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Chicago Commons Grand Ave. and Morgan St. Telephone Monroe 1030 stamped SEP 28 '31
Sept 27 31
Dear Arthur -
Our letters crossed. Perhaps I could combine comment on Merriams "Making of Citizens"
& "Citizen Cole of Chicago" in a double-header under some such title as:
"Making Citizens and A Self-Made Citizen"
Should Not Swope & ?nng be played up ^ by the most outstanding Economist available as putting Industry to the test of its competence to ?em life? If so, the details of their challenge, eg. the mechanism of industrial insurances, its costs & who should bear the cost &c, should not overshadow these main contentions that Industry should carry its own risks & fulfill its primary purpose to "serve the ^needs of the people." Much comment so far ^ over emphasizes side tracks - crossed out the changeable circumstantials ^ & side tracks the essential significance of this boldest demand on capitalistic industry to change radically or be superseded. Truly A