Evening star., 1932-08-28
Aim of Drive Planned at Hoo
yer Economic ParIey Is
Worker Security.
DENT IN UNEMPL0YM
Is SEEN BY OIL OFFICIAL
First of New National Business
Groups Confer With Doak on Work
and Living Cost in Country.

The ground work for a Nationwide
campaign for LOB security by spread
ing jobs" was laid here yesterday by
the first of the new National Business
Committees formed by banking and in
dustrial leaders at President Hoover's
Economic Conference Friday.
After conferring at the Commerce
Department Building for several hours
yesterday morning, Walter C. Teagle,.
president Of the Standard Oil Co. Of
New Jersey, committee chairman, said
his group was confident Of making a
dent" in unemployment and a firm
check on further loss of jobs.
I'VE are going to start at once to
make a dent in the unemployment
situation" Mr.. Teagle asserted, az
members of his committee, which is
charged with promotion of the cam
paign for sharing work, grouped about
him-"how big a dent I don't know
but If successful We certainly can pre-
vent any more unemployment.
"Have No Plan to Sell"
"The proposition must be in the
hands OF each employer and employe.
We have no plan to sell. How it is
to be done Is up to them. OF course,
we don't want the standard of present
workers cut below the cost of living,
but we do want buying power spread
as far as possible. 1t Is a job for the
individuals and the district commit
tees"
The first thing the committee did was
to call in Secretary Of Labor Doak and
his staff Of assistants, including DR..
Charles A. Baldwin, acting commits
sioner of labor statistics; John Alpine,
director Of the United States Employ
ment Service, and Hugh Kerwin, d.
rector OF the Bureau Of Cancellation.
These officials were cloSeted with the
committee for more than an hour and
when they emerged from the confer
ence room Secretary Doak said he had
presented the group with all available
fgures on employment and living costs
In the country.
Mr.. Doak told newspaper men that
the flve-day week plan was not dis
ctssed with him by the committee, but
That in his opinion short work week
with reduced hours was probably the
only remedy for unemployment.
Asked about the committees views on
I'VE don't talk about the five-day
week. 1t is question of sharing work.
We hope to make it a national move
ment. The slogan for the West Coast,
where this movement was started, Is
JOB Security by Job Spreading and
that sounds pretty good'
May Adopt Slogan.
He said it was probable that his COM
mlttee would adopt this slogan when IL
starts its campaign.
Speaking cautiously, Mr.. Teagle de-
clared the committee would use as the
base for its drive the plan SO success
fully carried out in California under
direction Of K. r. Kingsbury, chairman
OF the Pacific Coast Banking and In
dustrial Committee of the Federal Re-
serve System.
Mr.. Kinsbury conferred during the
da" with Mr.. Teagle and explained its
workings. He said it was a problem to
be worked out along the lines of the
Liberty loan drives of the World War.
Since the California group began call
ing on employers, Mr. Kinsbury said
there has been no further laying off Of
men. but the work has been spread
among the employees. while they have
been forced to work at reduced wages,
the fear of losing their jobs has been
entirely disSipated," he added
Mr.. Teagle did not announce the
makeup of his committee pending fur
ther selections. He said an early meet
ing would be held, probably in some
Midwestern city.
Other committees. including those to
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