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of politicians that will make peace between nations.  Dr. Z invited me to the mittagessen that the American Universities (alumni, maybe) provide for Wiener scientists at pre-war prices.  They get a good lunch there for a few kronen--less than a cent in American money. I did not take time to go.  I do not get mixed up in politics (you remember how I was admonished not to) but I have taken occasion to [[strikethrough]] say [[/strikethrough]] call attention to the fact (when I am told how good we have been to Austrians) that the help has come from people like ourselves, people that work, notfrom, the rich, not the ruling class.  Quarreling between nations is not due to the common people but to the moneyed ruling classes.  In one of the "radical" books I have the author makes the point that education has always been in the control of the ruling class (they provide or handle the money) and necessarily takes a form loyal to that class, wherefore when a crisis comes the educated react according to their training. So we see the educated son of peasants siding with the lords.  I thought of that the other day.  There was another procession of "Arbeitsloser" (unemployed) to the Rathaus. I had seen one from the museum windows one morning the first week I was here, men and women, a procession two or three blocks long. Dr. Keissler advised me not to work late as usual, but to go home, because there was to be a demonstration of  Arbeitsloser that afternoon.  I was interested to learn what their ideas were, what they thought their parliament could do under the circumstances; my sympathies were with the arbeitsloser, and I think it is always wise to keep parliaments in mind of the people [[insert]] ^in [[/insert]] whose interests they are supposed to maintain a parliament.  Keissler evidently thought I meant it otherwise--what ideas could [[underlined]] arbeiters [[/underlined]] have, my German isn't [[underlined]] quite [[/underlined]] perfect, probably.  He spoke contemptuously of them, he with his broken shoes, frayed, patched clothing, ancient celluloid collar, broken at the top, his unhealthy half-starved look, he, to whom I had sent relief last winter in answer to an appeal to a perfect stranger,

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