| Show C E baans reason s fi ar impartial groups attempt study of business flaws by news analyst unit and commentator washington the favorite game in washington today is a new version of 13 button button chos got the button only for button read depression recession shakedown readjustment or what have you if you have anything son sen robert taft as chairman ol of congress joint committee on the economic report had a questionnaire sent out to a long list of business men the gist 0 of the report seemed to be that there was going to be a business recession but it was going to be in the other fellows business frequently it is too much faith in the other fellows tailings failings and too little regard for ones own that causes business failures allures this Is especially true of small bust busi nesses locating some of these failures fall ure s and preventing t ing t them he in was the job re bently under tak en and reported on by the corn cittee for eco dev development elop a non gov baukhage ern ment nonpartisan group which makes studies of this nature just as this orga organization niza tion was C completing its work another somewhat similar group was setting a task for or itself in the hope of straightening out some of 0 the other kinks in the business world this was the national planning association which Is out to discover how the many firms which steadfastly S y year ear in and year out main maintain ta in good relations with their amplo employees ie do the trick both propositions are highly interesting CED furnishes fair reports the committee tor for economic development has for its chairman paul hoffman hodman who in private life is president of studebaker corporation directing its research and policy division is raymond Ru rubicam bleam the well known advertising man this organization Is highly respected spec ted it has a staff of top botchers not chers doing the search research re and its members lean over backwards backward 9 to be no nonpartisan non n partisan in tact fact at a news conference called here to discuss the reports findings endings one reporter became pretty riled ailed because tie he could nl get ll 11 offman to 0 o comment men t on the tax situation one of the hot spot political issues of the moment there are two reasons why la latest test report on small business Is financing taxes and competitive opportunity there are very definite ways in which the business man might be helped in solving these problems particularly the problem aroble in of management the CED report mentions these through advice and counsel from his suppliers through guidance available from the large trade associations by means of programs instituted by his own community through special services which could be provided by established co and market research agencies within the means ol of th the small enterprise I 1 more extended d research supported by business men and foundations special courses in universities colleges and s secondary condary e schools and expansion 0 of f the present services offered free by the department of 0 commerce these are graphically illustrated in the diagram Afe meeting eting needs of business but the greatest problem Is how to place before the highly ua listic hard to get at small business man the facts both as to his needs and how to satisfy them that is up to the individuals to in each community who will take enough interest to read the report available without charge from the committee for economic development madison avenue new mew york city and bring it to the attention of the local business mens clubs chambers of commerce and similar groups the other proposition which Is in the making and which likewise has a purely objective aim Is being carried on by the national planning association Is also a nonpolitical non political non profit organization the states as its purpose planning by americans la in agriculture busl business ns labor and government its study which will probably take a year is entitled the causes of industrial pence peace under collective bargaining the project Is under direction of two special committees composed TRADE TO association BUSINESS PART GUIDANCE efficiency IANA GUIENT ADVISORY counseling SERVICES franf SERVICES SUPPLIERS U I 1 daf of common SPECIAL COURSES AND RESEARCH to GREATER CLEARING HOUSE availability FOR AND OF RESEARCH SERVICES AND FIN INGS L chart illustrates how comprehensive CED program will aid in solving problems of small businesses significant one like all CED reports it represents the cooperative efforts of 0 top men in the highly practical field of business and top men in the field of science political economy a cooperative effort whose sole purpose is to make america a better place in which to live there are no axes to grind the second reason the report Is important to all of us is that today more than ever in a world of competing ideologies the perpetuation of our democracy our system depends upon the fostering of small business although small business needs assistance that assistance is difficult to proffer because small business an it ifft ft is three and a half million small business men all highly individualistic all as independent and hard to influence as a monkey at the top of a cocoanut coco anut palm and these disunited sink or swim cock coch ot of the wa walkers ike rs make up 08 98 per cent of the firms operating in this country today As the CED report puts it S small mail business Is more vir lie ile and more durable than might be deduced from the hue and cry heard for many years as to the disadvantages under which it labors nonetheless small businesses are confronted with special problems and biffl cales that are very rea real 1 it 11 Is vital to all business and to all citizens that conditions unfavorable b 1 e to small business be remedied d led wherever possible the report finds that the problems of the small business man tall fall into four categories management ot of both members and non members one Is a sponsorship committee composed of 40 business and labor leaders the other is the research committee made up ot of 26 experts in the field the idea was explained to a group of us by clinton golden who will direct the research golden explained that what his committee was after was a different approach to the question ot of labor management relations |
