Show States Must COoperate Or Suffer er Federal Control Monson Warns Special to to The Telegram LOS OS ANGELES Aug 27 27 State State governments governments' must cooperate on matters pert pertaining ining to interstate activities or they may find th the activities of the state assumed by the federal government Dr E. E E E. E Monson Utah secretary of state and president of the National National National Na Na- Association of Secretaries of State said Wednesday as as he opened the associations association's national convention here The modern facilities of communication communication com communication com com- and transportation are bringing a closer relationship between the states he said We W no longer are a nation of differentiated states separated bya by bya a line of demarcation but our activities interlock and blend to the extent that we must coop cooperate rate on on matters pertaining to int interstate activities or else we may find the activities of the state in the future assumed by bythe bythe bythe the f federal deral government and we will have a single centralized government Sovereignty of states should be maintained in order that democracy may continue continue continue con con- to be the basic principle of our United States government One point on which states must cooperate is the regulation of large corporations which have grown so big they are beyond the regulatory power of a single state Dr M Monson said By far lar the thc greatest number humber are corporations organized on a small scale which operate only within one state and there are other corporations of such great magnitude they reach into every state in the union It would be fetched far-fetched to assume for instance in- in instance stance that the federal govern govern- ment should or could delegate to itself the right and power to grant charters to all corporations including small corporations or organized organized organized or- or and created for operation solely within a small community or state and carrying on only local business In In such case the federal government government gov gov- government would be encroaching upon the functions functions f government which should be exercised only within the state and would vialate violate violate vio via late the principles of states states' rights On the other hand there are large corporations which have grown and ands and s spread read th their ir activities activities activities ties far beyond the boundaries of a single state and have reached the magnitude of national and even world importance These are are beyond the p power of any one one state to regulate and may tend to permit economic and social abuses |