Evening star., 1934-07-15

daughters tonsillectomy and her medi-
cal care. Her daddy restored an an
tique chest of drawers and a mirror
and / hooked rug for the doctors
wife. That doctor saved our pride on
every occasion. He seemed to under
stand.
If there is any bitterness or egotism
in these experiences, 1t is all mine.
The white collar man is ever self
effacing. My husband weighed 100
pounds and had sat at desk for II
years. He had always loved tools and
had done gardening and general repair
work, but he had had no experience as
a painter or carpenter. Yet he did have
the will-power to provide food for his
family. Any man with courage can be-
come declasse if necessity demands it.
On the unemployment gangs my hus-
band met only one white collar man
who Ioafed on the job. On the whole
the white collar man was much more
conscientious than the laboring man.
No, even though the white collar man
not a "pitiable case"
Just why, as our director of public
works states, should the civil service
regulations bar the white collar man
from the Office job to which he might
be fitted? The Government has ad-
vanced money to build 500 100000
worth of bridges in the community,
yet it is impossible for a man to obtain
anything but laboring job on these
projects unless he has influence with
the local politicians or the contractors.
No, the white collar man Is not likely
to be listed on that near-charity, the
public pay roll.
EOR the last eight months my husband
has had steady employment.
Through the efforts of a new-found
friend he was able to obtain a tenn
porary job in the inspection depart
ment of an insurance company. And,
by taking every piece of work that was
given him and forgetting not only the
N. r. A. hours, but all hours of the
clock and all days of the week, he has
created for himself a permanent posi-
tion. On the same day he took his job
another man was also given a tenn
porary job in the same department.
The other man was more experienced in
this particular work, yet he Is no longer
with the company. A glad hand and
a bold front will not get any one
through this depression.
Now we are getting just half of the
money we received in the pre-depres-
sion days-but we are, oh, so much
happier! 1t is good for a woman to
see that alert, interested look in her
mans eyes and know that he is doing
what he really wants to do.
Throughout our unemployment we
asked no help of relatives, nor received
any. They all have problems of their
own I did ask my sister to buy the
reference book because her children
needed it in their school work. Although
her husband is considered well-to-do,
she lust could not pay SIS for the book"
Yet in the same letter she asked me
to try to find jug for an old Spanish
well in her garden-and the jug would
have cost twice the price Of the book.
Nor did we borrow a cent from any
one. 1t is true our savings are gone.
We had to sell our car. We had to sell
our few shares of stock. We had to
sell our boys educational insurance.
But none of that money was used for
food. 1t all went for taxes, payments
on our home, interest and insurance.
For year we went without telephone,
or a radio, or a car. We are three
quarters of a mile from transportation