| Show FEDERAL ECONOMY Planned Production for Industries Studied WASHINGTON Jan 5 AP President Roosevelt's disclosure disclosure disclosure sure that he is studying a system system tem tern of planned industrial production production production pro pro- shared interest in the capital today with the dispatch to congress of his annual budget message Planned production Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt said at his press conference late yesterday esterday is being considered as one instrument for preventing future downward business spirals Under the system discussed he explained industry and government could talk over possible purchasing power and the needs of consumers thus helping gear production to tc probable demand If this could be accomplished without pegging prices and without wiping out competition the president president dent lent said it would constitute an as intelligent program Message Not Complete Ho He emp emphasized he was not proposing proposing proposing pro pro- posing renewal of the national re recovery recovery re- re covery overy act act and n I said that there had been much discussion as to whether a plan of industry-government industry conferences conferences con con- would violate the antitrust antirust antitrust anti anti- trust rust laws No decision on the latter point has been reached he added Mr Roosevelt said his special message recommending revision of the antitrust laws would not go to congress for two or three weeks Meanwhile the senate committee studying unemployment was told that hat employment reached a peak in n November before the business recession which was comparable with writh 1929 figures The statement was vas made by Virgil Jordan president president dent lent i bf f the national industrial conference conference con con- ference board Amendment Urged At the same time Chairman A. A J. J Altmeyer of the social security board oard recommended to the committee commit commit- tee ee that congress amend the social I security act so that states may pay unemployment b benefits e n a e f fit i t s a more quickly Jordan said his board estimated there here were unemployed in inthe inthe the he country in November 1937 The unemployed ranks were composed of f approximately persons who v-ho were out of jobs due to temporary temporary tem tem- factors of changes in employment employment em em- sickness and other reasons reasons rea rea- sons ons Jordan said The remainder represented the addition of the working population since 1929 asa as asa a L result of the population growth of f the country Bans Maps Photos On the tho house side of the capitol capitola a L bill to forbid the making of photographs photographs pho pho- sketches and maps of military and naval defenses of the United States and its possessions received approval today It went back to the senate for acIon action action ac ac- ac- ac tion Ion on minor amendments Representative May D. D Ky acting chairman of the military committee ommittee gave gave- this reason for Immediate action on the meas measure re re It It has come to the att attention of the he president and the war department department depart depart- ment nent that there have been numerous numerous numer numer- ous lus photographs recently of our defenses defenses de de- de- de on the Pacific coast the Panama anama canal and Manila Present law applies May said only to the continental United States and provides no penalty |
