is the implicit assumption of a vulgar under-consumptionist theory, namely that lack of money, is the cause of depression...

...There can be no other real litt of candidal et bteidet the League, in which all the positive and creative elementt of the...

...On elect-on day the...

...Social Credit does not necessarily favor either public or private ownership of the means of production and physical distribution...

...implies that Douglas is shallow ,!>d ?unson ia deeper, because the latter "eoliiiiej that the wealth of a country he in as raw materials, knowledge, and Ml rather than merely in its money, kll als» says that Douglas ignores so-organization and relations...

...But the wirepullers in the Soviet Legation were obviously not at all anxious to let the people choose candidate* of their own...

...But nothing could influence the count, which was predetermined...

...Our boys certainly get syllabic mileage...

...WeixationB of the working aesjf, both.social and state...

...Tohin was referred to me...

...Tfte Baltic Plebiscite I« kad arrived from Moscow after the 1^ occupation, knew better...

...to pay those costs...

...But the Red planners were not satisfied...

...How many times 1 have heard on* of our truck drivers lean out of his cab and address himself to a reckless driver who was crowding him, remarking with appropriate emphasis: "Move over, you raucous hulk of meretricious pomposity...

...Latvia was flooded nth Red propaganda, while the infUtra-ioen of agents of the NKVD continued...

...Latvian people have expressed their will for close and inttpai-abl* bonds with the peoples of ths Soviet Union...

...The better the economic organization is managed, the greater the real credit of the community...

...So long as we have a money economy, the Douglas test for avoiding communal stagnation, depression, bankruptcy, and col/apse is summed up in these worda: "The rale of flow of costs into prices must be equalled by the .rate of flow of money into the hands of final consumer...

...The elections in Lithuania and Estonia were in every respect id*n*.:cal with the election procedure in Latvia: The same dale for election day, Identical declarations and campaign ilogans, and th* same resu'ts, if course...

...veter ? had to assemble at their e*V»>ui place* to be led to the poll* in crowd...

...Oar safety ergaaa have revealed thla political adveatar* and have, J net m time, turned them erer te the public prosecutor for invest...

...Vet, in spite ? <h :- and of tho Yalta agreement, Ciii "'pijl-iscite" in the Baltic apparently has set a precedent for olhiir "friendly neighbors of the Soviet Union...

...toon they were to vanish in the pi icon rampa of the Siberian wilderness...

...The public prosecutor tailed to summon them before a court of justice, because their actions were legal They were, instead, quietly arrested and deported, and have not been heard of since...

...The record f the Baltic elections assumes special importance in view of the approaching elect ions in the satellite atates of Central and Eastern Europe, dries* prevented by th* United Stales and liniem, these elections will follow the pattern estsbliahed in Ihe Bsllir slates...

...After the liquidation of this venture the Supreme Electoral Committee could announce: "The preliminary work for the elections has been completed...

...Together and hand-in-hand ols Ihe USSR, utilizing her rich ex-urieace in fettering revolutionary move-mtt and in creating a nodaliet ttale, ? *HK thape our livet and the future tithe working people...

...cent in favor of the League But it must be borne ia mind that tha vote, for all practical purposes, was compulsory, that there wss no chance to vote for an opposition party, and that the returns were never checked by any impartial committee...

...1 tried, sketch ily, in my review to show thst the paradox of capitalism crisis lies in the nature of production...

...The way in which this venture wa* immediately liquidated is reflected in th* following announcement of the Communist-controlled press: "Some representatives of the clsss of wealthy citizens, calling themselves I «? win democrats, have started to organize their own list of randidates, in spite of the fact that all really democratic citizens have already joined the Working People'* Le*gue...

...Thus the votera were compelled to vote for th* on* ticket sponsored by the Communist party, or I else.' » * · ¦# The means by which the "victory" of "Soviet democracy" was assured are as simple ss they sre brutal, immoral and illegal...

...This statement has a mathematical validity which transcends both Marxism and ordinary liberalism...

...He must have been reading our magazine, too...

...as with what might be called the w*l m;,nit 0f H society, are summed up h this Douglas formula: Tbe Heal Credit of a community is '** ability to produce and deliver goods •sd services,., as...

...We live in a capitalistic economy and the social relations existing in our society are nol derived from the role of money - the banker as a social class does not domi-nsle society but from tha nature ol productive relations...

...The only quest ion Social Credit asks is, What is the most effective feeh-nique in producing and delivering goods and services...

...Each voter wa* instructed not to erase or to add candidates, nor to put empty snvsiepe* into the ballot-box, heca us* «hat would render hkv vote invalid, atahy-were provided with envelopes already sealed for them, ami »11 were closely watched The return* were supposedly ?7...

...Letters Social Credit Discussed From VICTOR URDALL To The Editor: SoMEWHAT misleading statement* regarding Major Douglas...

...The electoral law, proclaimed on July 6, 1940, provided, in addition to a free and universal ballot, that opposition groupa of at least a hundred voters could nominate their own candidates...

...nation art represented...

...formula holds good for all times lai plama...

...The references to Brooks Adams are completely relevant, since the preoccupation with money led here lo the creation of a devil theory of history regarding the financier...

...None of them was of any political importance...

...Net That kind of demoe-,ttl ? biiriei forever...

...On July ?, the day following tha proclamation of the electoral law, a list of candidate* wa* sponsored by the newly - created "Working People's League...

...His article impressed ma with its typical Teamster vernacular...

...of all clattrt of the population...

...We find a clue in Art...

...The core of Douglas economics is thst since production is always necessarily a social effort, money should constitute a social credit, not a social debit, as it does Inda ? Money should reflect the facts of the economic system as a symbol of what that system really is or can lie made to he...

...We might even call it high miaue gas...

...We feel honored that one of our truck drivers is a contributor and expresses himself so eloquently...

...All the '•rtors connected with economic life, as »'l...

...alien sad liejaidatien ef this adventere...

...Yet some patriots, defying all attempts of intimidation and insisting upon their constitutional rights, had decided to run a list of candidates of their own...

...Private properly was Kt yet abolished, but all banking «c-»unts were closed...

...Ilidall makes are discussed...

...The Baltic peoples themselves, including meet of th* collaborationists, had no idea of the existence of such plot On the contrary, allusions to joining th* Soviet Union were discouraged by the Communist stage managers during the election campaign, and were branded a* ''inventions of the enemy of the people...

...Only one list of candidates has been approved for each district, namely the Working People's League...

...Accurate conversion of real credit into financial terms covers the whole question of both the volume and velocity of money circulation in a free society...

...Strangely enough, th* secretary of the Latvian Communist party, Kalnbersins, predicted on th* sve of the convocation of the newly elected Saeima: "The...

...H»U should really get better acquaint-"I with the ideas of Douglas...

...Whether or not Mr...

...HIGH OCTANI OAS FROM LESTER M. HUNT International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeur*, Warehou.trmm and Hellte it of America To the Editor: YoiIR article of August SI on Mr...

...That gets 'em, every time...

...Sovietization of Latvia started as MS as the Red forces were in full con ml of the country...

...Alt other list* have been rejected...

...hut that, la too simple...

...The Red propagandists and agent* of the nkvd continued making threats and spreading terror...

...Despite the lip-service of Major Douglas to the "real credit" of the community, he proposes to solve the complex problems of modern capitalism— monopoly, cartelization, price rigidities, resistance to technological change, our increasing productivity and Ihe problem of who shall receive the benefits, ami filially the role of accumulation of rap ital and the stagnation of investment as producing crises—by manipulating the money mechanism alone...

...That capitalism in its orthodox form must expand or die is clearly understood and stated by Douglas, as it was by Marx...

...They were, on the contrary, determined to enforce on tha Laetvian nation an assembly of pro-Soviet yes-men...

...The reaction of the United States Government to these farcical "eMc'ions"' is nstled down in its non-recognition declaration of July 23, 1!M0, which abeu them as 'dev'uus processes" and 'prtdstory activities...

...AH poll* were destroyed upon the completion of the count Many voters, nevertheless obstructed ths vote by ab senteeism, especially in tha rural dia-triets...

...Indeed, the idea was not original with Marx...

...Iks iron ring of subjugation, forged hy lysh'mski, was closing its grip and linking the soul of the nation...

...We appreciate your courtesy in sending us a marked copy of your paper...

...There waa a catch to it: The Supreme Soviet, which was to assemble in August at Moscow, waa scheduled to receive end to sccept graciously the applications of the Baltic republics to be admitted into the Soviet Union...

...Munion'i opinions are sound concerning ik« theoretical cyclical historical catas-iiopliism of Brooks Adam» is irrelevant lo Social Credit...

...Bearing in mind that the participation in Soviet elections is the "sacred duty" of every citizen, absentees thus were threatened with severest punishment...

...The new democ :ltf will be a revolutionary democ tery if the people...

...126 i th* Constitution of the'USSR, sc-ttniing to which "the Communist party ..is tha vanguard of the working people ., and represents the leading nucleus *fi,a»l...

...All three Baltic republic* wer;: admitted ' int / the Soviet Union during th* August session of th* Moscow Supreme Soviet...

...itself even more clearly: -The tjitrnf and pretence of the Soviet lied trap on Latvian toil hat tuddenly unlinked tnch a ttrong and far-reaehintj rtidfttiouary movement among our nrtirti people that the mere thought of Atrviny to the condition* under Ihe timer regime beeomea ridiculous und tiUiik...