Evening star., 1937-11-24

cur: Cd That genuinely equitable
settlement is reached, and reached
quickly, in the utilities question. CD
That the railroads are salvaged 80
That the system of Federal taxation
is revised to furnish incentive for
capital investment and re-employ-
ment. (4) That no farm bill is passed
which will reintroduce the radical
planning features of the A. A. A.,
bring about drastic reduction of acre
age, and thus cause a sudden acceler-
alton of unemployment in all those
agricultural sections where there is a
large amount of hired labor. go
That no legislation is passed which
will have the effect of seriously in
creasing production costs. (6) That
some new great horizontal expansion
is given impetus, which will not make
drain on the public purse-probably
in housing CD That the budget is not
seriously unbalanced.
Statesmanship Needed.
The demand for craftsmanship is
tremendous. Craftsmanship in the
White House, craftsmanship in Con-
gress and craftsmanship in the business
world The first necessity of that
craftsmanship is that a new bridge
should be built between business and
government, and that they should
cease to continue operating like mu-
tually hostile armies.
Business and government are like
married couple who have quarreled.
The quarrel has been disastrous for
the lives of each. 1t has disrupted the
society to which both belong; it has
caused the family, of which they are
part. to suffer; it has Inundated and
caused pain to the children. Both
parties know this, and both want to
make up. But each waits on the tele-
phone for the other to call. Each
feels that in the issues which caused
the quarrel he was right and his part
ner was wrong. Each in the quarrel
has had his feelings seriously hurt.
Each feels that his prestige is at stake
Each sits on the telephone, nursing
injured amour propre and remember
ing insults. I have no doubt that the
President, who is proud and sensitive
man, goes over in his mind everything
that has been said about him in the
last five years. And the sum of that
revery is probably: Well, certainly
won't call up first. If do they will
cackle joyfully, This just shows that
ne never did know anything about
business, and he had to call on us
when he gets into jam" And busi-
ness says to itself: If I go rushing
down to Washington and say I want
to make up, he will spread it all over
the place that I couldn't get along
without him after all, and that ]
need him even more than he needs me
Meanwhile, the sheriff approaches
to foreclose the old home.
Congress as Family Lawyer.
In this dilemma, which is psyche
logical and atmospheric, as we'll as
specific and real, Congress ought to
act as the family lawyer and try to
get the parties together. Washington
needs hearings by well-informed men
in the business world. They, in turn,
need to think inside the realities of
the situation and propose definite
measures. And public opinion can do
its part by demanding from both sides
the greatest possible measure OF good
will. For, as in every disrupted mar
riage, there will be so-called friends
and advisers of both parties who will
do their best to exacerbate injured
feelings and exploit pent-up griev-
ances There is no question that in
the business world there are -hards
who are willing to sabotage the Amer
lean economy for the sake of revenge