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•^I'luxis. i3/t44 5652 d a l z i c r fv e n u s eSt. jLouii 12, d\\iiiouxi N o t ember 2, 1947 The Hon. Marriner S. Eccles, Chairman, rhe Federal Reserve Board, Washington, JD. C. Dear Mr. Eccles: Y o u merit the gratitude of the nation for the suggestion made in your speech of September 25 before the Supervisors of State Banks, in which y o u said: "It may be we could spend less on military f o r ces if more were spent on maintaining conditions on which democracy and peace depend." It is good to hear your authoritative voice added to those of others who are trying to impress this truth upon the minds of Americans. You have laid your finger upon a malady which, if not healed, will only compound our present disasters: the alarming penetration of militarism and of the philosophy of force into our educational, economic and administrative life* affecting both our domestic and our foreign policies. George Jfielding iiiliot has warned that in a "small or m e d i u m - 3 ized state* freedom can be destroyed by the Police State in just one year. Con sidering certain grim developments in our own country: the fact that the military branches had control of about 80 per cent of some $600,000,000 spent by the Government for scientific research and development last fiscal year; the pressure for conscription; and the threats to freedom of thought; one trembles to think h o w far we m a y be along this road. Friedelind Wbgner, grand-daughter of the composer and now an A be rican citizen, said on the same day that y o u made y o u r speech, that re-education in Germany has failed because the A * ricans and tl«e British have overlooked the traditional set-up of uerman schools, which breed either tyrants or autom atons. This is also the traditional set-mp of m i l itarism. May we venture to hope that y o u will keep on reiterating your views until the nation reaches a more healthful 3 tate of mind. Sincerely yours, November 7 , 1947 Dear Miss Bliss: This is to thank you for your letter of November 2 with regard to my recent talk to the Supervisors of State banks. It xs pleasant and gratifying to have your favorable comment and I appreciate your taking the trouble to write to me as well as to your Representative in Congress and others. Sincerely yours, M. S. Eccles, Chairman* ET:ra Miss Marie £liss, 565* Cates Avenue, St. Louis 12, Missouri.
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