Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-10-07
Conference on Unemployment Is
Working Rapidly to Solve
Its Big Problem.
RAIL- WORKERS FOR A STRIKE
Democrats Fighting Against Ratifica-
ton Of Peace Treaties-France's
Stand on Reduction Of Land
Armament-Lloyd George
Again Invites Irish
to Personal
Farley.
By EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

Most important or last week s
events in the United States was the
opening Of the national conference on
unemployment. The social economists
and captains of industry summoned to
Washington by President Harding are
not expected to work miracles or to
find a way In which immediate and
remunerative employment can be given
all the millions Of involuntary Idle In
the country, but there is reason to
believe they can devise means for re-
lieving the distressing situation. In
a general way, the solution Of the
problem. as the leaders In the confer
ence see 1t, is a plan of cooperation
among employers and with govern
mental construction agencies to dis
tribute, regulate and increase the vol
ume of employment in slack seasons.
Among the broad phases Of the prob
lem, as stated by Secretary of Com
merce Hoover, are:
A determination Of the volume and
distribution of employment.
Emergency measures to provide en-
ployment and mitigate suffering that
may arise during the coming winter.
Measures which may aid In restor-
ing and employment to
normal.
Immediately after the opening ses-
sion nine subcommittee got busy, and
so rapidly did they work that the
conference r~eassembled Friday "a
week earlier than had been expected
to consider a general emergency re-
lief program. At this writing 1t Is
not possible to give IN outline of this
program, but some of its suggestions.
made by the manufacturers, are as
follows:
Unite existing private and public
organizations to put through a con-
structive program for your community.
See that there Is a suitable en-
ployment exchange In your commun-
ity.
Assist private and public employ
ers and labor organizations rather
than have any single civic or family
MGlldI6 dScQCJ vi COllD1lldlAOA u
agencies assume the full responsibility.
Bring to the attention Of public au-
thorities specific recommendations for
increasing volume of public work.
Urge both private and public en-
ployers to distribute labor by rota-
ton In shifts of three days or more
at a time.
Persuade each Industry to absorb
definite quotas of unemployed.
Urge not only private and public
employers but individual household
ers and property owners to make i'm
provements, repairs, and general
sprucing up of properties.
Formulate standards and rules for
temporary employment for those out
Of work dealing with rotation OF
shifts; wages-preference to resident
family men, etc.
See that decent sanitary accommo-
dations for homeless men are made
and ~differentiate between resident
and floating unemployed.
Discourage migration Of unem.
piOyeu 10 anu lrOln your coHiiuuAlly
In opening the conference President
Harding warned it that the adminis-
tration would be opposed to any plan
that involved a further drain on the
public treasury. In this he differs
with the policy followed in England
where, Of course, the conditions are
not the same. The British government
has been paying out many millions Of
dollars in unemployment insurance
and the situation there seems to be