Evening star., 1933-05-12
NATION PICTURED
FORGING AHEAD
Speaker Rainey Broadcasts
at Advertising Meeting
From Pittsburgh.

| "a plllulC Va VIC All A6hA6 uANuA
to prosperity through control of eco
nomic forces by man-made laws was
presented by Speaker Henry T. Rai.ley
Of the House in an address broadcast
from Pittsburgh last night to the 10th
annual meeting OF the American Asso-
| citation of Advertising Agencies in ses-
sion here at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
| The Speaker was to have been present
at last nights banquet. but was
stranded in Pittsburgh when bad
weather prevented his airplane con-
tinuing on to the Capital from Co.
lumbus. Ohio.
w. D. Darcy of st. Louis was elected
chairman of the beard of the asso-
ciation shortly after noon to succeed
Henry T. Ewald Of Detroit.
Other officers chosen included Ar
| thur H Kudner, New York. reelected
vice president; E. De Witt Hill, New
| York, reelected treasurer and Allen
L. Billingsley. Cleveland. who succeeds
| G. Lynn Sumner of New York as
| secretary.
President Keeps Office.
Members at large of the board elected
were Guy c. Smith of Detroit for a
one-year term and Mr.. Ewald, Mr..
Sumner and Henry Eckhardt of New
| York for three-year terms
| rive members Ol Tie UOdlu itpIeocllt.
! ing regional councils were elected for
one-year terms, They were: George r.
Dunham of Boston, for the New Eng
| land council; Winthrop Hoyt, New York,
| for the New York council; Wilbur Van
| SAINT, Baltimore, for the Philadelphia
council Merle Sidener, Indianapolis,
| for the Western council, and j. M.
| Dawson of Dallas, Tex, for the South
ern council.
John Benson of New York. president,
| and Frederic r. Gamble, executive sec
retary. were continued in office.
Sessions Of the association today were
closed
Better times are Just ahead
| men in his address, but cautioned that
too much must not be expected too
soon"
Recovery from conditions which OPP
press US now will not be instantaneous"
| he continued, lit will be gradual. But
from now on every day will be better
day"
Reviews Stagnation Period.
| After reviewing the long period of
business Stagnation, Speaker Rainey
said. Il deny that there are economic
laws as Interchangeable as the laws OF
gravitation.
i QSNy llldC We HluSl pellIlIb lIlt
destruction of the accumulated capital
of cur citizens. This is world Of men
! and nations. and economic laws can
! be changed by man-made laws, and so
we are forgetting that such economists
as Nautilus, Ricardo and Mills ever
! lived. At any rate, We are dlsregardlng
the things they taught"
Describing the Governments plans
and cbjectives, the Speaker said: Our
constructive program Of legislation will
/ be completed early in June, and Con-
gress will adjourn and go home. Al
ready you may notice the effect OF
what we are doing in raising the prices
| Of basic farm products. Stocks which
/ have a real value are already indicat-
/ ing a price increase on our markets.
| Unemployment has perceptibly de-
| creased, The great structure We are
building up has commenced to operate
, but we must complete it before We ad-
iourn. and this Congress will not ad-
/ jCurn until our program OF constructive
/ legislation is finished"
/ Rainey gave principal credit for the
/ reconstruction program to President
/ Roosevelt.
/ "A slperman is in the White House"
he declared, "a man who fits into the
! emergencies Of the present, an inspired
leader"
/ Discussing the commercial strife
! among nations, he said the President
/ has been armed with "a battery of three
great 16-inch guns and authorized to
/ fire one or all Of them in the economic
battle now on"
Mentioning the authorization of part
payment of war debts in silver Speaker
Rainey predicted that this may lead
finally to free coinage of silver, which
may even eventually reach the historic
ratio of 16-1"
After listening to the address the ad-
vertising men were entertained by John
Charles Thomas. Metropolitan Opera
baritone; Countess Olga Albani, So
prano. and the Revelers.
A symposium on Creating Adver-
t.sing in Times Like These was pre-
sented by Stewart L. Minis. He said
/ advertising. like politics, belongs to the
/ persuasive arts and will live in proper
/ ton as it is successfully persuasive.
The production of 100000 worth of
/ advertising in II weeks in the canning
industry was described by F. G. Hub
bard.