Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05

true of those who might be admitted
at the present time. They are not
being permanently barred from the
United States, but are being denied the
| privilege of coming here at this time
! to compete with American labor.
1 want to reiterate what I have
already said, that the laws governing
immigration and deportation will be
| justly and humanity carried out, but
they must be enforced.
| 1t Is my sincere wish, both as a mem
Der of the Presidents cabinet and as a
private citizen, that all our people may
be helped by the knowledge that the
| unemployment situation can be relieved,
and by the confidence that 1t will be.
Those who are tackling this job of
relief at the Department of Labor.
realize fully that they have a mans
size job, and they are going at it with
energy and enthusiasm, coupled with an
| understanding that will enable us to
come somewhere near finding solution
that will be far-reaching in effect.
Unemployment Reduced.
While there is great unemployment in
the country today, and great numbers
| of people working short time, there is
not as much unemployment this month
| as there was last month. Above all else
| this evening, would impress this upon
! your conSciouSneSS-th situation is
daily improving; many men who have
been idle are returning to work and
| labor conditions in this beloved land of
| ours are bound to get better
In order to give service to those who
are unemployed, the activities of the
United States Employment Service are
being expanded and enlarged. With the
emergency appropriation recently made
available by Congress, we have been
able not only to continue the plans
which were we'll begun but it has en-
| abled us to arrange to reorganize the
entire service. In the special direction
OF this program the Federal Govern
| ment has been fortunate in securing
the services of Mr.. John r. Alpine of
New York. Mr.. Alpine's interest in the
! cause of labor and business is SO well
known as to need little comment. He
has a long and successful record in the
labor movement and in the MANAGEMENT
OF employment and personnel in a great
business enterprise. Affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, of which
he was vice president for many years.
he specialized in labor and economic
problems. I believe that no better selec-
ton for director of this reorganization
ana expansion program could have been
made.
There is a reason for the Labor De-
partment working with labor, agricul-
tural, business, and civic organizations.
for the department has learned that in
that way quicker results may be OBJ
tanned. There are many cases of in
dividuals which can be handled only in
an individual way. but the greatest good
TO the largest number in the least time
Is more readily accomplished through
cooperation with representatives of
nnncil1lQ nj Fo, -,
are the interests of millions more easily
safeguarded in less time than would be
required to attend to a small number
OF individual cases.
Relief Effort Promised.
Of course, criticism is hard our plans
are condemned. and plans Of other
groups are proposed as a solution for
the ills which beset us. We may be
willing to concede that those who have
come from the ranks of labor or agri-
culture do not have at heart nearly
so much the interests of their people
as do certain professional reformers
and partisans. We may concede that,
but the concession would be made with
a grave mental reservation.
Those on the outside looking in seem
to know what the other persons charged
with responsibility should do.
We who are charged with RESPONSE
bility will continue our efforts to re-
lieVe conditions that have brought about
untold hardship, continuing these efforts
IN ways that we deem best, realizing
that we must succeed, that no glory will
be ours If we do, but that ours will
be the blame if we fail With all of
tho haFch criticism IN fhn
the dawn Of a brighter day is even
now in sight.
How much brighter 1t will be when
we all try 10 reason together and give
our best efforts to relieve the difficulties
In a systematic and sympathetic way,
instead of placing every imaginable
obstacle in the path of our President
and those charged by him with the
duties Of creating ways and means for
permanent relief.
Our plan of building real Employ
ment Service is to build on the simplest
workable plans possible, cooperating
Loyalty with States and municipalities,
and in a practical helpful manner
aiding and assisting employers and en-
ployes by every possible means.
In the work of reorganization We
now have under way We shall soon
have a responsible, capable employment
director In every SLaJe IN Jne Union.
We shall have able men and women
with practical experience.
Such officials will be selected not
only because of their knowledge of en-
ployment matters generally, but. be-
cause of their practical experience in,
and knowledge Of, some specific basic
| industry.
These are my concepts and intents
on how to organize and operate this
humanitarian service so that the great
est good to the greatest number of
our people may be speedily attained.