The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-28
FEW POLICIES.
OF PRESIDENT
EVADE LASH,
Only AAA and FHAI
Win Kind Words
From Speakers

At least two major pollcleS OF
President Roosevelt won a kind
word from the critical United
States Chamber of Commerce to-
day-one of them the invalidated
Agricultural Adjustment Admin
iStration.
Lewis H. Brown, Of New York,
president of the JohnS-Manville
Corporation, praised the agricul-
tural adjustment law for its con-
tribution to establishment of price
parity between agricultural COM
modities and manufactured goods.
IN. Tate, of st. Paul, vice preSi-
dent Of the Weyerhaeuser Sales
Company, gave the Federal hous-
ing act credit for improved condi-
lions in the lumber industry.
Compliments for the admin.
istration were rare, however.
There were five round-table
meetings today with prominent
chamber members leading the in.
formal talks. Brief highlightS Of
some of the remarks follow:
Farm PfODlemS
Round table on agricultural
progress:
DR.. Herbert w. Mumford, dean
of the University of Illinois Col
lege of Agriculture, Urbana, ILL.,:
Impoverished land inevitably
means impoverished people.
IF satisfactory progress Is to
be made, the completely Of the
problem must be recognized,
and farmers and business men
, must be willing to work TO-
gether to improve the cOndi-
ti0ns surrounding the farming
enterprise. Far-seeing leaders
in industry and agriculture rec
Ognize the interdependenCe Of
industry and agriculture, but
much remains to be done to
obtain general acceptance OF
this fact"
Foreign Trade Dew elopment
round table:
DR.. Alexander V. Dye, director
of the Commerce Departments
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, Washington, D. c.:
Gas the proper function Of
government is to do for the COM
mon good anything which can
be better done by the nation as
d whole than by any Of its com.
pOnent parts, It was evident
that the situation developed in
the pOst-depressiOn period could
be dealt with only by action Of
our own National Government,
as such.
Congress, therefore, placed in
the hands of the President the
right to establish reciprocal
trade agreements to be carried
out under the direction Of the
Department of State. This
method cOntemplates the active
promotion of trade, whereas
previously, tariff control con-
templated only the control Of
imports into this country, by
raising or lowering our own
tariff"
TRADE POLICIES
James A. Farrell of New York,
former president Of the United
States Steel Corporation:
"A nations progress is deter.
mined by the direction In which
it is heading. The United
States foreign trade policy dedi-
Gated to true advancement by
means Of bi-lateral agreements
based on the unconditional
INSTRUMENTATION principle,
offers the only possible alterna-
tive to the chaos wrought by
the many arbitrary and dis
criminatory measures that have
diverted world commerce into
unnatural channels"
Round table on Transportation:
II. Gerrish Smith of New York,
president, National Council of
American Shipbuilders:
"This problem of American
shipping is one that Is ever
with us. Its condition at the
present time is critical, but the
underlying Importance Of Amer.
lean shipping is so great to our
economic welfare and to our
national defense, that believe
there is a way out for the fu.
ture. I persist in being an Op-
timiSt."
Round table on distribution
problems of today:
Frank H. Nicely, Atlanta, Ca,
secretary and general manager,
Rich's, Inc:
eff the distributor Is a good
merchant with q serious and
consistent interest in the pub
lie veal, he may become the
center in the development Of
our community along sensible
and sane democratic lines.
Whether he be q chain store
operator serving the entire
country, or a well organized
local merchant, he must look
to the horizon beyond his OOun-
ter and see what Is happening
to the world he is serving"
Treasury Condition