The Washington times., 1936-09-07
Two and a Half Million
More AIIocated for
Job Survey

from agricultural colleges ana
State planning boards, have shown
cooperation with and approval Of
the work which the Federal Gov
eminent has headed up. am
grateful also to the men and
women in all these States who
have accepted leadership in the
work in their locality.
People Unafraid
In the drought area people are
not afraid to use new methods
to meet changes in nature, and
to correct mistakes Of the past.
If over-grazing has injured range
lands, they are willing to reduce
the grazing. If certain wheat
lands should be returned to pas
ture, they are willing to cooperate.
II trees should be planted as wind:
breaks or to stop erosion, they Will
work with us. # terracing or sum-
mer following or crop rotation is
called for, they will carry them
out. They stand ready to fit, and
not to fight, the ways Of nature.
We are helping, and shall con
tinue to help the farmer, to do
those things, through local soil
cons rvation committees and
other cooperative local State and
Federal agencies of government.
I have not the time tonight to
deal with other and more COM
prehensive agricultural policies.
With this fine help we are It'd
ing over the present emergency.
We are going to conserve soil, con-
serve water and conserve life. We
are going to have longtime de-
lenses against both low prices and
drought. We are going to have q
farm policy that will serve the
national welfare. This Is our hope
for the future.
Turns to Labor
There are two reasons why I
want to end by talking about re-
employment. Tomorrow is Labor
Day. The brave spirit with which
so many millions Of working peo-
pie are winning their way out Of
depression deserves respect and ad-
miration. It is like the courage Of
the farmers in the drought areas.
That is my first reason. The
second is that healthy employ
ment conditions stand equally with
healthy agricultural conditions as
buttresS Of national prosperity.
Dependable employment at fair
wages Is just as important to the
people in the towns and cities as
good farm income Is to asricul-
ture.
Our people must have the abil-
ity to buy the goods they manufac-
ture and the crops they produce.
Thus city wages and farm buying
power are the two strong legs that
carry the nation forward.
Reports Job Gains
Unemployment in industry is
proceeding rapidly. Government
spending was in large part re-
Sponsible for keeping industry go
ing and putting it in a position
to make this unemployment posi-
BILE. Government orders were the
backlog of heavy industry; Gov
eminent wages turned over and
over again to m Ike consumer
purchasing power and to sustain
every merchant in the community.
Businessmen with their businesses,
small and large, had to be saved.
Private enterprise is necessary to
any nation which seeks to main
tain the democratic form Of gov
eminent. In their case, just as
certainly as in the case of drought
stricken farmers, Government
spending has saved.
Government having spent wisely
to save it, private industry be-
gins to take workers off the
rolls Of the Government relief
program. Until this Ad1ninistra-
ton we had no free employment
service, except in a few States
and cities. Because there was no
unified employment service, the
worker, forced to move as indus
try moved, often travelled over
the country, wandering after jobs
which seemed always to travel
just a little faster than he did.
He was often victimized by fraud
ulent practices of employment
clearing houses, and the facts of
employment opportunities were
at the disposal neither Of him
self nor Of the employer.
Job Finding System
In 1888 the United States EN-
ployment Service was created-a
cooperative State and Federal
enterprise, through which the Fed
eral Government matches dollar
for dollar the funds provided by
the States for registering the oc-
equations and skills Of workers
and for actually finding jobs for
those registered workers in pri-
vate industry. The Federal-State'
cooperation has been splendid. AL
ready employment services are
operating in 80 States, and the
areas not covered by them are
served by the Federal Govern
ment.
We have developed a nation
wide service with TOO district Of
fices and 1000 branch offices, thus
providing facilities through which
labor can learn Of Jobs available
and employers can find workers.
More Cash Allocated
Last spring expressed the hope
that employers would realize their
deep responsibility to take men off
the relief rolls and give them jobs
in orivate e0ternriSe SubSe.