The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-31
PERMANENT PLANS
 ID INSURE WORK,
 GOVERNMENT GOAL
Conference Committee to Be- gin Study of Seasonal Phases of Unemploy-
 ment Question
By Associated Press

Washington, October 30.-Efforts of the administration to solve the nations unemployment problem, in- terrupted by the threatened railroad strike, are being redoubled, officials declared tonight. Secretary Hoover, officials said, is expected to call a meeting next week of the standing committee of the national conference on Unemployment to begin the study of the seasonal and cyclical phases of the question in line with the perfec- tion of permanent measures for in-
 Studies carried on by this commit tee, officials asserted, would be de- signed to prevent sharp variations in the countrys employment curve over period of years by suggesting methods for spreading work oppor- tunity equally over the lean and the lat years.
 In connection with the recommen- cmpioyment through public works, secretary Hoover made public re- ports from the 27 states comprising me northeastern section or the coun- piiIuing contracts Ill september than n any other month thls year, or any september on record. The amount VAS ll.0 per cent greater than III Augusr, the statement sand, whiie turing the past 1U years oeptemper ydiulng contracts nave aVeras eu 14,o per cent less than Tn August. Com pfenens4Ye slatlsucs have been col aecteu by the conference, Mir. Hoover satd, 10 be made avalIaple to com lnunities tor use in hananng their un- tinpioynient situations.
 Many Progecrs Contemplated
 Contemplated proJects Tor oeptem- Der in the 2i northeastern states, the report sad, amounted to 1U,4oo, with yaluatlon of SSly,sSV,.6 .60O. Acrual building contracts awarded were S,i44, with valuation of Sz4o,1So,SU0 from January l to october oi tnls year, 5t,0o6 contracts were awardeu vaiued at Si,i4o,i 59,300. Of tnis amount $5S9,1c2,lU0 was for residen- tistl buildings, s56s,S15,7U0 for puollC works, ana public utilltles, $2o4,25t,- ovU for business buildings. $ls6,Si4,7 ,7vC for euuvationaI buIidings and $122,- oos,you for inous trial buildings.
 summarized statistics from the six distrlcts in the report follow: Bos- ton district (New England states) contemplated projects 1,4U4, vaIue s-z,5o1, awarded, 1,zo2 Ns,iue sl6,V26.000; New York district st.Sew I York state and northern New
 --sl t<x,s. ,3 x.a $t3,zo5, ,200---contr 1,y66, value .oa, ,sS6,s00; Philadelphia district eastern Pennsylvania, southern New jersey, Maryiand, Delaware, District nt coIumpla, Virginia, North Carolina .4au South Caroina), contemplated lI39, value $5S,593, ,400--contracts l.a33, value sS4,11S,9v0; Pittsburg dis tTict (western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennes- see), contemplated, 1,246 Value $44,- 0Jo, Jo,600-contracts, 1.120 value S40,- se5, 100; Chicago district illinois, ln- uiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan Missouri and parts of eastern Kan sas and Nebraska), contemplated 2.757, value s106. ASA, ,so0--contracts 2,v22, value, s5S,153, 400; Minneapolis district (Minnesota and North anc South Dakoa) contemplated, 751 value 34,1oo-contracts 5o1, val ue $T,0l5, 300.
 Approximately half of the building projects contemplated for 1920, 1T as northeastern states, were not con tracted,'' the report explained. Ir educational buildings, hospitals anc institutions, public buildings and pub lie works and utilities, there were 1S,700 projects contemplated at cost or s1,676.S43,79S, and only 9,556 o1 these enterprises, costing ss12,s34,' iS0. were contracted.
 If some of these projects that were planned for last year could be rushed at this time 1t would help materially in providing jobs for the nauon', 100000 men who are out of work the conference members believe.