New Dealer Utility Man Debate Business Views NEW YORK Jan 7 AP Under P-Under Under a barrage of audience ques- ques th the relationship between government and big corporations was as discus discussed ed last night by Robert H. H Jackson assistant United States tates attorney general and Wendell L. L Willkie president of the Commonwealth and Southern corporation The New York Town Hall auditorium auditorium audi- audi orium with a seating capacity of 1700 w was s packed as the new dealer and the utilities man discussed the subject How Can Government and Business Work Together In a national national na- na ional broadcast The time of the meeting was extended ex- ex tended ended on the air as the audience plied the speakers with questions then was extended again as the questioning went on after the broadcast ended Said Jackson There is is to my my mind an essential first step to toward toward toward to- to i ward recovery That is for big business deliberately and speedily to o go to a policy of ot high volume production low price and the highest highest high- high est st wage scale possible Said Willkie president of ot the Commonwealth and Southern Utilities Utilities Utilities ties corporation The real cure consists in convincing the millions ot of if small investors throughout America America Amer- Amer ica ca that the government does not intend to continue its attack on American merican industry big or little for forIt forit It is the these e investors upon whom Industry industry in- in depends for funds It was Jackson who thrust the issue to the fore some time ago with a speech in which he accused big ig business of at fostering a general strike against government Harold Ickes ekes secretary of the interior followed followed fol- fol lowed owed that speech with another along long the same line but there came a lull in the turmoil this week with President Roosevelt's message to congress which was generally regarded regarded re- re as conciliatory in tone Mr Roosevelt had invited business business busi busl- ness and finance to cure such in inequalities inequalities inequalities in- in equalities as they can cure without legislation but to join their government government government govern govern- ment in the enactment of legislation legisla- legisla ion tion where the ending of abuses and the steady functioning of ot our economic system calls for government government government govern govern- ment assistance This attitude was seconded by Willkie last night I suggest he ho said that we have now reached the time when we should stop discussing who caused the depression and should direct our attention to how to cure it