Evening star., 1935-07-03
INSTITUTE HEARS
WORKS DEFENDED
Praised as Alternative to
Dole by Speakers at
U. of Virginia.
Ry tho Associated Press.

UNIVERSITY, Va, July 3.-The
the dole system and as q means of
preventing deterioration of moral
fiber Of the millions out of work." was
warmly defended before the round
table on economic security at the In
stitute of Public Affairs today by
Jacob Baker assistant works progress
administrator.
THE fact emerges clearly that back
of everything we have done or are
doing has been and Is the conviction,
forced upon US by the unemployed
themselves and by our increasing
knowledge of the unemployed man
and woman's psychology, that giving
jobs is better than giving relief, that
what destitute people out of job
want and need Is a job-just that, and
not Q handout," he said.
German Policy Outlined.
As Mr.. Baker defended and ex-
planned the American works program
in q lengthy address, Germany's re-
round table on European Relations"
by two economists who have taught in
German schools, DR.. Gerhard Colin
and DR.. Karl Brandt, both members
of the faculty Of political and social
science Of the new School for Social
Research in New York
Prom q purely economic stand
point" DR.. Colin said, "the German
recovery policy stands on dangerous
ground. This dangerous ground is the
ground of social strain. How much
strain the government can stand Is not
a mere economic question. 1t is much
more a. question of sociology and So
cial psychology"
The policies OF the Bruning, Won
Papen and Schleicher governments
in allowing the deflationary process
to run out it5 course enabled Hitler
to succeed in his policy Of spending
and other measures to reduce the
number of unemployed after the rep
arations question had been settled,
DR.. Colin saio.
AAC 4soOoChC.N WIN No PAo6A hAh NP
pears modest In comparison with
the billions laid out by Hitler. he
continued, especially II we bear in
mind the greater natural resources
and the easter international situa-
ton Of the United States"
DR.. Henry Grady Of the trade agree
ment section of the Department Of
State today re-emphasized statements
made last night by Sumner Welles,
Assistant Secretary of State. to the
effect that the Roosevelt administra-
tion's commercial policy with Latin
American nations has caused them
to cease to look upon this country
with suspicion and distrust.
He related how Congress, since the
Montevideo Conference Of 1888, has
adopted a plan enabling the United
States to enter into agreement with
foreign nations to reduce trade bar
riers and how the first such agree
ment, signed with Cuba, has been fol-
lowed by a SAC, 900 900 trade increase
in the first nine months.
Hope 10 Cut Tarihs.
BY means Of these agreements, ="
DR.. Grady tolo the round table on
Latin American developments. I'VE
hope and expect to bring about the
reduction of tariff duties now applied
against our principal exports, and to
obtain the relaxation of exchange
controls and quotas as rapidly as con-
| ditions permit. in return for reason
able adjustments in our tariff on
selected foreign products. The con-
clusion is inevitable that an expanded
foreign trade Of mutual benefits will
follow"
Mr.. Jacobs analysis of the works
program was indirectly an answer to
the general viewpoint expressed before
the institute last night by William B.
Bell of New York. president of the
American Cyanamid Co., who at
tackled the various share-the-wealth
plans offered by Huey Long, Father
Coughlin and Senator La Toilette.
so long as we pursue economic
policies which threaten the eltmina-
tion of all profit. which strike at the
rewards Of energy. ambition and
frugality, business necessarily hesi-
tates, new projects wait, unemploy-
ment continues and social unrest in
creases," said Mr.. Bell. I'm America
there has been no period of industrial
activity during which any substantial
measure of social unrest existed"