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Show Up To Government And Business The Roosevelt administration, it seeais, is making- a determined effort ef-fort to enlist ti:e cooperation of business and industry In a Joint aiU-ok upjn unemployment 'which tlireattns to become a permanent status lor many American citizens. It is sincerely to be hoped that the effort succeeds and that private priv-ate capital will once again promote development that will mean em-ployiment. em-ployiment. 'It is impossible for the government, by itself, to promote complete prosperity without drastic dras-tic changes in the capitalist system, as Americans understand it. Business Busi-ness must "play ball" in order that the game may continue and, regardless re-gardless of reluctance to accept assurances from officials, must assume as-sume responsibility for imaking a .major contribution to the national welfare. Stringent regulations, provided by new laws, nave irked business leaders and heavy taxes have deterred de-terred investors. The argument has been imade that, if left alone, business would restore prosperity but this fails to explain the collapse col-lapse that followed 1929 when present pres-ent laws had not been enacted. Regardless Re-gardless of the past, business leaders lead-ers might as well realize that regulations reg-ulations and taxes have come to stay and that the way to prevent nt(,v measures is to do something to make tnem unnecessary. Whether one likes it, or not, the mass of the people, in almost every nation of the world, is dissatisfied. Something of a discontent with existing ex-isting conditions is aflame everywhere. every-where. What has been, in the past, is not satisfactory and people, everywhere, ev-erywhere, are demanding more of the good things of life than ever before. T-e wise man, whether he be statesman or business leader, recognizes rec-ognizes the temper of the day, and dees something about it. To sit idle and to do nothing is to invite trouble. The smart man, regardless regard-less of his function in government or in the field of economic life, will take steps to make his activity activ-ity beneficial to those who support it and him. This is true, whether applied to governments or industries. Maybe the United States should stop building a navy; it is barely possible that Italy and Germany won't like what we do. |