The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-07
U. s. SURVEY Of
RUSSIAN TRADE
FIELDS URGED
Col. Hugh Cooper Advocates
Sending of Delegation
for Investigation.
HUGE MARKET WAITS
Remedy for Unemployment
Seen If America Will
Change Attitude.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SINTMS
seripps-Howard Foreign Editnr

NEW YORK, April 6.-"I want
to indorSe as earnestly as I can the
proposal of the Scripps- Howard
newspapers that American business
men who want orders, and Ameri-
can workers who want Jobs. should
ask their government to send a
trade delegation to Russia
SO continued the interview with
Colonel Hugh L. Cooper, world
famous engineer. the first half of
which I reported in these columns
Wednesday.
1 am in favor of delegation of
qualified American manufacturers
economists, export executives, en-
glneers, labor representatives and
bankers proceeding to Russia as
soon as practicable, to study the
value of Russian trade. not only to
ourselves, but to Russia and the
whole world" said Cooper.
Would Aid Trade Revival
Existence of a report on the
subject, by a qualified personnel.
and intelligent action thereupon.
would do more to facilitate a world
trade revival than any other pro-
gram that I can conceive.
Normal trade relations between
the United States and Russia at
the present time would go a long
way toward relieving unemploy-
ment. Steady all-year jobs for be-
tween 10000 and 100000 Ameri-
cans would have been provided in
1881 had it not been for the fact
that trade was INSTRUCTED by false
propaganda about the five-year
plan menace, Soviet dumping con-
vict labor, and so on.
1.-THE campaign against Ameri-
can-Russian trade can not succeed
ultimately, because it is based on
ignorance, Misrepresentation and
prejudice. The American people
may be overwhelmed temporarily
by the mere volume of these at
tackS, but in tho end the truth will
force its way through.
Attitude Is Changing
THE American people then will
properly insist on our getting a,
fair share of the very profitable
business which Russia offers us.
Already our people are beginning
to see more clearly. During the
last year there has been a gradual.
but distinct, change among bust
ness men in their attitude toward
Russia. They take a much more
constructive view.
i have talked with many of our
leading business executives and
economists and have found them
unanimous that resumption or nor
NAL trade relations with Russia
would help business revival in this
country tremendously.
ITO those whose duty it is to
alleviate unemployment distress in
this country, stimulate business
activities, and release frozen assets,
let me suggest a calm, dispasSionate
study of this Russian business.
mot only will normal business
relations with Russia prove profit
able, but they will advance world
prosperity and world peace. World
peace, like prosperity, has its
foundation on economics.
Opportunity Is Great
CAS- America looks anxiously
about for business, name for me.
If you can, a single other country
as promising as Russia. But if we
want this vast, new market, we
must find way for the Soviets to
sell us such of their products as do
not compete with American labor.
for. unless they can sell such
products in normal way, they can
not buy much from us.
"An propaganda to the contrary,
the Soviets publicly and often have
expressed their willingness to enter
into international agreements for
regulation and control of exports of
all commodities of which there
have been world SURPRISES.
LET us put politics, prejudice and
fear aside. We must approach this
subject sanely. Until a rational
trade agreement between the United
States and Russia is consummated.
no satisfactory credit structure can
be erected, and business between
the two countries will remain stag
nant.
Let us start by sending a trade
delegation to Russia"