Fay Sees U. S. Supreme After War; Sorokin Prophesies Totalitarianism

Worldwide totalitarianism after the war, regardless of which side wins, is the grim picture painted by Pitirim A. Sorokin, professor of Sociology. "Whether it is changed on paper or not," he said, "the Constitution of the United States will be radically altered in the post-war period. America will probably even abandon the two-party system of government."

Envisaging a decreasing birth rate, marriage rate, and a lowering of the standard of living, Professor Sorokin stated that "incomes will go down and keep going down until eventually the rich have disappeared. This is already happening in England, for six months ago there were only 176 persons with an income of $25,000 a year or more. This number is probably even less today."

Luxuries to Decrease

Saying that the world is in a state of revolution, Professor Sorokin prophesied that the time is near when people will not have pleasure cars, when there will be no society pages in the newspapers, and when some foodstuffs which we now consider necessary will be lacking. "It is perfectly possible," he said, "that soon Harvard, because of a shrinking endowment, will be dependent on the state of Massachusetts or the United States Government for its income."

In the political field, the Professor believes that there will either be real world federation, including all the countries in the world, or, what he considers more likely, limited concerted action by a coalition of powers to police the world. No single nation will have the power to police the entire world, he said, "for such a task is beyond the capacity of any one world power.

Fay Sees America Supreme

The British-American alliance will be supreme, because Russia will be weakened after a long war of attrition that will sap her strength, Sidney B. Fay, professor of History, said recently.

"I believe," he said, "that all the powers, conquered as well as conquerors, should be represented at the peace conference. In the peace treaty, Germany and Japan should:

(1) Surrender all of their armaments.

(2) Submit to an international committee of supervision, which would see that German and Japanese industry was not used to produce armaments.

(3) Agree not to set up a fascistic government, and, if this agreement is violated, be subjected to attack by the Anglo-American powers.

(4) He allowed to remain as national states and to keep their raw materials. Japan, however, should be deprived of the mandated islands and Mauchukiro.

Regulate European Education

"In addition to this, an international committee should be set up to organize education on the entire European continent. In this way, the excessive nationalism and militarism of Europe can best be fought."

Advocating a future world government, Professor Pay said that the foundations of this government have already been laid in the agreements between the Poles and Czechs, and the Greeks and the Jugoslavs, which foreshadow unified military commands, single currencies, free movement between the countries, and common foreign policies.