Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-11-14
NO WORK, NO EATS!

Senator Wheeler, in an interview according to the Bill
ings Gazette, has some definite ideas as to work projects
and relief.
If the senator's ideas are carried out by the adminis-
tration, there will be quite a different setup; not only IN
Montana, but all over the country In handling the unem-
ployment situation.
The senator is quoted as saying that he favored devel-
Opment Of irrigation projects as an outlet for labor, help
ing to solve unemployment. ''Givew work to the unem-
ployed rather than doles. AS to the relief situation [ want
TO see the millions on the rolls absorbed into private in
dustries. Either private industry must absorb the surplus
or the government must furnish the work"
Senator Wheeler said he never liked the idea of a dole,
but in an emergency we had to adopt relief.
Continuing with an analysis of the situation the senator
singled out flaws in the administration of relief. 1.-The
overhead is entirely too high and must be cut down" lie
was referring to elaborate systems OF investigation.
Unfortunately there are instances where men get onto
relief when they are not entitled to it. The man or woman
who asks relief under such circumstances and sponges off
the government is doing a disservice to the many who
really need 1t.
every right-thinking person should report to the gov
eminent or their representatives any instances where per
sons not entitled to aid are receiving it."
The senator advocates work for those on the rolls.
'Able-bodied men should be furnished work and if they
won't work they should receive no relief. Gratuitous re-
lief never was satisfactory even to the people receiving
it."
We agree with the senator on the development Of irri-
cation projects, but it would do no good to develop irriga-
ton and increase production and have the government, on
bHC OluCl u0uO5 pay IC ldlllClO W III uOWu DlOOuCIlOl,
and import farm products from other countries, as they
are now doing.
We also agree with the senator, that there are a lot of
flaws in the present relief program and especially the
overhead cost that is now being carried on by the social
ed high paid Investigators, many of them Incompetent and
unnecessary.
We also agree with the senator that private industry
must absorb the surplus labor, but we might add that this
surplus cannot be absorbed by private industry, as long as
we permit imports from other countries into this country
Of the articles we can and do produce enough of at home.
We think that the senator is correct when he states that
the people should report to their representatives anyone
receiving relief that is not entitled to it. In this way use
less expenditures of money can be prevented. We might
also add that the government should not pay relief work
ers when they are on a strike. This destroys the moral of
the working people and ~paralyzes industry.
Laboring people are entitled to a living wage, differ
ences should be frankly discussed and arbitrated, and rad
ical agitators should be placed in Jail.
We also agree that work projects should be construct
i've projects. To have men do work that benefits no one
creates discord among the workers, and ~rightfully so. I'm
less some sort of a work program is set up for this winter,
similar to the CWA, there will be a lot of suffering before
the winter ends.