The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19

(ConClnueu rom rage 1.)
 relief. That plan, as he explains it in brief, is:
 we accept the situation as a government responsibility, not one for private charity
 As proof that Detroit accepted It's responsibility, figures are cited showing that 47,000 families were fed and clothed at the peak of the Unemployment crisis last winter. Murphy doesn't like being called the Dole Mayor.
 If you want to call saving peo- pie from starvation and eviction a dole, that's what 1t is. But there isn't any dole about it. The dole Is fiction of those who are against doing anything and who do not want the government to take any responsibility. They say private charity isn't dole. They call my plan a dole simply because the government is doing it." Murphy is leading Detroit in | fighting back from the hardest times since the automobile began to pour it's stream of golden wealth into this industrial wonderland. Hope Is rising here. Newsboys stand on street corners calling out the headlines that one plant is go- ing to hire 5000 men. Wheat prices go up a cent and Detroit knows that this means more farmers will buy automobiles.
 This city rises and falls with the automobile business. If people out in the country will buy, Detroit soon will have better times.
 But until that buying gets into flood -tide,s Detroit must care for large army of industrial casual ties. That is the job Mayor Mur- phy has dropped practically every thing else to do. .'We accept the situation as government responsibility, not one for private charity" Murphy said. "Our city government has given help to the little man faced with starvation and eviction. The trouble is that the burden Is not being equitably carried.
 Detroit's depression victims num-
 Der many thousands. No other city has had such a burden. Free beds were given to 12,00 Omen last winter. Three million free meals were served. School lunches were given to 10000 school children.
 Murphy is not depending on city funds alone. talked with him just after he had returned from meeting of all civic groups prepar- ing for a unified drive to raise $3,500,000 for the unemployed. He is trying to get money wherever he can.
 Last year, Murphy said. the city spent $14,000,000 on unemploy- ment relief. About $250,000 addi- tional, he said. was raised from private sources. This year the city's share has been cut to $7,000,- 900. Another sum half as large is being sought from private sources.
 At the peak last winter 47,00O families were receiving city aid. Af- ter investigation they are given orr der slips for groceries, fuel and other necessaries. Loose manage ment crept into the administration. An employe milked the fund for about $2O0,000, most of which was recovered. Fifteen thousand fami- lies were cut off after many were discovered to have other support. Murphy is attempting a tighter or ganization with more expert ad- ministrators this year.
 Murphy intends to go to Wash ington to explain the Detroit well fare plan at a general conference on federal relief legislation being organized by John Dewey and a group of economists. He also ex- poets to testify before the LaFol- 1ette senatorial committee consider ing economic planning legislation.