Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
NATIONAL RELIEF
GETS UNDER WAY
Presidents Organization Be-
gins Contacts With Com
munity CampaignerS.

T'ne Presidents Organization &l un-
emb:oyment Relief today started on its
busiest week since its organization III
August in preparation to stimulating
campaigns TO be started next Monday
and extending through November 20
for funds to be raised locally to alleviate
distress among the Nations jobieSS.
Walter S. Clifford. as national reHet
director, has perfected from appoint
ments of more than 100 men ana women
by President Hoover, network OF or
carnations to reach out into every COM
munity throughout the country.
Owen D. Young, chairman OF the
board of the General Electric Co, Is
chairman of one of the major commit
tees. 1t will be up to the Young group
to mobilize relief resources and to stimuli
late the raising of funds locally, Whlcn
will be expended by each community,
After a Nationwide survey, the PreSl-
dents group recommended that the
relief campaigns be conducted between
October 10 and November 70, Which IS
the collecting period in the majority OF
communities for the Community CneSts,
the Rel Cross and various other
charI+abIe and benevolent organizations
Efforts TO BE Co-ordinated.
The Clifford groups objective Is to
holm all such drives get larger results
by co-0rdinating their efforts; backing
their appeals and distributing mforina-
ton through the press, over the faalo
broadcasting chains and from tnS
speakers platform. This task VIII IAN
N the group headed by Young. While
committee. Ct which Harry A. Wheeler
Chicago banker. IS chairman. IS al
,.aaJv fI,pctioning in an effort to create
employment ,,,,.,,
National Groups and Associations,
headed by Eliot Wadsworth, former
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury mas
been studying the situation Tor more
than fortnight. In radio addreS
last night Wadsworth said reports re-
ceived by the national organlzatloh
have been encouraging.
DESPITE predictions made BY William
Green. president Of the American req
Grafton of Labor, that unemployment
will reach a new record level Of 1000
600 this Winter. WadsWorth said "un :
enployment conditions are not uni
versallv bad" and while business IS
generally quiet, many industries are
operating at a sufficient rate to keep
their employees free from serious DIS
tress"
Many Communities Organized.
Committee members, WadsWorln
said report that large proportion OF
local communities are already organized
or preparing an organization TO meet
the unemployment problem this VIM
ter. They confirm the opinion OF the
Presidents organization that unem-
ployment relief can best be dealt VIII
locally through some unified locaI
( y
" the importance Of having some cen
trail point of action, through which al
the MANY forces in a community can
combine their efforts. 1t seems hardlA
necessary to argue that team play VIII
bring the best results. after the ire
mendouS work accomplished by Volun-
tary efforts in the war.
1T is my impression that unusual Ell
fort is needle in suburban places where
MANY citizens work in nearby cities
and interest in local affairs is not great
1t is not only more difficult to organ
ize. but perhaps more difficlt to reach
the people who need help. Somebody
or some organization will have to take
the lead in developing an employment
committee for the present emergency.
Communities often ask why some
national body has not given them a
definite amount for their quota. as IN
bIllcI Ol4NtN' liC cAIGNCA IL NlAS'S tA4NA
is no national drive. No one can esti-
mate the aggregate national require
ments. 1t is the extent Of local need
that sets the quota Each community
must determine the amount to raise
based upon its own intimate knowledge
of local conditions.
Relief is by no means all measured
in money. 1t is accomplished by
spreading or creating work and in
countless other ways devised to meet
local conditions. Organization. syste-
matte effort and thoughtful planning
are Just as essential as the fund itself