Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-04-20 | Page 6 | Tackling No. I Problem

n f Tackling No I Problem THE HE nations nation's business leaders evidently do donot donot THE not propose to take the presidents president's challenge on reemployment sitting dow down Both in his message asking for new relief appropriations and in his Jefferson day speech in Baltimore Mr Roosevelt called upon Business and industry to do more with a job they were thinking had been very creditably ly done so far lar The generalities generali general V It ties tes es in the Baltimore speech speech- about more jobs I 5 short shorter r days a and d we weeks ks' ks and nd maintained pay scales have not passed unnoticed by the United States Chamber of Commerce Accordingly it has as placed the nations nation's No 1 problem as subject subject sub sub- No 1 on the agenda for i its annual meeting to convene in Washington next Monday April 27 Despite the quoted oft ass assertions of business business business busi busi- ness leaders that private enterprise has done doneall doneall doneall all in putting jobless jobless' men to work the chamber will vill seriously explore what more may be done in this manner to speed recovery A pamphlet issued by the chamber setting out but ut the political al obstacles to recovery is sufficient sufficient suf suf- evidence that the breathing spell did not serve to bridge the gulf separating business business' V a arid azid the administration on this thi important all question A comprehensive ve statistical survey will be offered at the meeting to o disclose accomplishments ac- ac of rade trade and industry in increasing increasing increasing ing work To let t the e country know that it is not minded to rest on its record though the session proposes to ask sk t the e best minds mind to give th ir v views ws' ws on n immediate and long range projects projects' projects projects' which promise g greater eater attainments Mu lIu Much h as a's as s everyone might hope it is inescapable able in Inand and out out the adm administration on that politics poll poli tics will vill pl play y too large a part partin in this presidential year in all aU approaches to this most vital atour of ot our national problems It will nevertheless be bec c clarifying and helpful if authentic figures are produced at the chambers chamber's session It will make it easier r to determine what has been done and wh what t more rore ore needs to be done It will make it easier for individuals to form judgments with the tle facts fa ts before th them m. m All this however holds t out cut little hope that anything very constructive will wiIl be done about bringing men and jobs to together together to to- V gether or curtailing public spending until l after the N November vem er elections Neither the ins nor northe the o outs ts would deliberately destroy the paramount para mount Int issue which their V ever er spellbinders will v battle until the last vote is counted 1 V V