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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, - <br /> <br />si~ilar laws and similar sunarvisory organizations. Licenses to do business ~re <br />usuelly required. It has been argued t.hat at this st~ge. no one be given pO\<er to <br />decide who shall or shall not be given a license in the occupation of >leather controL <br />It has been suggested ho>rever. that a license renewable each year should be a con- <br />dition for ogsrating p.nd that it be issued only after receiving from the applicant <br />a description of his proposed methods, the nemes, addresses and qualifications of <br />his personnel and description of projects in opera.tion or com~leted during the pre- <br />ceding year. Also some exponents of this viewpoint feel that all active firms should <br />be required to file an evaluation of each project within a specified length 'of time <br />after its co~pletion. Under this type of status experimentation \-Iould be permis- <br />sible under both private or governmental agencies just as is the case in many lines <br />of industry now. <br /> <br />At the right end of the opinion spectrum are the advocates of completely free enter- <br />grise B.t least for the oresent. as the best means to p,dvance the effectiveness of <br />the new industry. Though they do not represent the majority viewnoint, they pre- <br />sent some significant arguments. They point out that unhin~ered individual enter- <br />prise has ahlays provided fastest e.nd most efficient progress. specially if thers <br />were keen comgetition as would be the case in a field that can be entered as easily <br />as this. They fear that any sort of controls will take the e~ee off the incentive <br />for ne,.' exparimentation. Accorii.ing to the advocates of this principle, any de.mage <br />nossible at this stage of development would be too small to require special legis- <br />lation and cont:-ol. Finally. they believs that incompetent operators would be <br />>Ieeded out inexora:oly by competition and thP.t clients could learn qu1clr..ly and ...Ti th <br />very little wasted time or monsy to determine 'Ihich firns were competent and <br />reliable. <br /> <br />Perhaps all these opinions have some merit. ~IOUgh some are in stro~~ opposition <br />to others, they do not necessarily ste~d starkly alone. There is nothing to pre- <br />vent a type of action tha.t partakes of more than one. USUP.lly in a ne'., field of <br />accomplishment no one group's ides. of hOI" to dea.l ",ith it pre"rai:!.s comyletely. <br />Lany students of this science do a~vocate Rction that represents a. comprooise or a <br />combination among these opinions. ."!e can onl~. nooe to hit upon the one that fur- <br />nishes a~va.ncement an~ protection from injur.; \-Ihile retaining a great measure of <br />frecdotl of action. <br /> <br />"n <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />--00-- <br /> <br />California State Chamber of Co~rnerce <br />Februe.ry 1951 <br />