Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-11-22
FRIDAY. >Ot tMHFIK. 80, 1913.


As a means OF alternating the la
Dor surplus that some suppUS" will
com" with the rcadJuStmclt follow
Ing dcmobilllation, senator owen
proposes an army OF Il million men
to build Government roads and State
and county roads under contract,
with Federal patronage, with th.
creation of immense plants to pro
vide the necessary materials for Il
great road-building project. Tiiis W"
believe to be Il sane proposal, from
every angie. from tn" standpoint oi
employing what surplus labor Their"
may he which We don't believe will
be- anything like il million men.
1t is well to remember that .
III the four million men now III ser
vice AN" from som" employment
The places of lots III them will b."
open to them On their return. by
reason Of vacancy sine" they left.
Women hav" held many NOR" Of
them, as have old e who will T."
tir" from TIA" field al dctiv" labor
with denlO!iliIatiun Many listed
essentials, employing probably
thousands Of - ana which have
ceased 10 exist during The war, vii!
again tu'u" into being ard aDSu.:
their part If thu returned -olii"r~
I.rmaurht Government lupruSr
in"ntS uuM und"r rua trurtlun MI
continue" II" furnish NOR" ",uplu}
tent
This country needs probably hal!
4 million more, mtn Ia pru,iu". farm
products. for il viii h. years before
'.urop" viii h. back To normal farm
productions, and her people s;iil must
De fed. Ii viii take millions of tOnS
II building materials to rebuild de-.
StrOyed Europe. and thousands and
thousands oi men will be- needed for
years I" produce and handle th"sr
materials, and with the changed
times, new businesses may be- expect
I'd To hr born, and after Il lrmpUrar!
economic setback all our industrial
life Will hum with activity and 4.
iuire more and more labor.
Their" is a belief among some of
Iur biggest men that Il gradual de-
mobilization. such as Is projected.
will see an Instantaneous absorption
81 discharged men into normal call
inrs, without ever IA suggestion oi
labor surplus. In the event this the
#! falls down. the Owen proposal.
nr ON Simila proposition tn alb
Norb whatever surplus Their" ma he,
no doubt would maintain q balance
prtwr"n wages and living costs that
would prove universally advanta-
gpOuS.
And Their" is another thing that q
IT. N many have" not taken into con
sid"ratiGn and that is that thouS
and of II soldiers are not going tn
return nome even when they ar" of
frr"d tn. opportunity. There is
among tn" soldiers. as has always
been th" east. 4 class Of men who's"
HON" is where they hang up their
hat" This class will not take IN
nindiy To tn" very favorable induce
m.ntS that will b." offered them in
European countries where Their" is
such Il d""rth Of young men. Even
,mong the others. who have all that
is lear Ia them in this country, there !
will come opportunities in the re
generated lands which they will see
lit to take advantage of in justice To
their own economic welfare. This is
d beg fratur" 10 b" taken into Consid
,ration, and is going IA he n much
bigger item than most people think
in IN" disposition OF the surplus la.
ior problem And, again. many who
come back will do 50 but Tor a Wit.
returning To new friends. new sur
II undings, and inquest. onably more
lucrative offerings.
On Tn, whole. We do not believe
Their" is the slightest danger that III"
country will be seriously rmbarr,ss.
'd 10y Il surplus of labor.
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