Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-17
Relief Work Preparedness
Becomes Center of Debate

Need for more unemployment relief
next Winter is assumed in the public
discussion OF the various measures su0-
gested. There Is wide demand for
preparedness, and it is agreed that
complete cooperation of all possible
agencies will be required Opposition
to the dole in the form Of Government
aid Is evident, while commentators
await the 1ruition OF President Hoover's
plans.
Business itself must remedy the
situation unless it wants to invite Con.
gress to attempt It," advises the Lynch
burg News, with the conviction that IF
business leaders begin now to give the
matter serious consideration, there is a
possibility that something may be
worked out which will lessen the hard
ships OF unemployment when Winter
comes" The Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin holds that ''preponderant
American opinion Is in favor of expan-
sion OF plan to be worked out in in
dustry between capital and labor, with
out Government intervention" That
paper points out that Labor, as repre-
Sented by the American Federation of
Labor, has recently repeated its repudi-
alton Of the dole"
Mr.. Hoover's plans need to be en-
larged," declares the Morgantown New
Dominion, in the belief that the coming
Winter may present new difficulties.
Finding no present prospects of effec-
tive relief, the Oklahoma City Times
suggests that something in the way of
meager rationS and makeshift shelter
doubtless will be provided for the mil
lions Of unfortunates who face another
Winter without work to support them
selves and their families respectfully
and comfortably"
1T is too late thinks the Des
Moines Tribune Capital, ito lay the re-
sponS!bility for the care of the coming
winters unemployed at the doorstep
OF private industry. The voorhees, mil
lions are here. Either national or State
or local agencies must meet the de-
mands for food and clothing and
shelter" The Hartford Times indorses
the Presidents suggestion that Fed
eral, State and local agencies join
hands increasingly in the devising of
means OF help to the distressed" but
adds that ito be fruitful, the idea of
coordination will require energetic
leadership in each sphere" The
Lowell Evening Leader feels that 'al-
ready, TO an encouraging extent, theA
has been established organized CO.
operation of local, State and Federal
forces
The Governments Employment Sery-
ice figures" according to the Oakland
Tribune, come as an answer to those
who profess TO believe that the problems
have been neglected. To the vast ma
jority of citizens whose faith in the
President has remained mistaken they
are in the way of renewed assurance
that the administration is taking time
by the forelock and preparing in adj
vance for any shift in the unemploy-
ment situation"
1.-THE best way Is to get all the public
and seFni-public projects going, includ-
ing those for which we have or can raise
funds" says the Youngstown Vindicator.
while the Dayton Daily News indorses
the thought that the emergency is like
a war situation" and that 1t should call
for similar action. The paper remarks
that ''the crisis now confronting us,
great as it is, is small as compared with
the job faced in 1917" The Salt Lake
Deseret News feels that its own COM
munity is mot ready to assume the
guilt of letting men, women and chill
dren 60 hungry or without adequate
clothing or shelter during the Fall and
Winter" AS to the neceSsarieS OF life,
the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader Is i'm
pressed by the fact that I'VE have more
than We need, and it should not be diff
cult to arrange the proper distribution
Every force that can be enlisted" ac-
cording to the Savannah Manning News,