Evening star., 1934-12-02
WALLACE GIVES
RECOVERY VIEWS
Tells English Teachers Next
Step Must Be Fostered
by Industry.

Declaring that agriculture has seen
the ultimate in centralized control
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace yes
terday laid upon industry the re-
sponsibility of fostering the mex,
steps in economic recovery of the
Nation.
Mr.. Wallace was speaking before
the closing luncheon of the National
Council Of Teachers of English, after
that organizations three-day conven-
ton here.
Since the World War;" Mr. Wal
lace declared, I'VE have been in a
terrible mess. We're not out of II
yet and I don't know any reason
why we should fool ourselves-thal
Is, since we're not business men. Up
to 1923 we were producing farm prod
ucts on 50000.000 acres in quantity
far above our conSumptive needs
These products were bought by for
eign countrieS-before the war with
money we owed them, since the wal
Will ulOllCy VIC lOu4iSo tiASAAA, wv
since 1880 not at all
These markets were lost because
we have not chosen to accept enough
imports"
Prices Down 40 Per Cent.
Even with the aid of the drought
Mr.. Wallace said, restricted agri-
cultural production for 1884 was only
Is per cent below that of 1929, while
agricultural prices were down 40 pei
cent. In contrast, he said. industrial
production is down 40 per cent, while
prices in those products are dowr
only IS per cent.
Charging that the forms of self.
control worked out by industry dur.
ing past years have been most dam
aging to the body polite" and de-
claring that the necessities of preser-
vation required some form of agri-
cultural control, Mr.. Wallace sale
that agriculture has endured the
ultimate" in centralized control.
The answer now is increased pro-
duction by industry, for only through
the reopening of factories can we put
mllIlOnS DdCk at WOTk.
Much Trouble Ahead.
"There will be much pain and
trouble and woe ahead of us, but OF
such things fine human spirits are
made. I think we may approach the
future happily and confidently and
trust that the guiding star of the fu-
ture will be a growing willingness tc
develop more and more the intellec-
tual and emotional appreciation OF the
cost of living. one with another. The
trend of modern invention tends tc
tell story which means that this
generation will lift its eyes higher
than those of the past.
The situation is not appalling
either from an American or world
point of view. I feel, however. thai
the problems of the next 10 years are
going to be extremely difficult, partly
because our education of the past has
been so completely removed from
reality. I suspect most of you have
agreed with this belief. as you have
watched college graduates 60 out into
a world for which they never were
prepared"
Following Mr.. Wallace before the
convention was DR.. Esther Brunauel
of the American Association of Uni
versity Women, speaking in sharply
critical tone of the Hitler regime In
Germany. Charging the Nazi leader
with gangster rule and lawlessness
she compared cultural conditions ir
Germany today with those of the
Middle Ages
Robert Frost New England poet, was
the third speaker. Mr.. Frost read g
number Of his poems, including
"Birches," "Mending Wall, THE Run.
away" and stopping by the Woods.
Outstanding addresses of the morn
ing sessions yesterday were those Of
Prof. Donald Davidson of Vanderbilt
University and Prof. Franklyn B. Sny.
der of Northwestern University.