The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-04-11
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS
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1t would be interesting to know,
whether the publicized concern of
wealthy members of a certain COM
mittee, over the plight of the youth of
the nation, was aroused by the naked
facts concerning the barren opportuni-
ties offered to American youth, or by
the fact that the present administra-
ton, through the National Youth Ad-
ministration, had already been doing
something about it.
This same class of folks, constitut-
ing the committee aforesaid, have
been demanding strongly that there
be what they call "direct relief" "
otherwise the dole, instead of the
Work Projects Administration.
Well, the NYA has actually turned
sore spot of human deficit into liv-
ing assets, by it's program of work and
jobs given to hundreds of thousands
of youngsters, in cooperation with To-
cal communities. The assets are of
the sort that cannot be sneezed off the
map. They include 294 new school
buildings, and repairs or improvements
on 1880 already in use. This is just
small part of the total Of 3,120 new
constructions or additions made to
various public use buildings, in the
year ending June 80, 1889.
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Three new hospitals were built by
NYA workers, which otherwise would
not have been possible and 40 existing
hospital buildings had repairs and ad-
ditions. The total number of new edu-
cational buildings, which included
libraries, dormitories, museums and
art galleries, amounted to 708; and
the number Of those receiving repairs
and improvements was 1883.
Social and recreational structures,
whose important functions as sub
stitute for police work is now acknowl-
edged, received 1850 new buildings or
additions, while repairs and improve
ments went to 2,455 more.
The famous man, "made two blades
of grass grow where only one grew
BEFORE" seems to have set the ex-
ample in this enormous task Of giving
these young people useful experience
in constructive work, while at the
same time removing the menace of
idleness as we'll as the wolf of poverty
for many, many families.
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The general committee of the Swiss
Program Movement" which was
initiated some years ago by the Swiss
National Trade Union Center in col
laboration with the neutral Non
Manual Workers. Movement, the
Young Peasants Party and the AS
sociation of Protestant Workers, and
which aimed at economic reconstruc-
ton and the safeguarding of democ-
racy, has decided to amend it's con-
stitution to the effect that industrial
and cultural organizations and in
dividuals who accept the movements
program can belong to the move.
ment."
Contact with all the political groups
which takes the views of the Program
Movement will be maintained through
persons in the different politica
camps. In this way, the basis of the
movement is to be made as broad as
possible. This reorganization, which
has taken place in agreement with the
principal affiliated organizations
meets a wish which has been express
ed for some time in different quarters
The general committee expressed
the conviction in it's meeting that tn,
cohesion of all sections of the peOpl,
to safeguard democracy and bring
about just economic and financia
policy still remains an indispensabl.
necessity.