Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-04 | Page 6 | Economic Plan of Roosevelt Draws Parise

ECONOMIC PLAN OF ROOSEVELT DRAWS PRAISE Head of British Trades Union Commends New Recovery Recovery ery Program 1 BRIGHTON England Sept 4 UP High praise for President Roosevelt's economic policies was s voiced by President President President dent A. A G. G Walkden as the British Trades Union congress began its sixty sixty- fifth lith convention today with resolutions urging the British government to follow follow fol low the presidents president's example awaiting action Uon President Roosevelt has taken decisive decisive de de- steps to show that economic individualism an in both in theory and in practice is played out said Walkden Walk- Walk d den n of or the Railway Clerks' Clerks association in opening the congressI congress that America I 11 am not going to say has bas been converted overnight to toso socialism so so- but I do say on the evidence available that America has turned to policies which organized labor basI has bas I long ng advocated as the solution for the present presentS crisis Commending the presidents Unorthodox unorthodox un un unorthodox orthodox tackling of depression Walkden spoke highly of ot the policies He continued with an attack on dicta dictatorships which h he said were sUpported supported supported sup sup- ported by capitalism in an effort to halt democracy Capitalist Interests now are plainly fighting lighting for their lives ves he said and fIghting lighting in the last ditch One resolution before the congress asked specifically that the presidents president's policies be adopted in Britain Walkden said the Roosevelt program program program pro pro- gram illustrated the impossibility of ot restoring prosperity by orthodox methods It is remarkable because it Involves a a radical departure from the traditional traditional policy polley of or economy individualism individual indivIdual- ism which has dominated American J industry he said The N R A he said applied two sound trade union principles shorter principles shorter h hours urs and higher wages Moreover he be argued it required employers fully to tp recognize trades unionism and called lle for the utmost cooperation between between between be be- tween unions and employers President Roosevelt has given emphasis em cm- and authority to our ceaseless protest against wage cutting as a method of ot meeting the crisis caused by the depression he said Walkden ridiculed what he be called the bankruptcy of statesmanship as reflected reflected reflected re re- re- re at the London economic confer confer- ence It was he said a lIa virtual confession a of inability of capitalist statesmen to propound a policy of ot international coop cooperation era tion