ECONOMIC ILLS
THE BEST PRESCRIPTION PRESIDENT HOOVER’S VIEW WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Addressing a business conference, called at his request by the United States Chamber, of Commerce, President Hoover suggested work as the best prescription for the country’s economic ills, both real and imagined. The president predicted greater construction for 1930 than the present year revealed. A start had been made through the series of White House conferences, and he declared that these had removed the fear of unemployment from the American home. He said that the employers' promise not to cut wages and the Labour leaders' promises not to start wage conflicts had not only assured the consuming power of the country but removed fear from millions of homes.
He added: “I have no desire to preach. I may, however, mention one good old word -work,’'
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 291, 7 December 1929, Page 9
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136ECONOMIC ILLS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 291, 7 December 1929, Page 9
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