THE NEED OF NEW LEADERS 
This is true in business, with many splendid 
exceptions. It is true in the church, with fewer 
exceptions. Those who stand in the pulpits 
have little to say that is of any practical or 
spiritual help to us. It is true in politics, most 
of all. Practically not one of the leaders is in 
touch with the immediate urgent needs of the 
British people. 
All these old leaders have had their day. 
They are, for the most part, able and sincere 
men, but they are out of touch with the facts 
of to-day. They do not understand that 
taxation has become destructive and confis- 
catory. They do not understand that what 
workers want to-day are not doles, but steady 
jobs at fair wages. They do not understand 
that what business men want is not to be 
helped, but to be let alone. 
They insist on doing, whereas what we want 
at the moment is undoing. We don’t want 
more legislation. We want several hundred 
restrictive laws repealed. 
Most of the leaders, in both business and 
politics, are too timid to do what ought to be 
done. They are not Cromwells. They are 
drawing-room heroes, most of them, not 
fighters. 
In fact, so far as real leadership is concerned, 
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