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Business Mens PROSPERITY SURVEY ERE'S a chance to give voice to your own ideas as to which national policies you believe most likely to speed recovery in your line of business, BALLOTS like this are being published this month in many business papers affiliated with The Associated Business Papers, Inc.—reaching virtually all key men in every line of industry, trade and profession throughout the nation. BUSINESS men, nationally, may appreciate an opportunity to express their convictions to a strictly non-partisan and impartial body—with the assurance that by so doing, business views will be presented effectively to the political, banking, industrial, business and labor leaders of the country. UESTIONS on the economic ballot below are prefaced with "In your line of business" to make possible an industry by industry study as well as a con- sensus of business opinion in all fields of industry—so let our industry be well represented in the responses. eeee en enenennnennenenennenen=s ECONOMIC BALLOT --nenen-nnnnnnnenenennnnennn Check your convictions, sign, clip and mail this ballot. I. As regards the possibility of Congress adopting a universal thirty-hour work week, do you favor such legislation? Yes ( ) No ( ); and if so on the basis of ( ) continuation of existing weekly wages, or ( ) continuation of existing hourly rates of pay. 2. In your line of business are you satisfied with enforcement of maximum hours and minimum wage provisions now in effect? Yes() No( ) 3. In your line of business is there obtainable ample working capital—from banks? Yes ( ) No ( ); from government agencies? Yes (} No( ) 4. In your line of business is there obtainable ample investment capital—from banks? Yes {) No { ); from government agencies? Yes ({) No ( ) 5. In your line of business do you favor limitation of industrial outout—by government control? Yes { } No ( }; by industry control? Yes (} No() 6. In your line of business do you favor a plan for control of prices—by a code provision establishing price fixing? Yes() No( ); by a code provision establishing an open price plan? Yes ( } No ( ) 7. In your line of business do you think that government measures now in effect are helping small and medium sized enterprises? Yes () No ( ); hurting such enterprises? Yes({) No( ) I . Please return this ballot to ee oe The Associated Business Papers, Inc. 330 West 42nd St., Bice = Ce New York, N. Y. idan donee eeehadunenee stk eaeeoenanncawanreunauuneun aan PSS esse eee Bee SRB SRS eee eee eee eee eee MARINE REVIEw—January, 1035 bo