Show summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK Q western newspaper union commerce chamber s plea B BUSINESS men from all parts of the country gathered in washington for the annual meeting of the chamber of commerce of the united states told the government ern ment politely y b but u t fi firmly that it its s attitude toward trade and industry must be reformed Z if the nation is to recover I 1 from its economic ailments these men were delegates J representing big medium and small business in lo 10 che Chester ter Davis avis cal 1 chambers in a thousand cities and affiliated trade associations they reported conditions in their localities and classes of business after john W oleary chairman of the chambers executive committee opened the session president roosevelt who was on a fishing trip on a cruiser in south atlantic waters was heard from only indirectly in addresses by jesse jones of secretary of war woodring and chester C davis of the federal reserve board resolutions were temperately worded but insistent summarized they were substantially as follows demand for relief from present tax burdens the fight transferring itself from the undistributed corporate profits tax and the capital gains tax to the broader field of an annual tax bill which has jumped 30 per cent in the last two years to a total federal state local levy of 13 a year urgent request for drastic revision or repeal of the national labor relations act caution and warning on the renewed government spending program apart from relief expenditures 4 insistence that white house sentiments ments favoring private enterprise be put into practice through peace with the utilities abstention from further innovations in government control contro lq and encouragement of private industrial expansion manufacturers program tu THE H F national association of mali mah f a meeting in new york declared that federal pump priming to stimulate business would be futile 1 unless it is accompanied b oy Y governmental policies that will permit business to accept the prim ing g and go forward the associations board proposed a seven point program for revival of business activity it included declaration by the federal government that it will no not t proceed in competition with private utilities revision Ke vision of the wagner act so 83 s to make it a workable instrument 1 I for curtailing labor disputes prompt ampt solution of the in g railroad problem le avoidance Ay dance of new federal reform egi gi that will result in a fresh period tho the of uncertainty at a time when nation on should be concentrating upon pon making jobs railroads railroads vote pay cut FIFTEEN N per cent reduction in eft wages 8 of union workers effective ASA july 1 was voted by the of american railroads tives lives a session attended ded by the execl of way vav more than a hundred raily companies they declared the two most important reasons for this action were loss of revenue and increases in operating costs george harrison chairman of the association of railway labor executives said we dont propose to submit to wage reductions the action of the roads is ill advised and unfortunate and will have a tendency c y to obstruct the presidents recovery program wage hour bill stopped R D representative 1 house rules committee probably killed the new escalator wage hour bill for this session by voting 8 to 6 against reporting it this despite the fact that chairman mary norton of the labor committee said it was approved by the president N L R B backs down aboard THE HE national labor relations board took steps to reopen its inquiry into the labor practices ces of the ford motor company acting after counsel for the company had sought to take testimony from members and aides of the board to sustain its charge that the company had not had a fair and open hearing the board asked the united states circuit court of appeals at covington for leave to withdraw its petition to enforce its order made against the ford concern in december in that order the board directed the company to cease practices which it asserted were in violation of the wagner act and to re employ certain former employees I 1 ll 11 cooperate co operate for recovery O OPERATION with president C cooperation CO roosevelt in his efforts to bring about economic recovery was offered by 16 leaders of business and industry prominent a mong among whom were owen D young general electric b board 0 a r d chairman f and winthrop W aldrich chairman of the chase national bank of new york their statement made as individuals vi duals was given out by john W owen 1 D hanes of the young ties gg exchange commission it was laid before the president who pronounced it excellent the joint statement said in part ut it is the responsibility of government to protect and to encourage the proper function of business wide but honest differences of opinion exist as to ways and means the president has clearly indicated that he believes that americas ca is continued prosperity requires closer operation cooperation co between business ties and the government we pledge ourselves to aid to the full extent of our ability in suc such h efforts of consultation and co opera tion s plane crash in italy persons were killed ewhen LN when a hydroplane from tirana albania crashed in italy most of the victims were returning from king bogs wedding among them helen lindheim of new NewY york orTt wa was s an assortment of jewels valued at 1 belonging to pari s and vil firms from which king zog ei enna a had selected several pieces tor for his bride was destroyed |