FACT and COMMENT.

The author discusses global business and financial trends as of May 1, 1932. Topics addressed include foreign trade barriers implemented by the U.S. government, the U.S. public's demand for information about the identity of those who sold their securities before and after the market collapse, and funds provided by Reconstruction Finance Corp. to prevent railway receiverships. Also mentioned are improvements in the British economy and Russia's industrial problems under leader Joseph Stalin.