Evening star., 1933-07-06

Countrywide discussion Of the indus
trial recovery act is accompanied by re-
ports of improved business conditions
while strong hope is held that in the
coming arrangements with the Federal
Government adequate provision will be
made for jobs and living wages, and
that the interests of consumers will be
protected. There is much confidence in
the ability of Gen. Hugh S. Johnson
director of the work, and hope that his
organization will reveal similar capacity
TT is evident that Gen. johnson is
endeavoring to do the specific job of
placing more men on pay rolls and max
ing total wage payments keep pace with
rise in prices" says the Rochester
Times Union. Noting that "the new
plan is getting under way" the Con-
nellsville Courier thinks that by early
Fall we shall begin to feel its effects
and we will be better able to forecast
what they will be-" The Chicago Jour-
nal of Commerce advises: IF Gen
johnson will not try to impose too much
the will of a dictator, we are sure that
business men and industrialists can be
of immense assistance to him and to
whatever progressive age it is the aim
of the recovery act to create" Praise
is given by the Asbury Park Evening
Press for the simple theory that such
gigantic and complex structure as our
industrial system will work more
smoothly and efficiently in this eco
nomic emergency under one head than
under thousands of heads, each work
ing against the other"
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is at least under way" says the Atlanta
Journal, recording that "the renewal of
courage, confidence and enterprise dates
definitely from March A." The San An
tonic Express agrees that facts and
figures lately gathered from various au-
thoritative sources indicate a sturdy
spontaneous trend toward industrial re-
covery," and that "the development is
countrywide and shows signs of be-
coming permanent" The New York
Times emphasizes reports of substantial
rise of average prices, doubtless both
the effect and cause of trade recovery
and the Chicago Daily News finds that
Improvement in general business LAS
already reduced the number of jobless
in an encouraging degree"
The Louisville Courier-Journal sug-
geStS that collapse of a Sagging market
has been averted by reinforcement u
and that-"the next move is to stop GER
tain elements from undermining the
market by selling below cost of produc-
ton" The Omaha World-Herald sees
'an effort to bring the production OF
be fairly accurately gagged as the limit
of the country's capacity for consump-
ton" The Scranton Times brings out
the point that the administration will
insist upon jobs and wages first, and
profits df any secondly"
Apparent inclination of the Recovery
Administration to move cautiously and
to give industrial enterprise full oppor-
tunity to work out its own program" Is
commended by the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin. The Minneapolis Tribune OBJ
serves: Industry Is on the springboard
and Gen Johnson bids it leap.
To his credit, he seems firmly rooted to
the notion that industry should get out
and rustic for ITSELF" Some existing op-
position is explained by the Glendale
News Press with the statement that
"the idea that they are shorn of their
potency to rule, and must, along with
common folk, submit to an ordered
course, incites them to peevishness." The
Cleveland News states that there is
ample ground for hope that the codify-
ing of the Nations industries will prove
q major achievement"
1.-The act, designed to raise wages
regulate hours of labor and, above all
to increase purchasing power, must have
the fullest Cooperation and observance
to attain its success" says the Fort
Worth ar-Telegram, with the further
telief that movement of the trades as
sociations and the various lines Of bust