Evening star., 1921-09-11
PUSH PLANS
TO HELP THE JOBLESS
Governors and Municipal Officials Describe
Steps Being Taken to Give Work
to the Unemployed.

is room for them and their labors in
Connecticut at this time. This is q
warning note sounded by other state
and city officials. too. What they de-
sire to see are plans developed in all
the states and industrial centers
where unemployment is measured in
large figures, SO that the various
communities may take care of their
own unemployment rather than force
men and women to move into sec
tions where the authorities and the
business interests are doing their ut
most and meeting with success in
overcoming the unemployment prob
lem. The Connecticut governor says
in his telegram:
New Haven. Bridgeport, Water
bury. New London have plans unders
way for meeting present problem Of
unemployment. but not large projects
to afford special relief Some i'm
provement is noticed In some sections.
but the situation is not such as to
warrant men owning to Connecticut
from other stateA"
Southern Problem Not Serious.
The dispatches received from south
ern states would indicate that the
problem of unemployment is not SO
serious in that section of the country.
For instance, Gov. John NJ. Parker
of Louisiana has wired that no great
amount Of unemployment exists in
Louisiana. Furthermore. he states,
that Louisiana this year has good
crops of sugar and rice and corn and
that he anticipates mo serious lack
to work." New Orleans and Shreve-
port are the only large cities in the
state, and the governor is Of the opin-
ion that with a fair reduction in
wages" the problem Of employment
can be met successfully in those
municipalities.
Gov. Kilby of Alabama wires
that he is not advised any cities OF
Alabama have plans in prospect or
underway for meeting present prob
lem Of unemployment. This may be
interpreted to mean that no extensive
problem of unemployment exists
there. On the other hand. it may
mean that SO far the industrial CEN
ters of the state have not felt the
pinch Of unemployment and 80 have
not vet taken up seriously any plans
for meeting such a situation IL it
should develop during the coming
winter.
In the Miadle West.
Out in the great middle west. the
dispatchs indicate. there is an earnest
effort in many OF the big cities to
handle their own unemployment prob
lems. For instance. Gov. Warren T.
McCray of Indiana writes: *
''The industrial board OF Indiana
operating state free employment SER
vice, has instructed managers Of en-
ployment bureaus In Indianapolis.
Terre Haute. Evansville. Muncie.
Hammond. Fort Wayne and Lafay-
ette to call upon chambers Of COM
merce, civic bodies and county trus-
tees. securing their cooperation in
calling upon manufacturers and busi-
ness men to devise ways and means
Of creating temporary employment
and to alternate employees IL full time
cannot be allowed. The Indianapolis
bureau reports increased inquiry for
workmen."
The industrial commission OF Wis
consin has reported that Racine. Mil
waukee and Madison, Of the Wiscon-
sin cities are well under way in
mapping out plans for dealing with
the problem Of unemployment next
winter" The governor has recon-
mended immediate attention to this
problem by all. Michigan cities, too.
are making plans to prevent bread
lines and the like.
Gov, Small of Illinois is author
ity for the statement that "Chi-
caeo seems to be the only city in
Illinois where conditions Of unem-
ployment require attention" A COM
mittee, he says, Is now investigating
conditions there with a view to
amlliorating the present situation.
Missouri, through Gov. A. M. Hyde.
reports that 1t, too. has only one city
where plans for meeting the unemploy-
ment situation are now under way-that
is st. Louis. /.
Not AGATE on Pacific Coast.
From the Pacific coast states. Cali
fornia and Washington. the gover-
nors wire reassuringly that the un-
employment situation has not become
acute. The Governor Of California. Will
liam D. Stevens, says,
."I am advised by state agencies
which deal with labor conditions that
unemployment in California has not
yet reached the stage Of q problem.
II is estimated that in another six or
eight weeks situation will develop
which will require attention. While
conditions are being watched and
considered no special provision has
been made as yet in any community.
I have asked our highway commits
sion. which has more than thirty mil
lion dollars to ,expend in road build
ing. to prepare for as extended pro-
gram Of construction as possible dur
ing coming winter. My expectations
ara that this can be made an impor.
tant factor In meeting the problem that
seems Imminent
GOV. Louis F. Hart of WASH
inxton sends, the report that infor-
nation received from mayors Of the
larger cities IL to the effect that the
unemployment problem is not acute
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