Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-21 | Page 1 | Knerr Urges 'Expert' Board to Take over U. S. Control

URGES EXPERT BOARD I j TO TAKE OVER U. U S. S CONTROL I I L K Knerr nerr General Manager to Control Nation Under Proposal 4 4 of Utah Man SECURITY IS' IS CUARA GUARANTEED TEED Chaos or Civilization Ahead Official Declares Radical reorganization of American Anion Anion- can government to ab lish state and national legislative bodies and place control of the nation in the hands of 45 technical experts w was advocated by L IM Knerr state industrial comm corn com m mission chairman in a speech at the first annual institute at the University of Utah Saturday afternoon Every citizen should be guaranteed guaranteed guaran- guaran teed economic liberty and social s so and to do this the country should be operated as as' a a Mr Knerr said Me He pointed out that American government gay gov- has has' changed but little in years while private industry has transformed the entire character of corporate corporate- enterprise and evolved evolved- a awell well c coordinated system by a pr process cess of mergers People Elect Experts Under th the plan o outlined by Mr Knerr the nation would be divid divided d into nIne economic divisions in each ot of which five technIcal experts would be elected by the people These rep lep be persons trained in social welfare agriculture lab labOr r or industrial management T This Is body of 45 would be iri session constantly and elect a genera gen era eral mana manag r r bf the United States who would be responsible to them and ct to dismissal at any t time me he said In this rebuilding of the nation personal liberty would wO be reinterpreted reinterpreted on a social rather than an individualistic in in- basis and the tat tal idea or of public and private prop prop- er erty y would be restated Mr sud Economic services upon which the national welfare depends would be removed from the realm of priva property Security Would Result The resulting social security ty h he continued must include social insurance jn in- in all its ts phases health old age and unemployment insurance as aswell aswell well as dismissal wages Child welfare must be considered C Continued on Pace Pase Two KNERR URGES EXPERTS REIGN C Manager to S 'S Nation Und Under r of l ah Mans Man s i S 'S S Continued from One and persons must be trained along Vocational lines Working s must be readjusted to modern industrial indus indus- I trial life working days das I and and weeks and guaranteed minimum wages agu The federal government should provide training In the use of I Ie ure time Events of the past year Indicate the the beginning of a a new social order I k is already with us so it is increasingly increasing increasing- ly Important to have all progressive turn their attention to the problem of securing social justice I We are at the crossroads and it is for us to determine whether we will take ke the reactionary path to chaos or iO go on to a better civilization He pointed out that more efficiency in hi government arid and planned national mal I economy require that the government be operated on lines similar to big business which is under t the he present setup