Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-02
j. S. TRADE HEADS
DEBATE Job PLAN
Chamber of Commerce Board
Studies Proposal for
Sterilization.

eliminating months Of study, group
of business leaders representing thou
sands more gathered here today to write
their formula for stabilizing industry
and protecting workers against unem-
ployment.
Embodying the ideas of some 200 ex-
ecutives from representative concerns,
a report on continuity in business and
employment, compiled by a special COM
mittee headed by Henry /. Hartman Of
Boston, chairman of the New England
Power Association, constituted this pre-
scription which was before the Board
of Directors of the Chamber OF Com
merce Of the United States for approval.
Referendum Considered.
Approximating 10000 words in length.
and viewed as one of the most impor-
tant matters ever brought before the
chamber, the report. If 1t gets the an
ticipated sanction of the board, will be
embodied in referendum to the cham
Der membership, in which are repre-
sented more than 100000 corporations.
firms and individuals.
While individual study will be 81 ~
in the meantime. the board will Ut
take action in the report until tomOr-
row.
The details of the plan have been
withheld prior to the action of the
board. but the principal feature is I'M
derStood to be the establishment of an
economic council with both business
and Government represented, which
would direct the efforts Of the partici-
pating groups.
1t is further intended under the
plan as written, it is said, that adher-
kNr Ind friA H.
rather than mandatory, as proposed in
the much discussed proposal covering
the same field which was recently put
forward by Gerard Swope, head CT the
General Electric Co.
Hits Antitrust Laws.
The report, it is understood, raises the
question of amendment of the antitrust
laws, which, it has been asserted, is a
necessary preliminary to any regulation
of production which would be implied
in this movement.
While 1t had been expected that
linked in with this subject would be
a recommendation on unemployment
insurance, il was said that nothing
definite was put forward in the report
which only urges adoption of some plan
of privately financed unemployment In
surance, without giving an opinion as
to whether 1t should be financed as
the joint effort of employer and en-
ploye, or by employer.
Another report attracting attention
came from a committee which urged
the chamber go on record as favoring
a change in the immigration laws to
put both Japan and China on a quota
basis.
Urged as Friendly Move.
Designed principally as a gesture Of
good will toward the Japanese, it was
set out that such action would remove
a cause of friction and ill-feeling A
quota law would only allow l85 japanese
to enter this country annually. the re-
port says, adding that the yearly exodus
from the United States is in excess of
this number. China, under the quota
law could send los nationals over here
yearly, it is brought out.
Commercial tire ties, inland water
ways and the barrier against the prod
uct of indentured labor are other mat
ters treated in reports. Another COM
mittee put forward program for active
participation in relief mes sures by local
chambers
The board will be in session two days.