New-York tribune., 1921-10-01

Vass and organize the community for
opportunities for employment. The
registry for employment should be
surrounded with safeguards and should
give priority III employment to resi-
oen's' Employers should give prefer
ence to the emergency employment
agencies
l ne emergency committee should
regularly publish The numbers do
pendent upon them for employment and
'el'ei, that Tic community may be ap-
pr'sed of It's responsibility. Begging
ana uncordinatod solicitation Of funds
should be prevented.
Private houses, hotels. Offices ctc
can contribute to the situation by
oo'n@ their repairs, cleaning and alter
at'cns during the winter instead Of
waiting until spring, when employment
VIII be more plentiful.
"Publc construction is better than
relIef' The municipalities should ex-
paHu tnelr School, street, sewage and
repair work and public building to tho
fullest possible volume compatib]e vits
the existing circum stances. That ex-
isung circumstances are favorable is
| Indicated by the fact that over 500
100000 of municipal bonds. Tie laraest
amount in history, have been sold in
1921. Of these, $10s,0oO, 600 we're sold
ooy 333 municipalities in AUGUST
municipalities should give short time
employment the same as other en-
ployers.
Cooperation by State Urged
~ he Governor should unite all state
agencies for support of the mayors and.
as the superior officer, should insist
upon the responsibility of city officials;
should do everything compatible with
circumstances in expedition Of con-
struction of roads, state BUILDINGS. ctc.
"The Federal authorities, including
the Federal Reserve banks, should eX-
pedite the construction of public build
ings and public works covered by exist
ing appropriations
"A Congressional appropriation for
roads, together with state appropria-
TONS amounting to many tens of mil
lions of dollars, already made in ex-
pectatlon of and dependence on Federal
aid, would make available large
amount of employment.
The conference under existing cir
mstances. notwithstanding various
opinions as to the character of the
Legislation and the necessity for econ
omy, recommends Congres ssional action
IN the present situation in order that
work may SO forward.
Ihe greatest arrangement for i'm
mediate relief of unemployment is in
the construction industry which has
been artiicially restricted during and
since the war. We are short more
than million homes; all kinds OF
building and construction are far be-
hlnd national necessity. The Senate
Committee on Reconstruction and Pro
duction, in March of this year, esti-
mated the total construction shortage
IN the country at between ten and
twenty billion dollars.
Construction Should Proceed
"Consdering all branches of the con,
structlon industries, more than two
million people could be employed if
construction were resumed Undue
cost and malignant combinations have
made proper expansion impossible and
contri buted largely TO this unemploy-
ment situation. In some alaces these
matters have been cleaned IN. In
other places they have not and are an
affront to public decency In some
places these things have not existed.
In others costs have been adjusted
Some materials have been reduced in
price as much as can be expected.
"Where conditions have been right
ed construction should proceed, but
there still is a need Of community
9ction in provision of capital on terms