Washington, May 9.
The Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Harry Hopkins, told the press yesterday that the resolutions adopted by the American Chamber of Commerce Convention last week were "unnecessarily gloomy and not warranted in the face of improving business conditions."
Mr. Hopkins said the national income for the first quarter of 1939 already is hitting m $66,000,000,000 a year rate as compared with $62,000,- 000.000 last year.
The Secretary made his statement after returning to Washington from an overnight cruise with President Roosevelt and Associate Justice William Douglas of the United States Supreme Court.—United Press.
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