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andWar\n\nB.GAVAN DUFFY,S.J.  \nThe Catholic Mind  \nVolume XXXIV,No.13 July 8,1936  \nPrice 5 Cents  \nTHE AMERICA PrESS ·461 Eighth Avenue ·New York,N.Y.  \n# Fine Praise...\n\n\"It is surprising what a uniformly high level is maintainedin this mixed company of singers,a welcome proof that theAmerican Catholic,at any rate,finds in the Faith a sure anti-dote to the surrounding materialism.”—Month.  \n\"\"The AMERICA Book of Verse'is worthy of a place inevery home where it will be something more than an ornamentto the reading table,something more than a treasure of highliterary and artistic value—a friend of our every mood.”一Pilot.  \n\"It has been AMERICA’s good fortune to attract to its pagesthe best the country has in its court of poets.A search throughits weekly pages seldom fails to disclose a choice gem for thebeauty-loving soul.So we are prepared not only to pardon theeditor for the present infliction'which is truly a bestowal,butto thank him for the trouble of gathering in one scintillatinghoard so much that delights the eye of the poetic treasure-hunter.Approximately 250 pretty things in the 200 pages ofthis fine volume.”—Franciscan Herald  \nThe“AMERICA”Book of Verse  \nEdited by  \nFRANCIS X.TALBOT,S.J.Literary Editor of“America”  \n$2.00(postage 15 cents)  \nTHE AMERICA PRESS  \n461 Eighth AvenueNew York,N.Y.  \n# Democracy at the Crossroads\n\nVERY REV.MSGR.RoBERT F.KEEGAN  \nAn address delivered at the First General Session of the Sixty-thirdMeeting of the National Conference of Social Work in theAtlantic City Auditorium,Sunday,May 24,1936.  \nTHE people of America are living in an atmosphere ofemergency and expectancy.They have had rudelyripped from before their eyes the curtain of complacent con-fidence in the smooth functioning of our system of distribu-tion and exchange of goods and services.Fundamentalweaknesses that normally went unnoticed have been discerned.The idealism in the public life of the war period,the air ofsuccessful achievement in the following decade have becomeobjects of derision.In their place has come either a cynicalemphasis upon force as the permanent sanction in private orpublic affairs,or a feverish advocacy of this or that reformas the panacea.  \nLike other periods of crisis,these years have produced anenormous output of remedies,some good,others hazardous,and still others definitely suicidal.All the remedies whichhave been proposed,and all the remedies which have beentried possess the common characteristic of offering a newpromise for public policy,the promise of further govern-mental intervention,a promise which in the minds of manyplaces our democracy at the crossroads.  \nNo one who takes a practical view of current trends canfail to perceive that we are destined to witness a far greatermeasure of intervention by public authority in the multiformrelationships of mankind,than was known to earlier genera-tions.Come what may in the fashions and trends of politics,we seem certain to have a prolonged experience with socialcontrol in a measure not contemplated even as recently as adecade ago.If this be so,those who follow the profession ofsocial work must take account of it.  \nThere are those who assert that the only function of so-cial workers is to deal with the handicaps and inadequaciesof the individual.I do not agree.Beyond the shadow of adoubt,our frst task is to administer to the immediate needs  \nof an individual,and,yet,leadership and guidance in humanwelfare make it imperative that we rise above palliativemeasures and search out the sources from which so muchof our work flows.Our objective cannot be ameliorativeonly.We must take our collective experience,our cumula-tive knowledge and unite with other public spirited elementsin the community,and strive for a constructive course ofaction.  \nAmerica has faced three major crises.All were freightedwith political,economic,and social consequences 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