Evening star., 1932-09-27
Speaker Believes IS Per Cent
of Commodities Bought
Abroad Can Be Grown.
AMERICA FOR AMERICANS
is SUGGESTED AS SLOGAN
Victor Householder, Phoenix, Ariz.,
Elected President of National
Association for Year.

The assertion that IS per cent of the
81, ,000, ,000, 900 worth of commodities i'm
ported by this country could be grown
and produced in the United States.
thereby creating wealth and employ
ment for Americans, was made by DR..
Henry Arnstein eminent chemical and
mechanical engineer of Philadelphia,
before the convention of the American
Association of Engineers in the Shore
ham Hotel today
Declaring that the American engineer
has been inactive in developing the
country's national resources to create
wealth and employment" while for
eign engineers are doing everything
possible to develop this field, DR.. Arm
stein urged widespread teaching of the
use of native-grown and native-pro-
duced products for the development
Of Americas natural resources and for
the benefit of the citizens of this
country"
TIE speaker, who is well known for
his processes of producing alcohol frcm
waste products and the utilization of
1t for motor fuel, told the engineers
that a cure for the diseased economic
condition of the country lay with them
"America for Americans"
and the American manufacturer to
grow and produce such commodities as
we are now importing the speaker
Ugng niga an AAnstgG saId dST
1T should be patriotic duty to de-
mand American-grown and American,
produced commodities, and engineers
and technically trained men should
point out the benefit Of research, en-
abling the utilization of surplus agri-
cultural and manufactured commodities,
and enabling the creation OF new stand
ards of living"
The United States. he continued, is
importing a large variety OF products,
vast majority of which could be
grown or produced in the United states
or with one or two exceptions satlsfac-
torily substituted from native minerals
through resort to research.
Victor Householder, Phoenix, Arlz..
engineer, was elected president Ct the
national body for the forthcoming year
at an executive session last night. Donal
l.. Chamberlin, president of the Wash
ington Chapter Of the organization, was
elected vice president, while Mrs. M. E.
McIver of Chicago, was reelected sec
retary.
Reports of the standing and special
committees marked the business aaSs.on
of the convention today.
David Lawrence, editor of the United
States Daily, was to be the geust Of the
convention at a luncheon in the hotel
this afternoon, following which the
delegates planned an inspection tour
through the Navy Yard. Ladies OF the
convention were scheduled to meet Mrs.
Hoover at the White House at o'clock,
;1l, rn ho
the Nationail Woman's Country Cllo
at tea.
The convention will conclude with the
annual banquet OF the association to-
morrow night. Speakers at tomorrow'S
sessions will include V. Bernard Stems
of New York and John Lyle Harrington.
member of the Engineering Advisory
Board of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation.
Describing the United States Gov
ernments invasion of the provinces
and prerogatives of private business as
the greatest avenue of Government
waste today, Chester Leasure. United
States Chamber of Commerce executive,
told the delegates yesterday afternoon
that the cost of government in this
country today constitutes burden on
the constructive and productive enter
prises of the Nation, which it cannot
long endure.
Scores Encroachment.
THE habit of the Government during
the past 10 or IS years." LeaSure as
serted, has been to encroach steadily
upon the realm of private business, and
the deficits from Government opera
ton of railroads and steamers have
been outstanding factors contributing to
the $l4,0O0,000,000 annual tax bill OF
the American taxpayer"
Predicting that the findings OF the
Shannon Committee investigating the
Government in business will startle
the Nation and the world" when they
are made public, Leasure said that
among other things the House group
already has shown that it Is possible
for any one to purchase automobile
tires from the Navy Department ana
clothing from the Army.
"One witness before the committee
appeared attired from head to foot in
apparel acquired in an Army post store
the speaker said. And, in addition,
the shoes he purchased there bore the
inscription inside the soles, Made in
Great Britain"
Leasure advocated revision OF the
antitrust laws to bring them up to
date, saying he believed they are now
deterring economic recovery.