Concern of
Dr. Lovejoy
about the
period of
social change«
He mentioned a second concern which was worrying him.
This concern, he said, grew out of the period of social change
through which the South was passing* Quite naturally, there
were those persons who wanted to "do something11 about the
conditions arising from the changes. However, he believed
that in any period of change two distinct matters needed to
be kept in mindt (l) the inner motivation causing the persons
to move into action; and (2) the techniques which they used
to translate their motivations into social actions. Many
people, he pointed out, spend long hours getting their
motivations right with God but never give a thought to the
techniques which will change their motivations into action
which influences the largest number of people with a minimum
of "kick—back." He urged the reactivation of the Committee
on Race Relations which, under the chairmanship of Dr. Purdom,
had been of value two years ago.
