Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
HOME REPAIR WORK.
SURVEY IS PLANNED.
TO HELP JOBLESS.
Use of YuIetide Savings to
. Provide Jobs Is Urged by
Citizens Group.
RESIDENTS WILL GIVE
INFORMATION ON FORM
Foregoing Of Principal Payments
on First Trust Notes Recon-
mended During Depression.

The Committee on Unemployment
of the Federation of Citizens Associa-
lions, Of which William A. Roberts Is
chairman, today requested the Com
missioners' Unemployment Committee
to print for 1t $4,000 blanks containing
QUESTIONABLE to householders on
painting, repair and decorating WORK
which could be undertaken during the
Winter as a measure Of unemploy-
ment relief.
Mr.. Roberts made public a report
from one of the subcommittee, headed
by Edwin s. Hege, in which Mr.. Hege
recommended that makers Of first trust
notes on real estate consult with their
bankers to see If the bankers will not
accept interest payments alone on OUT
standing amounts and forego payments
of principal until later. He also sug-
Christmas fund checks employ the
money for repairs or interior deco
rating.
Bank Conference Urged.
cit appears" Mr.. Hege's subcommit-
tee reported, that several weeks ago
the bankers, on their own initiative,
sought to discover and adopt ways and
means of helping home owners and
others, because they desired to do all
in their power consistent with good
business practices and their accounts
bility to the Treasury Department TO
help through O. period of stress deposit
tors and makers Of real estate notes
with banks for collection.
"A depoSitor or real estate note
maker finding himself short OF funds
for urgent needs would do well to can
promptly on his banker for full and
<,nvlr dlOaaxoo4nxa ~ flaa YnrOflon1 and a
remedy. While each case may have its
own popularity and thus preclude q
general rule even for all cases Of the
same type, it Is believed that worthy
persons need not be hesitant nor dis
couraged at prospect of obtaining aid at
their banks. For example, If the maker
of a first trust real estate note cannot
meet the monthly payments on his
home, the bank may be able to accept
interest proportion only Of monthly pay
ments for several months and extend
the note by Q corresponding period.
other instances could be cited where
the bank could probably help, but it
seems more useful to point out that
the important thing to do promptly Is
consult the banker with the specific
problem.
Savings Can Help Distressed.
'Most banks welcome requests from
customers for advice on financial mat
tiers, and were such requests made more
generally in days Of prosperity the pc
RODS of business depression that recur
after spans of time of varying length
would be limited in their extent and In
tensity.
christmas savings funds could, per-
haps, be used to pay for some plaster
ing, papering, painting, carpentry, cleo
trical or other work around the home.
If all or any of those things are needed
or contemplated, to do them would add
to the happiness Of the family, q hap
piness that would be enlarged by the
thought that the money so utilized
probably saved from distress the wife
and small children of some artisan"
The QUESTIONABLE sought to be sent
out inquiries whether the householder
has any of the Is types Of household
work to be done and contains blank
for remarks as to the general nature
and extent of the work, etc. Mr.. Rob-
erts said the plan would be to dis
tribute these questionnaireS through the
neighborhood citizens associations and
to try to match in each association the
blanks showing work to be done with
the blanks from that neighborhood
showing men out Of work.
Bureaus Are Consolidated.
The washington Chamber of Com
merce, pursuant to recent decision OF
the Executive Committee Of the group,
today consolidated its Job Registration
and Unemployed Registration Bureau
with the corresponding unit of the Dis
trict commission, 1t was announced by
Dorsey w. Hyde, tr., secretary Of the
chamber.
The Chamber of Commerce Bureau,
which, according to the secretary, has
met with encouraging success, espe-
cially in the registration Of jobs, has
been in the hands of Edward @. Buck
lin, jr. Mr.. Bucklin will go with the
Delano Commission until the organiZa-
ton work incident to the consolidation
is complete.
The Job Registration Bureau was or
ganized by the chamber last month.
It called upon the public to list jobs of
any character with 1t so that work,
temporary or permanent, might be
given to the jobless, many names Of
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