Evening star., 1933-12-21

Announcement by the Government
that the goal of 100000 new jobs by
the middle Of December has been
reached is welcomed by the public
after years of uncertainty and growing
relief rolls. Optimism is widespread
and prospects for the best Winter in
several years are reflected in the
comment.
Federal officials have co-operated
with State and local governments, red
tape has been cut and the 100000
have jobs Of some Sort" declares the
Milwaukee Journal, which predicts as
a result. "a hopeful instead Of des-
pairing Winter" while, at the same
time, holding that there is great
deal OF room for Improvement In the
kind Of jobs, and nationally and in
every community, men in charge OF the
the efficiency of the jobs" The Salt
Lake Deseret News exclaims, How great
an improvement this useful public
work is over the doing out to idle men
OF pitiful amounts for the keep Of
Oakland Tribune asserts that word
that the new jobs are not to cease the
middle of February puts added cheer
into the Christmas season."
8 "The recovery program has not
reached its ultimate goal and may be
far from it." says the Omaha World
Herald, referring to "the goal OF self
sustaining business, of work for those
who want work, of fair profits for in
dustry and agriculture, of square deal
for labor" The World-Herald adds,
however: But the goal is appreciably
nearer through the c. w. A. program.
And If one wishes to learn how the
whole plan has lifted up the hearts
and the spirits of the breadwinners so
long without jobs, let him, one OF these
wintry mornings, before the rising sun
has painted the dawn with its glowing
colors of the new day-let him watch
the C. w. A. workers as they board
their trucks to be carried to the scene
of their work They laugh, they joke,
they sometimes sing They are know
ing again the satisfaction of receiving
honest pay for work honestly done"
with the Improvement in employ
ment, and with prices on somewhat
better plane" thinks The Seattle Daily
Times, there will be genuine desire
to undertake enterprises. Private build.
ers will be quick to take advantage OF
any improved demand for residential
structures. Encouragement from TINS
trend will do as much as anything else
The Government can undertake to speed
national recuperation, for in the build
ing trades enforced idleness has been
most acute and most general. Putting
men in these crafts back to work Will
break the back of the unemployment
problem" The Harrisburg Patriot feels
that it Is a great achievement that
Pennsylvania has absorbed more than
vrr0
ford Register Republic advises: ANY
one skeptical Of the effects of the Civil
Works Administration program has only
to check with storekeepers to learn that
purchasing power Is being given an I'M
portant impetus" The Rockford paper
also observes that ''the program is NOV
ing ahead at high speed"
That the Government policy has to
its credit "a distinct achievement which
would be freely acknowledged by its
severest critics. is the opinion of the
Springfield (Mass) Republican, which
points out that the official prediction of
the number Of men that would be put
to work seems to be sustained" The
Port Huron Times TZerald finds evidence
that "the program is having results, !"
and suggests the 'lesson to get out of
the old rut and keep out" The Cleve-
land News predicts gains in employ
ment by industries which manufacture
materials and supplies" The New York
World-Telegram AYERS that this Winter
viii not be the dark, terrible period re-
cent Winters have been"
els it not" asks the Portland Oregon
Journal, "an action to make every
American proud Of his country, proud
that he is an American? And is it not
just such a country and just such q
Government that George Washington
and his barefoot men at Valley Forge,
and later at Yorktown, thought they
were fighting and dying for?"
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