Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-04 | Page 1 | Inside Stuff

INSIDE STUFF V By GEORGE DURNO CopyrIght 1934 WASHINGTON April A 4 pout cal divining rod goes into action at atthe atthe the national capital on May L 1 It will vill materIalIze as the twenty second annual nn an- nual meeting of the Chamber of Commer Corn Com mer t pt pi the United States President Roosevelt his much brain trust other Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- and a lot of political onlookers ers will be listening for what's divined di di- Lots of water has failed to low flow lowdown down the St. St Lawrence since the U. U S. S C. C of C. C assembled here a year ago and the new deal hole cards still were being dealt e 0 Last spring the U. U S. S chamber was wasa a pretty chastened body Its big guns had long been Off Key Tubas noisy in any corn com To be Feature but those or Of Gathering Gathering- first hectic days of the revolution silenced the bat Men who had hired loaned and called at will in the old ld days crawled into dugouts They offered no word vord of criticism and only hoped the en emy barrage would let up enough for them to see daylight again I C Now for several months the chain cham ber of rulers have b been n breathIng fresh air The agenda for next months month's meeting demands that thata thata a permanent basis of business S recovery reo re covery be evolved It wont won't be hearts and flowers this this' time A lot of the violins have been shelved for off key tubas There are those who think a flock of off key tubas might be able to produce a fortissimo Bronx cheer from the public e I If advance re reCIpes ipes can be taken as asan nn an ind Indication of the whole menu U.S. U. U S. S chamber chefs are planning to serve a big bowl of fear piping hot For instance a New York investment invest invest- ment company recently called upon its 1000 correspond Bowl or of Fear Fer h e e eI r I e and andI abroad to report I- I Piping Piping- p I ng Hot on conditions as is Is on l I Menu nu The in information was sought to protect protect pro pro- over a 3 hundred million dollars in trust for investment Compilation and digest of the information brought forth n a pretty fair statement of what might b be e called conservative e views in these hectic times The final report declared corn com merce and industry were still stagnating stagnating stag stag- because business men general general- generally ly misunderstand are frightened and discouraged b by the Roosevelt administrations administration's radical departure from old and accustomed practices To quote other snatches directly busIness men fear they will be further further fur ther regimented regulated bulldozed bull bull- dozed investigated ID taxed etc This fright is inspired says the report re- re port by such things as the securities act the stock exchange bill the Wag Wag- ncr ner labor bill the communications bill various tax threats indicated I elimination Of f the merit system cancellation can can- of the airmail contracts and efforts of the agriculture department depart depart- ment to regiment all farmers under undera a system of state socialism In conclusion attention is is' called to the millions of small capitalists These are the insurance policyholders ers savings bank depositors and home owners They're set sel down ns as blood brothers of the big fellows For though their stake individually Is in in- linit they would sink with the whole boat