Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-02
WILSON AND MORGAN
CONFER ON GENERAL
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
President Begins Series of Meetings
With Heads of "Big
Business"
ACTION COMES AS SURPRISE
Psychological Depression" Will
Be Discussed During Next
Few Weeks
ACTION COMES AS SURPRISE
By Associated Press

Washington, u. c., July 2. = j. P.
! Morgan and President Wilson had
nearly an hours conference to-day at
the White House on general business
conditions.
1t was the first of a series of talks
the President plans to have in the
near future with the captains of in
/ dustry and finance, learning their
views and giving his own, on the in
dustrial and financial situation of the
| country as well as measures in. Con-
gress.
White House officials said the cons
ference between the President and
Mr.. Morgan had been just a friendly
discussion of the general subject.
Mr.. Morgan refused to disclose what
had taken place.
! There is absolutely nothing | can
say" said he
Next week the President will have
| an informal conference with Henry
! Ford. The Detroit manufacturer, who
| VIII be entertained at luncheon at tho
! Whlte House II was said the Presi-
! dent had invited Mi. Ford.
Visit Surprises Many
! Ofhclals close to the President said
| MT. Wilson would take such an op-
| poftunlly TO outline his views to the
| heads OF big business In person Mr..
| Morgan ngasenent was more or
| less or Il surprise 10 those who have
| observed the course the President has
taken since he entered the White
| House III having conferences with
captains OF industry II had been
pointed out that Mr.. Wilson was re-
! celvinS the big businessmen of the
country less frequently than his pre-
| decessors, In fact had not been ask
Ing their advice at all on legislation
affecting business, as many other
Presidents have done. When the cur
| rency bill was in passage through
Congress, the President even declined
to receive some members of the Nor
| gan firm.
J White House officials said to-day
| that one of the features which had
| entered into public discussion of the
| Administrations trust legislation pol
! Icy and what the President had char
acterzed as psychological depres-
sion caused by a campaign to halt
| the trust bills in Congress- was an
inference that Mr. Wilson did not
care to meet the big businessmen OF
the country face to face, and discuss
with them personally the issues In
| which they are so vitally Interested.
| BY series of informal conferences
| with leaders of industry and finance.
of which those with MIR. Morgan and
| Mr.. Ford will be the first. It Is the.
|
approaching the subject with an open
mind, willing to hear the views of big
business first-hand and outline his
own views in return.
| Although there are other subjects
interesting Mr.. Morgan at present. In
which the government has part, id
was said to-day's talk was to be a
personal one on business. The Inter-
state Commerce Commissions report
on its investigation of financial affairs
of the New Haven Railroad is nearlN
ready for submission to the Senate
and the time is drawing near to JuIH
| 10, the date which President Wilson
and Attorney General McReynolds
have agreed upon filing the anti-trust
suit for the dissolution of the New
Haven merger, unless the Massachu-
setts Legislature takes certain action
which is necessary to a dissolution
and which has been recommended by
the Attorney General and Chairmam
Elliott, of the New Haven board
Whether those subjects were to enter
! into to-day's conference was not
known.