The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-07
JOBS, AND NOT
CHARITY, MADE
AID PROGRAM
State to Be Organized for
Campaign by Counties,
Farley Decides.
REPORT DUE NEXT WEEK
Leslie Emphasizes Need of
Maintaining Wages at
Present Standard.

Action was under way today to
organize the ninety-two counties of
Hoosierdom for war on unemploy-
ment.
Under direction of the executive
committee of the unemployment
council, which grew out of the Gov
ernor'S unemployment conference
Thursday, every county is to be
brought into the campaign.
Creation of jobs, rather than dis
pensing of charity, is to be the
business of this statewide organi-
zation, it definitely was decided at
the council meeting Thursday after
noon.
Elmer Stout, Indianapolis bank
er, who presided, appointed a COM
mittee to select at once one man in
each county to organize a county
committee of not less than five.
The council committee. which will
make the county appointments,
consists of Governor Harry G. Les
lie. Robert M. Feustel, Indiana In
sull utilities chief; DR.. James H.
Greene, manager of the co-opera-
tive department of the Studebaker
Corporation; Jess L. Murden, state
highway commissioner; John M.
friedrich. Kokomo manufacturer,
and Stout.
Report Next Wednesday
This committee will report to the
council next Wednesday with the
county appointments and a plan of
work to be accomplished. The lat
ter will be based on promotion both
by state and local committees of
jobs, both on public work and in
private industry.
Friedrich emphasized at the
council meeting the Importance Of
public work NOW" and derided the
economy program being fostered by
many public officials. He is presi-
dent Of the Indiana State Chamber
of Commerce.
I'VE must be ready for long pull
in this project of getting jobs for
the unemployed" Friedrich de-
clared. Il know that our people do
not want charity, but work at an
honest wage.
Values, Credit Impaired
But the trouble is that our values
and credits are destroyed. The
governmental units are the only un-
impaired credit source, and this is
the time to use that credit. Public
officials who are preaching economy
now are doing no public service"
Henry Clemens, president of the
Cannellton Sewer Pipe Company.
pointed out that public work can
be done now at the lowest figure in
more than decade He outlined a
local program Of work to employ
men rather than machines. and this
sentiment was Endorsed by Fred
rick.
Machines are to blame for much
of the unemployment" the Kokomo
manufacturer asserted. I'VE have
built Frankenstein monster which
has risen up to destroy U.S."
Road Work Costs Low
Fred Cunningham and William
Holland, president and secretary re-
spectively of the Indiana Road
Builders Association, gave facts and
figures to show that road programs
could be pushed this winter with
contracts lower than in the last
twelve years.
Murden explained that the high
way department still is trying to get
some federal aid and is going ahead
with much work on roads and
bridges which will employ hand
labor.
I'VE will demand that all work be
done at decent wage and that in
cludeS construction of the Evansville
bridge" Murden declared.
This supported the Governors
stand at the general conference
when he told the more than 200
present, most of whom we're in
dustrialiSts, that now is not the
time to make wage cuts.
Il want to emphasize. in particu-
lar, the maintenance of the present
wage scale in the employment Of
labor" the Governor said.
Adolph Fritz, secretary of the In
diana Federation of Labor, urged at
the council meeting that jobs and
not charity be the goal of the or
ganization and this viewpoint was
adopted.