Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25

In connection with the Conference
on Permanent Preventives of Unem-
ployment, to be held January 1921 at
the Hamilton Hotel, the Public Library
calls attention to the following books:
Situation in America.
Clay, Henry. The Postwar Unemploy-
ment Problem. 1880. HFW-C57.
The author seeks solution of the
problem in capital expenditure on
public works accompanied by the
reduction of costs.
Dawson, Ronald c. The Unemployed
Old Policies and New. 1929. HFW-
D296u.
Lubin, Isador. The Absorption of the
Unemployed by American Industry.
1929. HFW-L96. The findings Of
a study undertaken by the Brook
ings Institution to test the theory
that during the period 1920 to 1927
the newer" American industries alb
sorbed the workers discharged from
employment in the pursuit Of man.
ufacturing, agriculture and trans
portation.
Mund, Vernon Arthur. Prosperity Re-
serves of Public Works. 1880.
HFW-M92. Recently, the theory
OF the Prosperity Reserve'-that
public construction may be q bal
ance wheel for general industry and
employment-has been accepted.
Only after new technique of ad-
ministration has been applied in
cities and States will it function
properly. Long-range city planning
is one essential of this technique -
The authors purpose is to point the
way and shorten the period of trial
and error.
National Industrial Conference Board.
Inc. Lay-off and Its Prevention.
1880. HFW-N217 /. "A systematic
inquiry among manufacturers re-
garding their practices In avoiding
the temporary lay-off of employees,
and with respect to the procedure
followed when such lay-off became
inevitable, lies at the basis of the
general considerations stated and
the conclusions reached in this
study"
Calkins, Clinch. Some Folks Won't
Work. 1880. HFW-C12. The
human aspects of unemployment as
seen by American settlement work.
ers. Three hundred family his
tories illustrate the stages of disin-
tegration resulting from the failure
Of the breadwinner to find work
American Federation Of Labor. Unions
Provide Against Unemployment.
1929. HG-Am3u. This booklet
gathers together reports of different
union plans for unemployment re-
lief or prevention now in operation. 4"
Wolman, Leo. Some Observations on
Unemployment Insurance. 1929.
HC83-8Am3. A paper read before
the forty-flrst annual meeting of
the American Economic Association.
THE task before those who will I'M
dertake to write the unemployment
insurance acts of this country will
be to distribute these costs without
retarding the progress of industry"
Shichter, Sumner H. Market Shifts.
Price Movements and Employment.
1929. HC83-8Am3. A paper read
before the American Economic As
ISOLATION, which attempts to find
the causes of unemployment and to
suggest methods Of adjustment be-
tween capital and labor.
Unemployment in America.
Beveridge, Sir william Henry. Unem-
ployment, a Problem of Industry
Q909 and 1890. 1880. HFW-
B466ua. The director of the Lon
don School of Economics and Po-
litical Science reviews the employ
ment situation in Great Britain
during the periods before and after
the World War.
Morley, Felix. Unemployment Relief in
cialism. 1924. HFW-M82. The
postwar depression In Great Brits
ain has had one virtue. It has subs