Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-26

Coming Of another Winter season
turns the attention Of the whole coun-
try to the meeting Of the Federal well
fare and Relief Conference in Wash
ington. President Hoover's statement OF
the problem to be met. and the selec-
ton of Newton D. Baker to take charge
of the work. Special emphasis, IN re-
Spouse to the advice OF leaders, is
placed on the need of private aid, in
order that the public agencies may be
able to meet the situation.
President Hoover's call to the Nation
"to see that no man, woman or child
shall 20 hungry or unsheltered through
the approaching Winter is quoted by
the Charleston CIV. Va Daily Mail,
which calls upon the people to arise
to meet the crisis with degree OF
personal sacrifice that may prove to be
even greater than any sacrifices they
were called upon to make during the
World War" The Daily Mail sees
war against the wolf at the door OF a
million homes, war against hunger,
against cold, against starvation, and
war against the possible spread OF dis
ease and pestilence."
There are persons who believe the
need of relief will be greater than ever"
saws the Port Huron Times Herald,
because many people have exhausted
their savings during a considerable
period Of unemployment" but that pa
per feels that "e3en q slight improve
ment in business should make the need
somewhat less" That paper concludes:
we know there Is no lack OF the
means, however great the need may be.
the means and the need together"
"Many Of us are more hopeful today
Gazette, with, however, the warming
MANY OF us are more concerned With
public expenditures for welfare work
than we are with similar private eX-
penditures. Many of us. in fact, ap-
pear to have become reconciled to
caring for the needy out OF public
funds There are signs also that We
have become somewhat calloused to
knowledge of extensive want. We can
not afford to become fixed In such q
state of mind. If we do, we shall have
nothing short Of ruinous expenditures
for public welfare or an unprecedented
spectacle Of human misery. 1t behooves
every community to bring its relief
agencies to the highest possible point
of efficiency.
"Mr. Baker did this country notable
service" thinks the Nashville Banner,
when he emphasized the fact that the
battle against unemployment, while not
as spectacular and sensational as the
World War, carries even more 1mpor-
tant possibilities for the destruction OF
human values II 1t Is not Waged ana
won. It is Of vast and immediate I'M
portance. as President Hoover said,
that no man, woman or child shall go
hungry and without shelter this Win
ter, but it is even more vital that re-
fief be achieved as far as possible in
such manner that self-reSpect be main
tanned and the hope and desire for per-
| sonal accomplishment shall not be
killed. For their own sake, as well as
for that of the Nation, relief must not
pauperize those whom it touches"
It is pointed out by the Oakland
| Tribune that "a President Of the
| United States and a man who was
Secretary of War under another Presl-
dent, Republican and Democrat,
spoke in the common cause OF human
welfare" and that paper gives indorse-
ment to the thought of Mr.. Baker
that the program lis not mere interim
provision to tide over this Winter
crisis from the material point Of view,
but also In its larger aspects 1t Is to
continue the work Of character.build-
ing agencies, which are more critically
needed now than at any other time. u
| The Salt Lake Deseret News thinks
that the selection of Mr.. Baker for this
work "is q hopeful action, for Mr.
Baker Is among the very ablest men OF
the country and possesses unusual
human sympathy"
I'VE dent in the least care" accord
ing to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
from what source comes the condition
ea~,4 sxpecte& to be parked around