RE LEADERSHIP

The essential ingredients necessary to assist mankind and our world out of their present conditions of weakness, defect, and danger--in a word, to beget world improvement and reform--are already in our possession.  But, in order to accomplish these things, we must ignore our variations, and begin to "pull together," under the guidance of our most competent and capable professionals in all the necessary and appropriate fields of social science and operation of government.  Perhaps then a directing and guiding group of persons, who would together constitute what I call a "World Guiding Body," would be enabled to produce peace and improvement for all of mankind.

On the other hand, as I have emphasized in the past, care and precautions must be at all times exercised to make certain that no form of intellectual "dictatorship," preoccupation with personal enrichmnent or aggrandizement, or reversion to "political" activity, among such leaders would arise.  Methods must be determined and developed to insure that such officials will continually conceive of themselves, and thus behave, as but eminently skilled practitioners within divisions of a discipline perhaps best considered and referred to in its entirety as "social science."

"Social science" is a key term and kind of "common denominator" in this regard.  Thus, a great many more "social scientists" will be needed.  This would include people trained in fields such as Political Science, Public Law, Government, Management, and various sorts of Administration.  They ought be professionals in possession of the most effective skills in the areas of conflict reduction and resolution, initiative focus, resource utilization and development, as well as social benefits, programs, and controls.  Such social scientists in contrast to politicians or military personnel, would be best able to consult and advise, as well as to engage in the research, planning, and development required in regard to their respective specialties, concerning the affairs of the world of tomorrow.

Moreover, experts in the numerous physical sciences, as well as the medical, legal, and techjnical professions, that I ha ve referred to various times herein, would likewise be required, to conceptualize, plan, and direct the numerous instrumentalities that would need to be put into place and/or dealt with durins this anticipated effectuation of a brave new and improved era.

Some amusing examples which demonstrate that many of us are already of this sentiment frequently appear in our press.  For one, not many years ago, a Japanese government official was quoted as commenting that Japan's budget was "not a political matter,"  and that politicians should therefore refrain from interfering with the government. 

And probably more laughable is the account of a situation wherein a certain American columnist, addressing a group of corporate CEOs, asked for a show of hands concerning who had recently voted for a certain U.S. President--resulting in almost every hand reaching upward.  He then asked, "How many here would let him be CEO of your company?"--whereupon not a single hand went up.  Need more be said in this regard?

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