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Show RECONSTRUCTION PLANS MAIN TOPIC AT GATHERING OF U. S. BUSINESS MEN By A. E. Celdhof ' N. E. A. Staff Corrwapondant. - . than American -iti?n whr a definite defi-nite troi;ram of 'ivk laritrtrtnnt h;t brn Hdoptotl ia a rftiilt f th war "Thr arf avon-a mr cliia where mnvementa like thia are neeteJ tn (five the wurktngman what la (t'i htm i a home whera h rn be li.tppj, and ! pleasant aurroiindinai. "The lndnlri.tl aervfee aectitsn of i'the war depHrtment diea when the war ! end bnt It mom be developed Into a j national agency of aome aort whirh l mil correlate the exttlnic ajjenclea for ) civic improvement." , j Thia problem of civic improvement, including better housing, enta,bliahment j of community centera, city planning, j the new reljtiona between tha federal j Rf.vernment and Induatry hl b-tween b-tween the federal fjnvernment and the ; city itovernmentn. public employment i bureaua. etc.; star tin out ua the foun-i foun-i dution of the reconatrurtin prngrMm j urged on the Kovernihent. lUH'HKSTKR. N. Y.. Nov.' 30 American buaineaa haa' awakened to the conriouaneaa that reconMrurtion ka the vital problem befora tha nation. To atteat Ita awakening it haa railed two great conference of bualneaa men In Hocheater thia week to diacuaa tha aubject In all lta phaaea. It la th fimt organized reoonatructioii movement In th country. The f rat gathering la th meeting of th National Aasoclation of Om-: Om-: merlal tuguniwitton Se.ret.irle. Th aecond ta a anerial reoonatrurtiun ! convention vt the National Municipal ieague. Poth bodlea are m4de up of men who' ma k ci tc problem and uitinLcipal lmprvement their I fe work. 1 Her ia th airiking keynote aonnded at both metln,;a: J lion f the war department n Waah-i Waah-i ington, "mujrt rmiider not 'inly the ;!. million aoMiera who are return-i return-i irg from rYance. but the twenty mil- lion men mobi Used in this country for t indtrrial purpose. Heretofore, our emi1oyera have thought that all their men received In their pay envelope waa money. "Now. they have com to realize that they receive nrnrf than thit. They receive in their pav -nvelitpea public a h tola. proier or improper fiod. clean or dirty aireeta. parka and piaygrounda. or the! ark of them. dealraM or undesirable un-desirable home, and many other thlnga that go to make life worth living or miserable. "Wage are merely , the weight required re-quired to bring to a balance the un-, un-, t'etnraM1 facilities of home life and the , difficulty of '.he purautt . of happt-hear happt-hear "After tbia ir, men will judc thla country not by it paat glortoua achievement or Ita paat tnlMakea. but by the wav it perm ita its workirgmen to nJoy lif. THE VITkL NEED OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT. The l"mtef pt.iten til! cotr.e to aee that men V'-:i work. fini f.ririf will not be -iMiijt. :(. .-.t-r- wl:er l re la undeaira'bie. -There ta vbm Ilea th n d of oom-miuUur. oom-miuUur. dava4oatsktMU Jhagaj m Ml j Amerlc.nemployer.. hav. not to I treat their empioyea a. human' belns;. Thl. ntlment permeate. every meeting of .th. two conventions and ' ha. heen received Hn .ympathy by all ! delegates. Acrord'np l the viewpoint of these promlnenl l.v ppr. n-eo fiorti .M over I th. counv. Iie proldrm rf nrhier Ilnit . a-pir'.t of ronoeration bejtw.M ewslkai and labor. Mean th n-nmm n-nmm tti km m ia It ceet que.llon that muat polved by thia, country In connection with Ms after the war reconstruction program. BUSINESS MEN TAKE NEW VIEWS. ' It. ia the ree'ilt. a. epr9d hy one speaker, of .lie ,-i'rt of th new day." "Any reconatructtoa plan that la Inaugurated In-augurated la thla country." aay. KYed atullw at pi Indnimi swvlca sm |