The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-21
Jobs FOR ALL
At GOOD PAY.
WATSON PLEA
Senator AmpIifieS Views on
5-Day Week and Right
to Work.
DENIES HE is RADICAL
Steady Employment With
No Wage Cuts Seen as
Nations Need.
BY EDWARD ]. MEEMAN

b1 LUh hAeD - NAA<ANA'A%A~N
Every man under the flag is en-
titled to a job. Government fails
and falls unless all men have equal
opportunity to work.
"The five-day week without re-
duction of wages must become uni
versaI and permanent in America 70
prevent future business depression
and resulting unemployment"
In these words Senator James T.
Watson, Republican leader In the
upper house, in an interview with
the Howard newspapers to-
dav. reiterated and amplified the
views which startled Indiana au-
diences last week.
The veteran senator smilingly de-
MED thet in uttering these prln-
ciples he was breaking with his own
record which has earned him the
appellation of 'reactionary.
Men Must Have Work
"I merely am carrying my theo-
ries of government to their Logical
conclusion" he asserted. Our the
ory of equality becomes a mockery
unless all men have equal opportu-
nitv to work. Idle men Will give
ear to Communist agitators; men
with high wages and property
won't. -
eve 'reactionaries' must see to II
- - won willing to work is de-
MED the opportunity, If we Want
to preserve the form Of government
we believe in. ,,,,ds
"T believe that fear in the minds
NJ business men, nervously watching
the stock market, is delaying our
recovery from the present depreS-
sion. 1T.
But when we recover from Cli .yI
depression, what then? There WIN
be a great army of unemployed IN
der the best of conditions unless we
shorten working hours.
"Within the last six years tne
ranid Improvement of machinery
has disusaced two million men. the
theory has been that those as
placed would go somewhere else,
ut the displaced eventually have
NJ ~ y,lace to go, for the substitution
of machinery for men takes place
everywhere.
Must Be Equal
"The theory of our government Is
the equality of men. the oeclar@-
tion saws that all men are creaVeo
equal we go beyond that. We say
FRAT men must be equal. Every man
must be in position to maintain the
equality our government gives nm.
That means the practical thing Oh
wages. Every man must be palo
enough wages to own his own nome
He must have the conveniences, even
the luxuries. which he should have
to live under a government devoted
to equality.
ut Is unthinkable that great num-
bers OF Americans should belong to
a suppressed class, and be unable TO
hold their own in the nation.
Therefore. In shortening hours to
prevent overproduction. we can not
lower wages. In establishing the
five-day week, wages must remain
the same as for six days.
1T has been said that people are
not ready to use this extra day OF
leisure profitably. 1t is said that
they would use it in pleasure seek
ing rather than in self-improvement.
But what if some workingmen do
waste or abuse their leisure?
Barren Ground for Reds
Il rather would see thirty million
men idle one day week than two
million men idle seven days a week.
The workingman who is idle one day
a week may go to some personal
excess. but the two million men who
are idle all the time will give ear
to the Communist agitator.
1.-The man who is employed, and
is earning enough to clothe and
educate his children, drive car,
have a radio, and go to the movies
can not be appealed to by the Red
who wants a new economic system.
TOT blldb lEdoOA dAOAAS VIC ASNSN%-@
aries should see that all are so en-
ployed
Senator Watson was asked If he
had acquired these views recently.
mo. they are the result of a life
time study of economics. and they
grow naturally out of my conserva-
tive theories" he said.
No Legislation Planned
Watson was asked whether he
contemplated any legislation to car
~ out his IDEAS. He said he did
not; but he would continue to use
his position in public life to bring
these views to the attention Of in
dustrial leaders whose problem
1t is.
He reiterated his position that the
Smoot- Hawley tariff protects a
high-wage system and asserted that,
though radicals would disagree with
him, his tariff views were not in
consistent with his proposal of the
the five-day week.
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