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-7.V PACE SIX the Problem (xf THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HfCilLANDfl MACON1AN UNEMPLOYMENT j . - Proposal Put Forth For Permanent Federal Works Program (Special to The Press-Maconian) WASHINGTON, .March 17. The dark cloud which hovers over Washington is the continuing prob lem of unemployment. It is the most difficult of all Governmental problems -because it presents so many- complex phases, none of which is capable of solution by it self Unemployment has to be tac kled as a whole, and viewed as a whole. It is like an enveloping fog in which explorers can only grppe without being at all certain that they are going in the right direc tion. One thing which befogs the un employment problem is the absence of facts and figures upon which everybody concerned can agree. No body knows how many persons are actually unemployed, or why. Esti mates ran from six or seven mil lions up to ten or eleven millions. No Federal census of the unemploy ed has been taken since 1930, and the basis of that count is- not re garded as presenting a true picture of the situation even as it was then. Such a census has been re peatedly urged, but no agreement has been reached even on the pri mary definition of "unemployed." Is every person to be listed as "unemployed" who happens' not to be at work on the day the count is made, though he or she was working last week and can go back to the same or another job next week ? That and such questions as how to divide the employables from the unemployables are points . upon which, there are as many opinions, almost, as there are students of the question. All that Washington really knows about unemployment is that there is . still a very large number, total ling several millions, who are be ing supported out of public funds, either working onWPA and WPA projects or on direct relief admin istratered by state and local author ities with assistance from Federal funds. That a very large proportion of industrial and commercial work ers who were unemployed one, two or three years ago have now been reemployed is admitted by every' body. The' National Industrial Con ference Board reports that employ ment in industry today; is almost up to the peak of 1929 and is in creasing. But offsetting this' is the increase in the number of those who have never been , employed, young people who have reached the age of normal self-support in the past few years and have not been absorbed into industry and trade ' About 600,000 a year is the normal increase in this group; but again nobody knows how many of them there are. Public Works Program The latest and perhaps the most carefully-considered proposal is a program for Federal public works which has been put forth by a group of sixteen influential mem bers of Congress, who say that 125 others have already assented to it. It is really a declaration of prim ciples intended to govern future legislation, and is based upon the assertion that useful and necessary work must be substituted for pri vate charity and government doles. iSlum clearance, soil and water con servation,- reforestation, flood and drought control, power development and safety work are listed as ex amples of useful work of perman ent value. Ten principles should govern this approach to the unemployment problem, the sponsors say. They are: 1. Work for all who are able and willing to work and cannot find private employment. 2. The work to be useful, pro ductive and efficient as any work anywhere. ' 3. People to be hired for govern ment works, not because they are 'on relief but because they neei a job and are able to do it efficiently'. 4. Facts about the amount of un employment and the opportunities for employment in private industry to be collectedf'and the government work program to be enlarged when private industry lays' people off and to be cut down when private in dustry hires them back. 5. No waste, no made-work, but every project to be planned so it will create a dollar's worth of wealth and permanent social value for every dollar sptnt. This requires that there must be enough money appropriated to allow a reasonable expenditure for materials and equip ment, as well as for wages. . 6. Government work to be plan ned so it will enable the people it employs to develop and maintain the kinds of skill and ability Which are most likely to be in demand in private industry. 7. Government projects to be defi nitely planned to stimulate all in dustry and open new opportunities for Americans. Conserving soils and developing new fertile lands will do this. Low-cost housing will do it. Cheaper power will do it, So will other projects. 8. The recreation, theatre, educa tion and fine arts projects to be continued and improved with a view to developing the hidden creative talents of all groups of citizens, in America. 9. The program must be a Fed eral program, since unemployment is a national problem and most of our needed public works are of in terstate character. It will have to be largely financed with Federal funds, with local sponsors' contributions based oil their ability -to make such contributions. 10. By and large, the program should not be financed by borrow ing, but by . equitable taxation on the basis of ability to pay and ben efits received. The following members of the House signed the statement : ' John Luecke, Maury Maverick, Frank W. Fries, W. D. McFarlane, H. Jerry Voorhis, Robert G.- Allen, Knute Hill,. Walter M. Pierce, Ed, V. Izac, Jerry J. O'Connell, John M. Coffee, John R. Murdock, Clyde Garrett, Charles 'J. Golden, Mrs. Caroline O'Day, Charles R. Eckert. ilujl GO s P. miuky LA CJ A nhnw 4 A1ebol 29-21 iff NEW YORK STATE HILLSIDE JJ WUaaw' Wit CeBars Iae.Waf Ua,WT. J THURSDAY, MARCH II, 1OT Home Demonstration Club News BY MRS. T. J. O'NEIL Macon County Home Demonstration Agent In the decade 1920-30,'. Texas gained 24.9 per cent in population while the nation's population in creased 16.1 per cent but . in the same decade the value of Texas manufactured products increased 50 per cent while that of the United Slates gained 9 per cent. - DEVELOPMENT OF HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUBS More and more the women in the county are taking part in the work and programs' of the clubs. In order to reach as many women as possible, it is necessary that club members carry the. work to their neighbors and friends. The women of Macon county are taking up the work and spreading the gospel in a way to be commended. The following article by Mrs. Fred Slagle, who is program chairrhan of the Cartoogeehaye club, shows what participation in" club work means to the women of the club. Other clubs are organizing their work in the same way:' Participation in Club Wofrk When a group of children is or ganized into a class or club in Sun day school, ' Missionary society, 4-H club work, boy scouts or any of the other numerous activities in which children may engage, the wise feader sees to it that each child is given something to do and that sooner or later each child will be asked to take part in the pro We are all just "children grown up," regardless of our age, and whether we are conscious of it or not, most of us 'enjoy a program more when we have had a part in preparing it. In our Cartoogeehaye home dem onstration club, we have tried to plan programs on subjects of vital importance to the mother and housekeeper. The ladies in our club have responded willingly and with' splendid talks and 'papers when called upon to take part in the program. In a few more months all of our members will have par ticipated in the programs with either a reading or talk on the subject assigned her. The subjects follow the ' main thought in the lesson for the month. If your sister club members have not tried this plan, begin with your next' meeting and do not stop until each pne of your members has served m some way on your programs. We are thoroughly enjoying our club work and every woman in the community looks . forward to the second Friday afternoon, the time for our regular monthly meeting. ' We feel sure that interest in our club work is steadily growing and we wonder if it is not due to the fact that; under the able supervi sion of our County home demon stration Agent, we have all been made to feel that' through our ef forts, small as they may be, we have had a share in rgaking the club work a success. , (Mrs. Fred M.) Lida A. Slagle The largest whale known was captured in the Antastic in 1927. It was 110 feet in length and weighed 115 tons. r DEFINITE RELIEF OR MONEY BACK THE WILLARD TREATMENT has brought prompt, definite relief In thousand of cases of Stomach ana Duodenal Ulcers, due to Hyperacid ity, and other forms of Stomach Dis tress due to Excess Acid. SOLD ON It DAYS TRIAL. For complete In formation, read "Wlllard's Messaga f Relief .' Ask for ifr ree PERRY'S DRUG STORE Now. you can get a baby powder that will keep your baby safer against germs and skin infec tions. 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