New Responsibilities of Industry and Labor

I WAS importuned by your distinguished President to speak here tonight, if not actually against my will, at least against my better judgment. I was on the point of congratulating myself that I had been successful letting George Do It, when Dr. Patterson persuaded me that it is a definite responsibility of business executives to express themselves on economic subjects, to the end that the problems of industry may be better understood and in order that public opinion may be properly shaped. I commend this thought to all of you. For the past two years I have frequently had occasion to charge many of my business friends and associates with this responsibility, and while I personally find it an irksome job at times, I heartily indorse these sentiments

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