Evening star., 1934-09-30
RELIEF AIDES HEAR
NEW WORK PLAN
General Motors Official Fa-
vors Employers Reserve
Fund.

After hearing the American plan"
to end the unemployment problem,
outlined by Albert L. Deane, president
of the General Motors Holding Corp,
the delegates to the 1884 Mobilization
for Human Needs Conference ad-
journed their two-day session at the
Mayfower Hotel yesterday.
The Deant plan involves limitation
Of hours and payments to unemployed
workers from fund to be created out
Of taxes on pay rolls against overtime
worked.
The average weekly hours Of en-
ployment of all workers in each in
dustry at the end of each month
would be collected and calculated on
a monthly average. This monthly
average would be an index to current
production and employment. This
monthly average would represent the
average number of hours each worker
desiring employment could be en-
ployed by his industry if all were used
to turn out the production currently
produced. Employers under this plan
would be required to pay double time
for overtime of which time and one
half would 60 to the worker and half
time into a national employment fund.
Explains Plan.
Explaining how his plan would
work, Deane said:
If the long time average stands
ut 80 hours and something happens
so current employment falls to "a
hours, the pay Of the workers would
fall off, but according to the plan l
am proposing it would be supple
mented out of a national reserve fund
which would pay an amount equal to
half pay for four hours, so that the
workers total income would be equal
to his regular pay for SO hours. The
result would be that production,
represented by current employment,
would have fallen four points, but the
workman's income would have fallen
only two points. Demand. represented
by purchasing power, would have
fallen only half as far as supply,
represented by current production.
And the further employment fell off,
the greater the excess of purchasing
power in relation to current produc-
ton. Whenever employment rises
above the average, all employers would
be required to pay double time for
overtime"
Deane said his plan, which would
not reach domestic servants or agri-
cultural workers, was Squarely in line
with the New Deal and would not in
volve the strain on the Federal Treas
ury caused by emergency relief.
Social Legislation.
What the Technical Committee
studying social legislation to be pre-
sented at the next Congress was con-
sidering was indicated by A. ]. Alt
myer, Assistant Secretary Of Labor,
who rejected the view that the poor
should be fed 'as cheaply as possible"
He advocated a system of social legiS-
lation which would embrace State in
turance systems now existing.
The conference, which serves as
the opening signal for drives for COM
munity funds in 40 States, is designed
to spread information on the need for
community giving.
Yesterday the Community Chests &
Councils, Inc. elected the following
slate of officers for 1885: Frederic B.
Kellogg of Morristown, N. j., presi-
dent; John Stewart Bryan of Rich
mond, George E. Vincent of Green
wich, Conn, Stillman F. Westbrook
of Hartford, Conn, vice presidents;
Hendon Chubb of Orange, N. j.,
treasurer, and Percival Dodge of De-
troit, secretary Allen T. Burns was
elected executive vice president
Twenty-four directors were also
elected.