Abstract

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To U.S. President Herbert Hoover's appeal for nation wide support for the drive for funds to care for the unemployed victims of our acquisitive economic system, it is hoped that all the readers of "The Nation" will respond, even though they should feel, as we do, that the government is shirking its solemn duty in not assuming this responsibility. Under other circumstances, the flow of gold back to Europe would be an event to be greeted with real satisfaction. Public competition with private enterprise the utilities field may be urged by the Progressives in the U.S. Congress as a solution of the utilities regulation and transportation problems. This course has been recommended by the committee of experts chosen at the Progressive Conference in Washington last spring to study these questions.