Article March 26, 1938 Issue

Signs of the Times

Topic: The Way of Peace

with contributions from Cordell Hull, George Lansbury, C. J. Griggers, Ernest H. Cherrington

[Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, as quoted in the New York Times, New York]

The attainment of durable peace is still a matter of desire and hope rather than a reality. Having created incredibly efficient means of destroying life and property in military action, humanity is still far from success in its frantic search for means of abolishing the scourge of war....

The roots of our tragic shortcomings lie in the realm of the spirit. Time and again we find ourselves defeated in efforts to improve conditions within and among nations solely because of the spirit which animates human relationships. Our most earnest endeavors often flounder and founder because we fail to find reliable guideposts in the basic sphere of relations of man to man.

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