Book Reviews : Import Liberalization and Employment. The Effects of Unilateral Reductions in United States Import Barriers. By WALTER S. SALANT & BEATRICE N. VACCARA. (Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1961. Pp. xix, 388. $6.75.)
| DOI | 10.1177/106591296101400337 |
| Published date | 01 September 1961 |
| Author | Joseph S. Roucek |
| Date | 01 September 1961 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
798
Some
will
disagree
with
Dr.
Wilbur’s
views
on
matters
of
public
policy,
but
since
he
never
lost
his
faith
in
democracy,
he
would
not
question
their
right.
Few
fair-minded
men,
however,
would
criticize
the
Wilbur
way
of
doing
things,
viz.,
fast,
accurately,
and
with
scrupulous
honesty.
He
possessed
to
an
extra-
ordinarily
high
degree
the
ability
to
distinguish
the
significant
from
the
trivial,
to
separate
the
gold
from
the
gravel.
Even
as
a
boy
he
abhorred
&dquo;the
nag
of
unsolved
problems&dquo;
and
he
learned
to
see
and
act
almost
simultaneously.
He
was
remarkable
for
his
vision,
e.g.,
in
Asiatic
affairs,
and
for
his
judgment,
e.g.,
his
recognition
that
in
dealing
with
communism
as
in
dealing
with
disease
the
first
step
is
to
examine
the
malady
and
discover
the
causes.
As
a
scientific
humanist
he
considered
our
human
resources
our
greatest
possession;
thence
came
his
unending
concern
with
problems
of
public
health
and
recreation,
of
young
and
old,
of
people
of
all
conditions.
We
can
measure
a
man
only
by
what
he
has
done.
There
alone
will
be
revealed
his
gifts
and
aspirations.
Wilbur
had
his
blind
spots,
his
preferences
and
prejudices,
but
on
the
record
he
stands
a
dedicated
man,
who
gave
of
himself
tirelessly.
Fortunately
he
was
as
&dquo;durable&dquo;
as
he
was
generous.
As
Bernard
Baruch
remarked,
&dquo;his
activities
left
many
monuments,
but
none
so
enduring
as
the
respect
and
affection
in
the
hearts
of
all
those
with
whom
he
came
in
contact.&dquo;
&dquo;Pioneering&dquo;
held
a
special
attraction
for
Dr.
Wilbur
and
he
was
quite
aware
that
only
the
geographical
frontiers
have
been
restricted.
In
1946
he
said,
&dquo;The
mystery
of
life,
of
love
and
of
human
destiny
intrigues
me
more
each
year.&dquo;
Ever
ready
for
battle,
he
proclaimed,
&dquo;The
conquest
of
disease
is
one
of
the
great
romances.&dquo;
One
need
not
fear
he
would
run
out
of
diseases,
or
frontiers,
to
conquer,
for
he
knew
that
pioneers
find
their
own
work.
He
observed
that
in
all
his
important
activities,
&dquo;keeping
my
mouth
shut
has
been
a
rule
of
life
for
me&dquo;;
it
was
also
a
rule
of
his
life
to
keep
his
mind
open
-
not
a
bad
model
for
a
generation
perhaps
too
quick
to
reverse
the
process.
The
Editors
assumed
a
task
of
formidable
magnitude
and
complexity,
calling
for
tact,
insight,
discipline,
and
a
keen
sense
of
balance.
For
their
consummate
skill
in
editing
autobiography,
an
intractable
but
most
worthy
blood-relative
of
history,
in
which
the
history
written
and
the
historian
writing
are
virtually
in-
separable,
they
are
to
be
highly
complimented.
Stanford
University
WILLIAM
CARROLL
BARK
Import
Liberalization
and
Employment.
The
Effects
of
Unilateral
Reductions
in
United
States
Import
Barriers.
By
WALTER
S.
SALANT
&
BEATRICE
N.
VACCARA.
(Washington,
D.C.:
The
Brookings
Institution,
1961.
Pp.
xix,
388.
$6.75.)
There
has
been
no
end
of
never-ceasing
debates
about
the
value
and
effects
of
the
use
of
tariffs
on
national
and
international
welfare.
Since
the
arguments
involved
are
usually
based
on
the
ideological
aspects
rather
than
on
systematic
analyses,
Salant’s
and
Vaccara’s
study
should be
more
than
welcome.
It
is
a
systematic
examination
of
probable
short-run
changes
in
employment
that
might
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