Montana labor news., 1933-06-01

interviews in crowded rooms you in
hibit free and frank discussions. Let
us not deceive ourselves, such proceed
ure plays havoc with human person
atty"
Work relief though more expensive
does not weaken independence as does
outright charity-gets farther into ae-
tivity-away from home-heartens
both, and makes money received go
farther.
Thrift is weakened by depression
with whats the use" there is the
emotional blowout" Others espec-
tally the younger say "we're after the
money no matter how we ge it," Civ
ing food for thought.
Homes Destroyed.
Furniture sold or removed by in
stallment dealers even to the utensils
and bedding, no food or fuel, gas or
electricity-little bedding and scanty
clothes-this through New York and
other large cities.
One who comes into a detestable,
nerve racked home, the wife hysteric-
al, the husband desperate, children
listening with scared eyes, have an
experience they will never forget.
Back of these thousands of unhap-
Ply homes is the competitive econom
ic system which seduces the public in
to extravagant buying and then re-
quires a severe retrenchment.
Along with these are the number
less broken homes due to separation,
suicides, desertion, deaths from hard
ships and development of insanity,
crimes of desperation, arrangements,
etc, and most important their effects
on the youth.
Health impaired.
Secretary Wilbur at the National
Conference of Social Work, May, 1881
III think that unless we descend to
a level far beyond anything we at
present have known, our children
are apt to profit rather than suffer
from what is going on" In the f7ce
of this sentiment there is the effects
on the unborn child from poverty and
malnutrition of the mother. The sta
tistics of the New York infant NOR
talities have shown a slight decrease
but it is a decrease attained at the
expense of the mother. The old say
ing, "A tooth for each child" is now
changed to "many teeth" along with
other health impairments. Where
families are now subsisting on a diet
of potatoes alone and where mothers
(expectant mothers) cannot obtain
even one glass of milk per day is
hardly the place to find healthy
mothers. Some welfare officers con-
sole the mothers with "But | am not
responsible for your having a baby
Birth Control.
Information is denied mothers by
the law as we'll as the church. Illus
tration of the extreme to which some
expectant mothers are left to go is the
case where a husband went insane
and was taken to the state hospital
The expectant mother was threatened
with eviction and the gas and water
and electric were shut off. Apparent
ly the mother was expected to &c
back to candles and grow a protec-
tive covering of hair and if she de-
sired whatever food she could obtain
to be cooked-that was a luxury she
must learn to forgo.
Cases of families living on potato
Feelings are common-garbage col
l~ections have dropped rs per cent in
some wards OF the city.
DR.. B. Appel, State Sec. of Health.
Penn.-"A census of undernourished
children in a normal year (1929-30)
showed IS per cent under nourished.
The following year it had jumped to
approximately q per cent. The eff
feets of these manifestations is to
lead to nutritional diseases and to
lay the ground work for susceptibility
to chronic ailments"
0vercrowding and %Slumward
Movements.
These are all too common-bring-
ing with them disorder, friction,
sIovenliness, frayed nerves, sexual ir-
Irregularities and the d~ecadence of
morals-children are most seriously
effected.
Evicti0ns.
Baltimore-October, 1931-650 per
week.
Buffalo-November, 1930-268 petit
~titions. 1870 final orders 4. November,
1931-306 petitions, 282 final orders.