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Show MR. HOOVER Mr. Hoover's official beginning is notably an auspicious one. There was a general expectation that he would hold himself aloof from Congress, Con-gress, and that he might even adopt an unfriendly attitude. But as a matter of fact he has been the first of the cabinet officers to establish friendly relations with members of Congress. He made special calls on the chairman of the Senate and the House committees that are concerned concern-ed with the business of the Department Depart-ment of Commerce, and if they had a certain prejudice against him in advance it was very quickly dissipated. dissi-pated. His task is certainly one that demands all the cooperation he can enlist. There are now between two and three million men out of wark. Industry is lagging and great stocks of manufactured goods have accu7 mulated. The purchasing power of the people h'as lessened. The transportation trans-portation systems of the country have reached an almost unprecedented unprecedent-ed point of deterioration. There are no new industrial developments and no new railroad construction. There is no lack of wealth in the country, but it is not being used. What can the government do to remedy the conditions? Obviously this is the task of the Department of Commerce., Com-merce., created for the promotion of commerce and industry. It is equally equal-ly obvious that the department alone can not do it all. It must be done by the combined powers cf the Federal government. Government activities for the promotion of Congressaraff for the promotion of commerce, trade, and industry have always been sporadic and inharmonious. Congress, Con-gress, for, example, may pass a law to cure one certain isolated evil, hut the result of that law may be disastrous disas-trous in other directions. It has frequently fre-quently happened that what has been done by one executive department of j the government has been nullified by j another department; for example, i the Department of Justice. It has often of-ten happened that governmental action ac-tion intended to be of commercial benefit has resulted in a hampering regulative control that has done more harm than good. Hoover brings to the government service a new and broader vision. He has been discussing with the senators sen-ators and members of the House of Representatives a plan whereby the several departments of the executive branch of the govprnmont m-iy bo brought into consultation with the legislative branch and with the representatives rep-resentatives of both industry and labor, la-bor, so that whn Congress or an executive department moves in a certain cer-tain direction it will do so only afier full consideration and an a-snraivp that it will be in harmony vi:h orry other governmental movement in the same derection. |