Show ECONOMIC highlights for the first time since depression began said henry 1 I harriman harridan president of the united states chamber of commerce recently business Is aarin to so go mr harriman Harrl man did not elaborate upon that statement but the thought behind it is not difficult to trace i when the crash came business men could not believe that it was tue true practically all of them in compa company with the nations principal economists and most government ex pl is were vore ot of the opinion that the setback was purely temporary and ana that recovery would follow within a very short time recovery come and tor for the rest year or two industry stag garr around blindly going goiri from bad to worse without L u single bright cloud being observed in the economic skies then came the democratic victory and business which had considerable sid erable faith in mr air hoove heave though he pull good times out of a hat was frankly borri d the Roc roosevelt sevelt experiments obviously marked a new era in Am american rican government no president in history had been so daring none had tampered so much with the existing t financial and industrial machinery during the first two years of the roosevelt administration the attitude of business was one of slightly hostile observation it waited not only to see what was going to happen but what the verdict of the public would be at the polls that verdict was given last month when the voters in the words of william allen alien white all but crowned mr air roosevelt according to an associated press dispatch of november 17 business and government have definitely united in a mighty joint effort to produce e recovery the representative of business lit in this matter was NIT mr harriman government was represented by NR Vs head man lawyer donald chberg Rl and james A Il head of the great housing administration which hopes to put new tin ancial into by making it possible tor for people to build new homes and repair old ones more cheaply than they could in tho the past mr air harriman made the statement that heads this article atter after he called on mr and he added a sentence ot of great importance that there was no difference of 0 opinion between the two men lie he then said that business was entering a new period of realism and was leaving the painful period of readjustment behind j I 1 what that means ot of course Is that industry and the administration are gradually arbitrating their differences many observers are of the opinion that mr air roosevelt is j now moving toward the right so tar far as the legislative trend is con can berned while business is growing less conservative more willing to take fake a chance neither side Is satisfied it is a known tact fact that high administration officials have a rumber ot of reforms in mind which they would put forward it it were not from fear of 0 frightening capital while industry would prefer that the administration go much 1 farther toward the conservative side than it Is likely to ge go but both seem to be agreeing on a middle ground which will te be reasonably satisfactory to all concerned there may be one difficulty with the new governmental industrial rapprochement labor labor heads I 1 I 1 are distrustful of at both business and govern government men they feel that they ara getting the short end of the deal rea recent nt news dispatches indicate that a number ot at new strikes prin conally in the textile industry are in the offing ottlig industrial news review v I 1 ew |