Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
EASTMAN PUSHES
CALENDAR CHANGE
Rochester Capitalist Encour-
aged by Progress of 13.
Month Year Proposal.
BY JOHN r. SINCLAIR.

! Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 2S.-As the
year closes we find George Eastman,
Rochester, N. Y, philanthropiSt, as
busy as ever for the i3-month calendar.
He Is greatly encouraged by the prog
ress made this year.
The first survey to determine public
opinion regarding the l3-month cal
endar was that of the national COM
mittee on calendar simplification, of
which am chairman" said Mr.. East
man. 1t showed returns Of over 80
per cent favorable among the $500
organizations which replied"
Fourteen nations have already formed
national committees to extend the In.
formation regarding calendar simplifi-
cation.
You may be surprised" continued
Mr.. Eastman, when I tell you that
some companies have been using this
calendar for more than 80 years. More
| IMAM 100 big corporations are operating
on the 13-month basis for their inter-
Tor accounting. A survey Of the United
states Chamber of Commerce showed
more than two-thirds in favor of the
participation of the United States In
an International conference to determine
changes in the calendar"
Then why is 1t not universally ac-
cepted?" asked him.
Largely because 1t has not been
accepted by civil authorities. But with
| education believe its acceptance is
| only matter of time. The sentiment
for its adoption by the world Of busi-
mes Is undoubtedly very widespread
and growing.
Apart from the objection alwavs
raised to changing the status quo. the
most difdcult problem encountered has
oeen 10 arrange matters so that the
new calendar will not disturb church
calendars and church holidays of the
various religious bodies. This matter
has been carefully considered and It
IS believed a satisfactory solution has
been found"
Average Income.
Did you receive your $745 last year7
1t makes no difference whether Won
happened to be a child or q grown-uu
/ PRISON. Every individual In the United
states in 1928 was supposed to have had
that much income. The average income
OF each family Of five was estimated by
search at s3,725. This is on the basis
that the people of the United States
mad an income during the year Of $780,
OOO,OO0,O00 or $29,000,000,O00 more
than the people had in 1918, and three
times the amount of the national In
come in 1909.
On the basis of population In 1909
OF 100000, 000-the average income in
that year was 1895.
The average salary" moved up from
1915 20 years ago to S2,0e4 In 1927:
while the average wage" rose from,
S527 in 1909 to $l,205 20 years later.
This national survey brings out the
further fact that the average working
mans earnings are, or were in 1928,
of 1920. S~
The income of the American people
today. is more than that of all Europe
scomolned, although Europe has four
inns the population. We have very
little to kick about In the light of these
figures.
Problem of Distribution.
The problem of business, certainly in
the next few years, will concentrate not
on production but on distribution. Most
OF the business troubles of today con.
Germ themselves with the balanced adj
tuStment of these two.
Ethelbert Stewart. expert in the
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
since 1887, stated recently that the
world is no longer concerned about the
problem of production. For there is
no such problem any more in modern
civilization.
THE race will not bring forth chill
dren when it is convinced that there are
no jobs for which the children NAV
earn living. But our whole outlook
can be changed when we come to un-
derstand how to spread the productive
capacity and output of our people"
The machine has increased produce
ton faster in many cases than effective
demand for the product.
III We OOin0 m he elax,An -
machinery. sooner or later the race will
rebel against it," continues this Gov
eminent expert. Nov let us change
our point of view. Let us turn our
whole educational system toward the
teaching of what to do with leisure. Let
us change our IDEAS Of remuneration. It
will not do to reduce the workSheet to
f1ve days pay for five days work at
the old rate, for a six-day week pay
must be made basis of production If
we are to get anywhere in the effort
to make man master of the machine"
And Mr.. Stewart is looking forward
to the day when America will exist
without poverty, without drudgery,
without fear Of want-where man "haS
conquered the machine, and In which
leisure and happiness are enjoyed by
all"
Man will do that when he makes the
machine his servant.
Air Travel.
The Boeing System, operators of the
Nations two longest airways-"Chicago
San Francisco and Los Angeles, Seattle"
completed 100000 miles of hight
this week. OF this number, $500 900
were flown at night on regular
schedules.
Air sickness is more imaginary than
real" says Harold Crary of the Boeing
Co, who has been making q survey Of
the subject to learn how common air
sickness has been. Not 5 per cent Of
the passengers in air transport planes
are subject to air sickness, and mnr-
vousnesS is often a factor influeu
this small percentage. Proper ven, A-
ton of cabins minimizes this feature
Pilots. too, seek attitudes where the air
is smoothest"
(Copyright, 1929, by North America agewa-
paper Alliance)
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