Evening star., 1937-08-25

regarded as having thrown much lisht
on the extremely complicated problem
Of neutrality.
While plans are being worked out for
the taking OF the unemployed census" ;"
authorized by Congress to serve As 4
reliable guide for relief legislation, some
authorities here are pointing to the
many difficulties involved in obtaining
even an approximately accurate count"
OF this class Of the population. There
1s SO much shift 10 much seasonal oc-
cupation in many lines OF work, they
state, that it is doubtful if the enumera-
ton when completed will show with any
degree OF proximity to truth the number
OF unemployed persons In the United
states. In this connection attention was
directed to the wide divergence In fg-
ures running into the millions, In pre-
vious serious attempts to secure reliable
estimates on the subject. Although much
more elaborate machinery will be avail
able in making the proposed census,
these authorities insist that the results
will be FAR from satisfactory as aids in
solving the unemployment problem"
Col. Robert Fechner, director Of the
Civilian Conservation Corps, and Forest
Service officials here had only words of
highest praise for the courage shown
by members OF their organizations who
lost their lives and the other men who
assisted in fighting the devastating for
est fire in Wyoming. He declared that
these men have performed q gallant
service in their efforts to extinguish the
raging conflagration and in trying to
save their comrades. The c. c. c. has
shown . fine record. he pointed out. In
the small number of men In the camps
who have lost their lives through acci-
dent or otherwise; while the general
health average has been maintained at
high figure. The onrollees in these
camps have done much to aid in the
prevention of forest fires, having put In
. total Of 1000 900 man days" in such
work since the establishment Of the
camps. Col. Fechner emphasized that
1t was only an unexpected shifting OF
the wind, driving the fire down hill
instead OF up, that led to the tragic
death OF nine Of his mon.
Money collected from automobile
owners and intended for the construc-
tion and maintenance Of highways should
not be diverted into other channels and
used for "non-highway" purposes. in
the opinion OF Charles M. Upham, direc-
tor Of the American Road Builders As
sociation, with headquarters in this city.
In this connection no points out that
Uncle Sam has penalised the State OF
New jersey to the tune of $3.50 900 for
the misapproprtation OF highway tax
funds by the State legislature" He
declares that the diversion Of such funds
to other uses Ia unfair and unjust" to
the American motorists who pay the
taxes for road Improvement. Instead
of receiving the 81, ,676, ,71S in Federal aid
funds to which 1t would have been en-
titled, New Jersey will suffer q subtrac-
ton Of = quarter million.
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Coffee drinking Is TO be stimulated
throughout the United States, II the
campaign which the Pan-Amertcan Cof-
fee Bureau is about to inaugurate can
accomplish that object, according to
Eurico Penteado, representative Of the
national department Of coffee Of Brazil,
who has been here conferring on that
subject with Senior Aranha, Ambassa-
dor OF the South American country
which supplies the United States with
most Of It's coffee. Having just returned
from q coffee conference at Havana,
Cuba, attended by representatives from
. number Of the cof1ee-producing coun-
tries, Senior Penteado called attention
to the fact that the people In some
sections of the United States consume
tvicA n much oodfeo a thono In okhar