Show Young Contributes Light Note To Serious Economic Meeting It was a grim and determined group of business and industrial leaders who gathered in Washington attend attend at tend President P Hoovers Hoover's national economic eco eco eco- conference In that new and magnificent room in inthe n the department of commerce building build build- ing ng where they drafted a program looking to the stimulation of busin business s activity and employment an atmosphere atmosphere at ot of seriousness seemed to prevail at all times Little humor showed itself in the remarks of ote the various speakers There was just no place for it The job ob before them was too serious too tremendous for any attempt at levity That Thatis is until that lanky and friend friendy ly y New Yorker Owen D. D Young arose to speak Young had been telling the conference conference conference confer confer- ence that the prime purpose of ot the coordinated drive of business and government was to make more jobs He le also had been deploring and waning warning warn wani ing ng against pessimism m so so general among the American people toward he the economic ills of their country In the midst of bis his talk a twinkle appeared in his eyes I can can no better illustrate what I Iman Iman Iman man he said than to tell you a astory astory atory story tory I heard recently A IIA man hard hit by business reverses reverses re reo re- re verses met a friend of his one day and began bega to bemoan his plight I 4 I am so badly in 11 debt deb he said My debts worry me so II Come come come said the friend Cheer up It does not pay to be so depressed Just imagine what you could do if you had all the money In Inthe Inthe inthe the world I But my debts he moaned My debts They are worrying me to death a Now now the friend repeated dont take on that way Tell me just what would you do if it you had all nU the money in the world d Dont joke with me that way he replied mournfully My debts my debts they debts they worry me so II 4 But just what would you do the friend insisted if it you had aUthe all aU the money in the world He thought for tor a moment then replied in an even ven more mournful fashion Td Id apply it to my debts debts debts-as as asfar far as it would go 4 |