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s* Americans nay say to themselves that; Harvard and other fmouia universities or colleges might do better and render more diroot and mo 7 *e useful gervioe to a nation or world In travail or distress* Are our educational institutions' afraid of tackling over the radio such complex and difficult oroblams as unemployments labor relations, taxation, budget miniums* wage legislation, tic relief of agrioulture, collective security, the prevention of war, the recrudescence • of: violence and barbarism in Europe, the re¬ vival of racial ism and. of quack notions concerning itv The Roosevelt administration was ridiculed for years to:.* its alleged dependence upon a ‘brain trust. w Ho such institution baa ever "existed. But the administration has consulted, and continues to consult, men and women of brain a, education and experience in Its efforts to solve the problems.f&oing it and us, and everybody rn.&i; applaud that policy. The trouble is, *th© doctors disagree/' and the opponents of the administration think that it i j ^cmauitiug the wrong people. The opposition has? its brain trust, and the frt.f-• of the $ew Deal think tt et the. wrong guide and lor. Thm Xt: natural enough. We know that- even in criminal oares the experts contradict each other, and no prosecutor or defender rails to find experts to testify in behalf of his client. In so ole logy and ©con- cade unanimity 1 * rare indeed, if it has ever happened, me W*S* Supreme Cou .« majority and minority opinions, and no indiv i J { ;1 i labeled or stamped* In a 1 *e state, therefore * fairness.-and ommn sense suggest discussion of ail oon~ trcvsrslal probleme in a tol -rant and scientific spirit by the queu-S fled and respcote4 leaders of the nation* Such discussion is 11 the more essential because partisan discussion during pre-e?.$G"5ioh campaigns is, as a rule* woefully unscientific, not. to say intellectually dishonest, Assertion is ■a: % accompanied by proof worthy of . the name. Benunol.it ion, per sons 4.-.4 ties- vituperation," wild extravagance, and windy generalities the place of quiet argueont or analysis of evidence* The typical stump speech does not • -lucat© any one* it misleads and confutes* It is sheer -propaganda, ...at sincere- education* The writer has often thought that presidents end catenets call ?. upon to malts important decisions, launch momentous legislation, d op sir from cherished traditions or precedents would disarm much partisan criticism and greatly strengthen their position by summoning, before taking action, a conference of the leading authorities in the field affected an! requesting them to canvass the issue requiring action, con p 'it note; a r oo ini on a deliver Cither a oolle oti v*> Judgment, or else, If that bo' igposeibbe, majority and minority reports* The nation would know then to what extent science and education, support tin decision eventually made. There would be no rooir. for guesswork or for irony and sarcasm • Disagreement would be registered publicly., and The reasons for it set forth in documents soberly addressed to the intelligent elements of the nation. A government might, after due deliberation, pref-sr the minority view to that of the majority* In solenoe, the majority is net necessarily right. Darvrin did not express i.he wonv^ctlonc of a