Evening star., 1938-12-07
People, Government
And Capital Urged
10 Cooperate
Manufacturers Are Told
Confidence Is Only
Missing Element
Ey the Associated Press,

>VusS0SuSS - Susy
Missing Element
Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-Represent-
atives of many thousands of Amer
ica's industrial concerns heard
Charles r. Hook. president of the
National Association of Manufac-
turers, call today for cooperation
of Americas common people, capi-
talists and Government for a new
and enduring prosperity.
His audience, the delegates to the
43d Congress of American Indus
try, had assembled from through
out the Nation for the three-day
meeting. 1t will close Friday night
with banquet of 1000. at which
Anthony Eden. former British for
eign secretary, will speak.
ITO make America go ahead
we've got to get our 5000 900 un-
employed back to work. We cannot
regain prosperity until we do. That
was apparent in 1888; it is equally
as apparent now" Mr.. Hook de-
clared.
Sums Up Potentials.
Eve should leave no doubt in the
minds of the people that, for the
public good, we favor regulation of
certain phases Of our incentive sys-
tenn. We agree that as q public
safeguard, Government must set
up certain standards designed to
protect the public interest -
Summing up American prosperity
potentials. he said:
I'VE have the money-billions are
idle in our banks. We have the
man-power-9,0 900, 900 men are un-
employed. We have the same bound
less natural resources We had before
1929. We have pent-up consumer
demands and obsolescence in plants
to satisfy. We have over 1000 900
families more than we had in 1929
to supply. We have scientific knowl-
edge to serve us as never before"
The missing catalyst to make
these elements work. he said, was
confidence born OF the cooperation
of the various groups.
Five-Point Program.
Hook recommended a point
program:
l. Government and industry en-
phasis on increased production: un-
employed back to work in produc-
tive enterprises.
2. Eliminate Government competi-
ton with business to encourage in
vestment and industrial expansion.
3. Overhaul the entire tax struc-
ture; tax for necessary revenue, not
for regulation.
4. Change national labor rela-
tons policy to be fair" to employer
as well as employe. without damag-
ing protection for protective bar
gaining.
5. Give American business a
chance to operate under q square
DEAL; let business admit and cor
rect its mistakes for the good of
all business, all people.
SAyS OuSHlCSS Oh SVOt.
Don Francisco. president Lord &
Thomas, national advertising
agency. said:
Business is on the spot under
this attitude, business cannot click,
America cannot click. -
"Therefore. I suggest that each
of your industries and large busi-
neSSes take these four stems:
Il. Find and correct your mis-
takes.
Y. Heal your sore spots.
g. Make new friends.
=. Tell your story of social serv-
ice."
Public Is Arbiter.
DR.. George Gallup, director of the
American Institute of Public Opin-
ion, told delegates the public is the
flnal arbiter of relationships be-
tween industry, Government and
society.
Voters in the upper and middle
income groups said DR.. Gallup,
ARE becoming alarmed as they view
the tax consequences of the Govern
ment's spending program.
Close scrutiny of the Federal
budget and earmarking of funds,
therefore, is likely to find more
popular support in this Congress
than in the last one.
In this connection, however, it
should be noted that the country is
overwhelmingly in favor of an in
creased Army, Navy and air force.
Hence spending for national defense
should be less subject to the public s
criticism than other forms of Gov
ernment spending"
Gallup Brings Applause.
The audience burst into applause
and laughter when DR.. Gallup, re-
viewing a survey of the likelihood
that President Roosevelt would be
elected for third term, said:
There is real doubt that Presi-
dent Roosevelt could be elected
should be ask to be returned to the
White House for an additional four
years"
Responding to the hand-clapping,
DR.. Gallup said:
Il left space there for applause"
Robert L. Lund of st. Louis, execu-
tive vice president of the Lambert
Pharmacal Co., urged that business
men go into politics, not as busi-
ness executives, but as private citi-
zens of a great republic, to battle
for those principles in which they
believe"
American exports of chewing gum
in 1897 totaled 3,182 600 pounds val
ued at $1,177,000, or more than
louble the 1888 figure.
club Waiter,