Evening star., 1933-08-17
DR.. MORGAN PLANS
pLAYFOR WORKERS
Tennessee Valley Bess Sees
Need for Constructive
Use of Leisure.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press,
DR.. Arthur E. Morgan. head Of the
Tennessee Valley project, plans to bring
to the workers ON that Job and to
their families some Joy in living and
q constructive use of their leisure time"
as well as the needed employment and
the bare necessities of existence.
THE increase of leisure afforded by
the national program for shorter work
weeks will not add anything to our
civilization unless we develop discrim-
ination in the utilization of those spare
hours" said the engineer-educator. who
will direct the big power and reclama-
ton enterprise.
Village Life Deadly"
"Our village life has been deadly; our
recreation has been tragic" he said.
"One trouble is that life in this country
has been too much matter of produc-
tion generally in its mass forms, with
out sufficient consideration being given
to real living"
On DR.. Morgan's program for de-
velopment of well rounded communities
In 1.-The American Ruhr" are individual
craftsmanship. training in home man
agement, intelligent buying and budget
ing of the family dollar. gardening,
community music, organized amateur
sports, adult education, nature study
and improvement Of fishing and hunt
ing grounds.
Training Program Planned.
DR.. Morgan says the men to be en-
ployed in building Cove Creek Dam
and other projects in the Tennessee
Valley will be mostly young men from
the mountain regions who have re-
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in industrial centers.
Our plan is to work these men three
or four days week and then to ask
them to put probably is hours a week
in training" he said I'VE are building
up staff to conduct this training.
The workers will be trained in hy-
giene, sanitation and in the art of TAX
ing care of their homes. They will be
given a good working knowledge of
plumbing, electrical installation and
furniture repairing. Wives of workers
will be taught home management and
the significance of food values.
"A man with an education in pur-
chasing, which enables him to make
his dollar go twice as far, is as we'll
of as If he had twice as many dollars"
DR.. Morgan said. I'VE have stressed
too much the making of money while
we have not sufficiently emphasized
the intelligent spending of 1t.
Develop Native Culture.
I'm villages where there has been vir-
tually no recreation or amusements ex-
cept the movies and pool halls, we
plan to bring athletic games and to
revive folk dances which have been
dying out because of lack Of apprecia-
ton. We hope to enhance the respect
these
Efforts will be made to establish a
system of adult education patterned
to some extent after the folk schools in
Denmark whose revival of interest and
pleasure in learning, DR.. Morgan says,
has been amazing In the Danish folk
schools no students under 18 years of
age are admitted, but those who attend
continue the studies throughout their
lives.
Arrangements will be made to pro-
vide two or three acres Of garden for
each family for the growing Of food
Stuffs and some flowers, while COM
munity music Is also on the program"
he said.
Build Small Industries.
1--WE plan later to bring in o few
thoroughly qualified artists In furni
ture design and iron work, who may
be able to bring about development of
small industries, based upon individ
uality Of craftsmanship for which there
exists a large American Market" he
added.
DR.. Morgan said some of the little
"shoe- string villages" in the mountains
couldn't afford to duplicate the facili-
ties Of larger towns. They can't sup
port an electrician. plumber, a pipe
filter and an automobile mechanic.
But they could afford a community
mechanic who could do all these things
to a reasonable degree" he said. 1T
is our business to see that some Of the
power project workers are trained to
perform such functions for the COM
munity."