Evening star., 1933-11-02
new R. A. SET-Up
BEING CONSIDERED
Swope Plan of Reconstruct.
ing Chamber of Commerce
Finds Favor.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Revision of the National Recovery
Administration plan for Government
control of industry and substitution Of
Government cooperation with industry
is under way.
Coincident with the prospective de-
parture Of Gen. johnson on q speech
making tour to obtain support for the
Blue Eagle idea, the Industrial Advisory
Boards leading members resigned. And
lest anybody think there is dissension
things as labor policies there is pro-
mulgated by one Of the Self-Same men,
bers of the Advisory Board compre-
hensive plan for industrial control, in
which industry shall do most of the
controlling and Government shall look
on with an approving or disapproVng
eye according as each proposition
comes under scrutiny
Swope's Plan in Favor.
Gerard Swope's plan for a new
Chamber of Commerce, SuperSeding or
absorbing the present organization and
reconstructing it SO as to come into
harmony with the N. r. A. conception
Of manufacturing and distributing and
retail businesses, is unQuestionably 60
ing to be approved by many business
it is something else again. 1t may be,
Of course, that the N. r. A. policy of
taking control Of everything that busi-
ness does and without blinking an eye.
announcing that this is self-controlled
will be modified to some extent by Con-
gress.
The Swope plan permits the maxi
mum Of cooperation by the Govern
ment and the minimum of interference.
Coming as it does from one Of the lib
eral-minded business men of the coun-
try, it will undoubtedly have wide sup
port though there is no assurance that
it will be received with enthusiasm by
the groups which resent any 1nterfer-
ence by the Government and want to
be left alone as in the old days.
Such a plan as that presented by Mr.
swope would hardly be made puDllC
without the knowledge Of Gen. johnson
and the President, but OF course, this
is not saying they approve 1t as yet:
Secretary Roper Of the Department OF
Commerce had much the same idea id
the back of his mind even before the
N. R. A. came into being. It will be
assumed, therefore. that he will be
sympathetic to the Swope proposal,
though he may have suggestions and
amendments to offer.
Offered for Discussion.
Unquestionably the Swope plan was
offered for general discussion by busi-
ness men. It comes at an opportune
moment when business is Just about as
resentful as it could be over some recent
happenings with respect to the N r A..
especially what was considered to be q
one-sided labor policy. Even this would
have been overlooked If the volume Of
business could have been somehow in
creased
For several weeks the Industrial Ad-
visory Board members have been feeling
dow1lcast over the way things have been
goirE=in the N. r. A. They had COM
plete cooperation from Gen. johnson
and liked him personally, but they were
frustrated at almost every turn when
policies were administered. They were
on the point Of resigning five weeks ago,
and reference to that incident was
madein these dispatches. After further
consideration they decided to remain
andsGpntribute as far as possible toward
constructive solution
THeir departure now comes after it
Is apparent that there is, after all, a
wayito work things out; but the men,
bers who are resigning would prefer to
have Others take their places 50 that
industry may have rotating group Of
representatives here.
On the whole it would appear that
theresis in the wind a new set-up for
the ~. r. A. to take over the emergency
workthat has been done and put it on
q mare durable and satisfactory basis.
{CopyrfRht, 1933)