The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-28
Legion Drive On
 For Million Jobs
Headquarters Opened at Hotel Bitmore, New York; to Organize Country Against Depression

|, ing forces of this country to join
 in united action to meet this
 emergency. During the great war
 no one expected the government of the United States, or the busi
 ness of the United States, or the
 bankers of the United States to | win the war. We won because We
 realized that 1t was a job for the
 whole people of this country and
 that every man and woman In th= United States had to do his part.
 We organized for victory and we achieved it.
 "We are confronted with a situ-
 ation to-day which presents exact
 ly the same problems. If we can organize the people of this country l each to do his part, we can win the war against unemployment and depression and make the be- ginning toward business recovery The United States is still the rich
 est country in the world. We have over twenty-eight billions of dol
 lars in the savings banks and countless billions hidden under the
 mattress.
 "Busincss Must Lead
 However, American business and American finance must under
 stand that the people of this coun-
 try expect courage and leadership from the great institutions able to furnish them. Business must lead the way back to prosperity by
 making the first sacrifices neces- sary. Many great corporations can , well afford to increase the number of their employees by 10 per cent out of surplus; others with dimin- ished surpluses or frozen credit can make a 10 per cent increase in the number of men actually employed by a spread of work through the six-hour day with sixhour pay"
 Already 800 magazines in the country, the whole billboard asso- citation and hundreds of daily tained, organized effort to secure earners now unemployed, to re- establish public confidence and to secure a resumption of normal
 buying. Local committees are being organized in 10,400 cities and towns, with the local Ameri- can Legion post commander as chairman and organizer in each community. Leading local bank CTS. manufacturers and retailers afe being invited to join these To- cal organizations, as well as local newspaper publishers, representa- tives of labor, radio station man. agers, presidents of the various civic organizations and local clubs of the community.
 CO.ODcratiOn Is Pledged In the formation of local com mittees, the American Feedration of Labor has pledged the coopera- ton of the heads of 30,000 local unions and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks have pledged the cooperation of 1,5O0 grand rulers. These local commit tees have as their goal the secur- ing of employment for million wage earners now unemployed. Many companies are expected to add ten per cent to the number of their employees immediately, while others will increase employment by a spread of labor through a six-hour day with six-hour pay.
 A drive will be made to secure a million volunteers, both firms and individuals, each to agree to add single wage earner to It's payroll. The local committees. in creating work to make possible further employment, will use the best features of plans that have proved successful in many of the cities of the country. such as the Munsey plan, the Rochester plan and the Buffalo plan. .
 To support the local committees with a national background, the combined organizations are re- creating wartime organization for carrying the message and enlist ing the support of the whole American people. Already organ ization is well under way for the use of magazines. billboards, news papers, motion pictures and radio.