The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-11-30
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hdtchet Out
The Truth
. AN ARRESTING PLEA
. GETTING MAN AND JOB
TOGETHER
Q WOULD MAKE BUT A DENT
. BUT SHOWS A TREND

Elliott Roosevelt made an arrestlng
plea in radio broadcast the other
night.
The Presidents son urged every
factory in the United States to hire
at least one additional man.
He gave a moving account of the
letters s-hundreds of them-which he
has received from highly educated
and skilled men begging for a chance
to work.
Many were from experienced and
able engineers who have held respon-
sible and we'll paying positions.
Yet many are now unable to get
job.
They pleaded, many Of them, for
any kind of work, at any pay and
hours that would give them living.
X x X
Mr.. Roosevelt announced that he
was ready to cooperate with indus
trial plants that would take on one
or more men.
He explained plan for getting fac
tory and man together and urged in
dustrial heads to communicate with
him. He promised to place the quail
fcations of unemployed men before
executives and let them make choice.
The nation would benefit if industry
and business heed his plea and work
with him.
But even if successful, the plan
would make only the littlest dent in
unemployment.
That is problem that requires the
best efforts of all factors in the ma
tion for it's solution.
X X X
Mr.. Roosevelt's quotations from
letters he has received from idle men
give a glimpse Of the desperation of
mind of those long denied an oppor-
aunity to earn living.
They gave momentary look into
the hell of unemployment
They emphasized a problem that
will not down and that thrusts itself
before the nation, war or no war.
They laid bare an ugly sore that
threatens the life of the nation.
The Roosevelt broadcast was
an indication that thought in the
United States is again being given
to a problem that must be solved.
If it can't be solved under the
present economic system, new
system is inevitable. No economic
system can survive indefinitely
with a huge army of unemployed.
And it is well not to forget that big
scale unemployment has been with us
now close to ten years.
X x X
One dangerous aspect of unemploy-
ment has just been pointed out by the
American Youth Commission, group
of industrialists and educators.
The commission says that inability
of nearly 100000 Americans Is to
"a years old to get jobs adds to press
ure for U. S. involvement in war.
"rhe continued pressure of unem-
ployment on youth, in the midst of
the war boom, will add to the danger
of drifting into active participation in
war;" the commission declares.
1t is significant that the commits
sion, industrialists as we'll as educa-
tors, urges Federal works program
to provide at least part-time jobs for
unemployed youth.
"Some action is imperative for the
national welfare" the commission
says, "because of the dangerous effect
on American youth of prolonged and
widespread unemployment, plus the
strain of the present war crisis"
X X
The commission frankly admits that
it is advocating program that twill
add to the Federal budget" but con-
tends the cost need not be high.
Evidently the commission, including
it's head, Owen d. Young, General
Electric tycoon, believe there are some
things worse than adding to the Fed
eral budget.