Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-10-01
.UNENP LOYMENT
RELIEF PLANS
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| ly and fairly reflect the price adjust
ment of the producer, manufacturer
and the wholesaler. When these prin
ciples have been recognized and the
! recommendations complied with, we
are confident that the public will in
| crease their purchases, thereby in
| creasing the operations of the mills,
| factories and transportation compan-
! les, and consequently reducing the
number of unemployed"
specific recommendations adopted
| by the conference tor emergency re-
| lief were:
I-InoIs ency committees represent
| ing the various elements of the COM
niuni.Ies 10 estaDiish pubic employ
menJ agencies and coordinate the
distribution Of work.
Urge Repairs Now
Publication by the committee of the
NUMBERS uepenuent upon them for
employ menL ana The prevention OF
unco-ordlnated solicitation oil funds.
private houses, hotels, offices, ETC.,
to contribute by dong their repairs,
cleaning and alterations during the
wInter instead of the spring when EN-
municipalities to expand their
school, street, sewage, repair work
and public buildings to the fullest
volume compatible with existing cir
cumstances. AS indicating the pres
enC favorable circumstances, the con-
| ference noted that over $700,000,OO,
OIL municipal bonds, the largest
amount in history, had been sold in
20 tn oil tot q
agencies in support of the mayors and
UApedIte construction of roads, state
| buildings, etc.
Federal authorities including the
| federal reserve banks to expedite the
construction of public buildings and
woIhs covered by existing appropria-
tions.
congressional appropriations at the
present sessions tor roads to make
available employment. To spec
/ construction work 1t was recommend
ed that governors of states summon
committees to determine the facts
and to organize community action in
| getting adjustments in cost, including
! removal OF freight determinations,
campaigns against combinations, re-
strictions OF efforts, and unsound prac
| tees where they exist, to the end that
building may be fully resumed.
Combinations Played
f! The greatest area for the greatest
relief in unemployment was found by
the conference to be in the construc-
ton industry with a shortage of more
than 100000 homes, affording the
employment of more than 2,000,0U0
| persons.
Undue cost and malignant combi
nations" the program said, have
made proper expansion impossible
and contributed largely to this unem-
ployment situation. In some places,
these matters have been cleaned up.
In other places, they have not, and
are an aftront to public decency."
Manufacturers it was declared, con
| tinue to relieve the situation by part
time work, through reduced time or
rotation of jobs, manufacturing for
stock as far as possible, by plant con-
struction, repairs and cleaning up
with consequent transfer of many en-
ployees TO other than their regular
| work, reduction of the work week TO
a lower number of days temporarily,
and reduction of the number of hours
of labor per day. Cooperation of EN-
ployers and employees was urged to
make these recommendations effect
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Ledoux's "Army" Arrives
No suggestions were made by the
committee on mining, shipping ana
transportation, it being explained that
they felt there could be no emergen-
cy measures during the present econ
omic conditions.
| Adoption of the major parts of its
program by the conference was with
out discussion except upon the unem-
ployment estimate, the conferences
estimate of about four million on the
basis of payrolls bringing objection
from Secretary Davis and provoking
a protracted debate. participated in
by number OF the delegates includ-
ing Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and
Joseph II. Defrees, president or the
United States chamber of commerce.
An indefinite total was agreed upon
as a compromise.
An effort was made by w. L. Bur
dick, of Fargo, n. D., who said he req
resented 100000 people, to bring be-
fore the conference a statement IN
behalf of agricultural workers. but
the matter was deferred to the con-
sideration of permanent measures.
Urban Ledoux, who recently sold
labor on Boston Common led an
"army" of unemployed, numbering
about 80, to the doors of the confer
ence building, where they sang amidst
a shower of coins and bills, but were
invited to the conference.
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