Evening star., 1935-11-11
NEW DEAL TRENDS
FACING OPPOSITION
US. C. of c., Liberty League
and Economy League
CritiCizeS Policies.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
A referendum by the Chamber OF
Commerce of the United States among
its local membership shows strong
opposition to recent trends OF legis-
Iation enacted under the New Deal.
The poll will not be competed until
Noven. Der %, but the early voting, as
reported today the Associated Press.
tNnd only two local groups out Of %
which favored trends for which the
National Chambers directorate re.
quested the most thoughtful atten.
ton"
From two other sources came criti-
c;sn of New Deal policies, while a
fourth brought forward evidence that
many editors would like to see the
budget balanced in the next fiscal
year.
"Autocratic Power"
The Liberty League compared Presi-
dent Roosevelt to King George III of
England. whom it described as a
Symbol of autocratic power"
In a pamphlet entitled Economic
Planning-Mistaken, But Not New"
the pamphlet said;
King George III was the symbol
of autocratic power, against which the
Colonies revolted.
Under New Deal laws and uSurpa-
tions of authority. autocratic power
to plan the course of economic affairs
VAS become centered in the President
of the United States. In Italy
Mussolini and in Germany Hitler
typify autocracy and planned eco
nomic order"
Want Budget Balanced.
The National Economy League in
turn made public poll of daily news
papers from which it reported $50 of
377 favored immediate balancing Of
the budget.
THE North, South, Middle West
and Far West" said Henry H. Curran,
director, favor the proposal almost in
equal percentages"
N r. A. came in for a word from
the Brookngs Institute. IN. R. A. in
troduced cartel-like features into
many American industries, In some
cases to far-reaching extent" the re-
port said 1t added the comment that
cartels, as operated in Europe, Gre
ated fluctuations in production and
employment rather than bringing
stability.
The cartel, an European-type COM
bine designed to regulate prices and
production, was described in the re-
port as offering little aid in improving
any of the serious defects of the eco
nomic system"
Several local Chambers of Com
rnerce refused to vote on the questions
submitted by the national organiZa-
-tion. Some objected that the ques-
. tions submitted were too broad" )"
while others complained the subject
matter was partisan"
The Chamber of Columbia. S. c.,
resigned from the national organiza-
ton, its Board of Governors charging
the parent body with "anti-New Deal
proclivities."
List of Questions.
The questions which were submitted
tt8 more than 1000 local chambers and
trade associations were:
Should there be extension of Federal
jurisdiction into matters Of State and
LOCAL concern?
- Should the Federal Government at
the present time exercise Federal
spending power without relation to
revenues?
Should there be Government COM
petition with private enterprise-for
regulatory or other purposes?
Should all grants OF authority by
Congress to the executive department
of the Federal Government be within
clearly defined limits?
Twenty-six of the local and State
groups have answered mo" to the
FIRST three questions and "Yes" to the
fourth. The Helena and Kalispell.
Mont, chambers were the only ones
shown thus far by the survey to have
taken an opposite stand. A Nation
wide survey by the Associated Press
shows this action to date:
East.-Connecticut anc New Jersey
States chambers, New York City Mer-
chants Association and Hartford, New
Haven and Torrington, Conn, have
voted disapproval of the trends
Questions Too General.
Smithsonian action has been
taken by the Tennessee Manufactur-
ers' Association and the Atlanta, Sa-
vannah Fort Worth. Galveston and
Nashville chambers. Governors of the
Jacksonville, Fla, chamber held the
questions were too general" to be
answered yes or no, and also that they
smack of political partisanship." The
Knoxville chamber criticized the ques-
tions as mot specific enough" and re-
fused to vote, while the National Af-
fairs Committee of the Chattanooga
chamber deferred vote until the U. S.
c.. of C. furnished all 700 members
With complete ballots and pro and
con arguments. Houston's chamber Is
not participating in the poll.
..Midwest-The trends" were op-
posed by the Kansas City, Springfield.
No, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Lam
sing. Mich, and Indiana State
chambers A special committee of
the Waterloo, Iowa, chamebr recon-
mended similar action. The Des
Moines. Iowa, chamber is not voting
q Grand Forks, N. D. committee is
recommending similar action today
OF the ground the questions are
general and vague" and the St.
Louis chamber declined to make pub
lie the result.
Far West-San Francisco chamber
directors said an answer to question
II was impossible because of its
brpad scope" but voted against the
"mends" on the other three. The
Wallace, Idaho. board of trade voted
40" on questions one and three,
declining to vote on the other two.
An four trends" we're disapproved
by Oakland, Calf, Ogden, Utah.
Reno, New, and Tacoma, Wash. Salt
Lake City's chamber declined to vote
on the ground that the subject matter
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