Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-03-21

out OF a Job for a
few months that that was almost a
record. but now It goes by the years.
What can be done to relieve It! Its our
only problem. All the rest that our Gov.
eminent get all excited about mean
nothing. The Bonus. the Townsend
Plan. the c. c. C. the A.A.A. the N.R.A..
Imitation, De1ation on the gold. on the
gold. All the whole mess are just little
side issues compared to unemployment
of those out OF work. In fact, most of
these other Ills are just side lines of the
unemployment issue. II everybody was
working. there wouldent be all these
others. II every soldier had a Job he
wouldent think OF wanting a bonus. II
the old folks children we're all working.
and lots Of the older ones were them.
selvs holding Jobs. there would be no
Townsend Plan. gold. silver. debts. all
those wouldent mean a thing. II folks
were working. Yet with all the honest
effort. and all planning. and all the
money that's been spent along various
schemes. unemployment has held Its
own II not increased.
The MIRA. at the time Of launching
looked like 1t would do the work. but II
fell from its own complicated structure.
| wrote a little gag at the time and said
that the whole MIRA. plan should be
written on a post card. Nobody can
work a man over a certain number OF
hours without extra pay) and nobody
can pay anyone under certain sum tho
matter what line Of business II wasD.
nobody can hire children. There was
the whole MIRA. in those few words.
No codes. no lobbying. no running to
Washington. You dident say a man had
to hire more men. you said he couldent
work the ones he had over a certain
number Of hours. and that number ap-
piled to all industries.
Then II he said well | have to have
my place open longer than that. well he
automatically hired more men. not by
Government compulsion but by mes
sesity, let all the prices. and all that
take care of itself, the same as 1t had
all our lives. If a man undersold another
man it was done by good management.
and not through low wages or long
hours. 1t W. because he just vas a bet
ter business man.
There was enough money spent by
everybody running to Washington on
codes to pay off the depression. and
then all business got sore. All vas look.
ing for the best of II In their codes. and
they went home and closed up their
shop. This other way. everybody would
have been On one footing. You don't get
kicks when you know that everybody is
treated like you are being treated.
The minute a thing Is long and COM
p~licated 1t confuses. Whoever wrote
the Ten Commandments made EN- short.
They may not always be kept. but they
ear be understood. They are the same
for all men. Some Industry cant come
in and say, ours is q special and
unique business. You can't judge 1t by
the Others" Well no compittee come
pullman-carrying-it into Jerusalem look
ing for Moses and saying ours fs a
special business" Moses just went up
on the mountain with a letter Of credit
and some instructions from the Lord.
and He just wrote EN- out, and they ap-
piled to the steel men. the oilmen. the
bankers. the farmers, and even the
United States Chamber OF Commerce.
And he said. Here they are Brothers.
you take EN- and live by EN-. or else"
Well that's where Moses had 1t on
Hugh Johnson. Hugh had as good inten-
lions. but Hugh Moses Johnson went
up on Capitol Hill