Evening star., 1935-03-16
Voices Warnings to Board
of Trade to Disregard
Talk of Demagogues.
PROPER GOVERNMENTAL
CONTROL SEEN NEEDED
People Worried Lest New Deal
Fail to Furnish Jobs, Says
C. of c. Head.

Bespeaking optimism for the imme-
diate future of business. but at the
same time sounding warning against
"demagogues and soothsayers, Henry
I. Hartman, president of the Cham
Der of Commerce of the United States
! told the Washington Board of Trade
last night that very definite recovery
has been accomplished and further
Improvement would come during the
present calendar year"
Mr.. Hartman. now serving his
third term as head of the national
chamber, appraised the first two years
of the Roosevelt administration and
declared proper intrusion of Gov
ernment in business" is a good and
necessary thing.
The President. however. is losing
the popularity he enjoyed during the
first half of his term. the speaker
said. Through last Fall. he said
people we're willing to blame the
Hoover administration, but now they
are beginning to wonder what the
Roosevelt policies will bring.
Election Held Turning Point.
up to the Fall election OF 1884
Mr.. Hartman said, the President had
fully maintained his remarkable popu-
larity with all classes Of our people
They admired his daring. his courage,
his confidence. They were charmed
! by his radio addresses, and his smile
became the symbol Of better times
soon to be with us.
For the last four months. how
ever, the story has been different
The people still admire the President
and want to have faith in his policies
but they also want jobs. Some blame
/ the last administration for the bitter
days of 80, 81, and 49, Now they
are beginning to wonder whether the
New Deal measures will give them
work and the comforts of life.
Many are beginning to listen to
the soothsayers and quack doctors OF
the body polite, not with enthusiasm
but because they are told that neither
of the old parties has the ability to
solve the problems of the day.
Work Seen Insurance.
The oracles are speaking in Del
phic terms, and the people are inter-
preting these new sayings in the light
Of their wishes. Give them work and
wages and the gas bombs of the dema-
gogues and the mirages of the sooth-
sayers will be as harmless as the puff
balls and the thistledoUn Of the
| fields"
After reviewing the beginnings oi
the depression and citing figures tc
show the progress made toward recov-
cry, Mr.. Hartman declared:
1T would, indeed, be dangerous tc
/ propheSy the exact time of the final
upswing in this depression, but I be-
lieve there is distinct evidence thai
the demand for durable goods will
become marked during the present
calendar year.
Il am basing my belief for better
| business, not primarily on what the
administration has done. or has not
done. but upon immutable economic
laws which indicate that great depres-
sions follow rather definite phases OF
fall. readjustment. and recovery. There
are clouds on the horizon; there are
many business problems to be solved
there are many men still out Of work
and there are many debts still to be
paid.
Cooperation Held Necessary.
"In my Judgment, the stability and
progress of industry depend largely
upon the degree of immediate CO.
operation which can be had between
the Government and the leaders OF
business. agriculture and labor. This
necessarily involves agreement or
measures OF legislative action and
upon methods of administration.
1T is my belief that the country
at large is not so much interested just
now in experiments looking toward
permanent reforms in our economic
and social structure. as it is in action
that will bring an acceleration of busi-
ness, with a consequent further in
crease in employment.
rs government in business to stay,
and are we really trending toward a
greater degree of Government regula-
ton of business? Much as I may
regret it. my fear is that it is . =
I'VE may, indeed, long for the
simpler life that preceded the great
war, but we can no more turn back
the tides of economic and social
movement than we can turn the
tides of the sea: and think, as busi-
ness men. We are not foresighted if
we do not realize that the inter-
relation between Government and
business will be stronger in the fu-
ture than it has been in the past.
Extent of Control Vital.
1.-The age of power has made i'm
possible any reversion Of either in
dustry or Government to simpler
forms of century ago, and the prob
lem of this generation is the problem
of determining wisely the direction
and the degree of Government par
ticipation in business and industry.
I'm my Judgment. our people will
not give up the advantages that
spring from the power to produce
abundantly, because our economic
philosophy is not yet adapted to its
regulation, nor will they put the
bride upon productive enterprise be-
cause our political economy has not
kept pace with it.
The greater intrusion of Govern
ment in business does not, in my
Judgment, mean necessarily the pass
ing of individual initiative. 1t should
never mean the dead level of social
ism or communism. It should never
mean equality in the division of goods
and services. Proper cooperation
between business and Government can
mean such organization of our eco
nomic life that the population of the
country shall universally enjoy
standard of living which they know
we have the man power. the
natural resources and the ability
Security Seen Main Goal.
Ultimately, all of the measures
that have been enacted or proposed
by the administration are directed to
one or another phase Of personal Sc
curity.
I'VE may not be in accord as to