| Show WI i ir tN N LL r Y Y N Jt E Alter After the oratory the shrill claims and counterclaims counter a stillness settles over the na tion A decision has been made as to who will occupy the White House for the next four years who will sit in the House and Senate But y yet t to tobe tobe be decided is the really reany im im- im important ques ques- question tion facing the nation 2 That ques ques- question Hon tion is this this Slow JIow Is the American economy go go- goIng Ing tom e e t the challenge of c W Harder ed by need for jobs for young people entering working force jobs for those forced out of i work by automation AU year long the National Federation of Independent Bus Bus- Business Business iness through Its field forces has been conducting a survey this matter and other issues The results from J than 40 40 signed respondents so far are most illuminating 5 They show that around 25 of the nations nation's estimated 4 4 Independent business enterprises plan cre sting over 4 new jobs per ex ex- ex expanding business Projected over the entire Independent business community t I his h 1 s means In excess of potential new jobs 5 This presents facts that can can- cannot not be Ignored Simple points this out quite clearly Today the huge corporate complexes in the US employ only peo peo- peo pIe the dent enterprises are employing 30 people c National of Independent Suite Bulno But the huge industrial com com- complexes complexes seeking to compete with low labor cost nations are auto auto- mating more and nd more i It is quite quile obvious that if n new w jobs are to be provided if workers are to be employed and not kept on some sort of public dole independent enter prise will have to do the 5 Most l economists economist have not caught up with the facts of modern life lUe Too many of them point to capital expenditure by big industry as a sign of 01 con con- continued Good times At one time the more big plants being bunt built the more Jobs for the future However today situation Is reo re- reversed versed Every new plant Is de- de de signed to use automated equip equip- equipment meat ment and thus obsolete and close up an older plant 5 Today the nation must look for new jobs from the dent business proprietor who will feel justified In buying a anew anew new truck to add another route who is a able ble to add a few more feet of floor door space There can be no employees without an employer And If 11 there are not enough new em- em employees employees there will be bigger relief rolls roUs Therefore the challenge of 1965 1905 is clear 5 Because far greater than the threat of the atom bomb or any communist coalition lc l the threat of 01 n million of nerr- nerr In America This can create a force so explosive that Its affect defies measurement In terms of r any other yardstick The question thus becomes this Can the new Congress measure up to the responsibilities It faces |
