Evening star., 1943-06-22
Postwar Program
OfSecurity Urged
3y DR.. Burns
Start Plans N0zV to
Cushion Shock of
Peace, She Warns


A postwar social security program
that will insure the aged, the young,
the sick and the temporarily un-
employed against want was recon-
mended by DR.. Fveline Burns of
the National Resources Planning
Board yesterday in talk before the
Womans National Democratic Club.
Speaking on Freedom from
Want" DR.. Burns, who directed the
research for the American security
report argued that now is the time
to prepare against want after the
war when millions of persons will
be released from war jobs.
The major part of our program
Is to make use of all our resources"
she asserted, and the question
now is what we intend to do for
the development of these natural
resources in the postwar period.
We proved what we could do in our
tremendous water power develop
ment before the war which has
helped us in the war effort and
hastened the output of aluminium.
making possible or airplane produc-
ton" she pointed cut.
Plans for conversion of war in
dustries into production centers for
peacetime needs should be formu-
lated now she continued, to assure
the 20,000000 persons in war work
of employment in development OF
national resources in the postwar
period.
The major part of this job of
making use of all of our resources
is a matter for private industries" i"
she added, but it will be largely
affected by what the Government
does or does not do"
Although employment is a step
towards freedom from want, it does
not spell complete freedom to a
Nation, the speaker emphasized.
Full employment won't solve the
full question of freedom from want" 4"
she explained, as there are always
the old, the sick, the young anG
those temporarily out of work"
DR.. Burns urged enactment. of
social security legislation which will
assure all in these classes of free
dom from want Continuing efforts
should also be made at keeping the
Nation on a full employment pro-
gram, she added
"If a man remains out of a Job
for six months and there is no pri-
vate work available. public work
must be made available for him." she
declared.
In brief reference to England's
Beveridge plan, DR.. Burns argued
the British plan would not be prac-
tical in the United States.
The answer lies in the fact that
economic and social conditions in
Great Britain are very different
from those in this country" she COM
mented. Great Britain is far more
homogeneous country than the
United States and administrative
problems are not raised there by
Federal form of government. So
Beveridge is able to centralize his
income-maintenance programs in
one national agency, with operating
units in the local communities.
In conclusion. the speaker replied
to arguments that plans for social
security should be postponed until
the war is over
1T is likely to be too late to lay
plans once the inevitable strains and
adjustments Of the postwar years
are upon us" she declared. I'VE
must have planning now to win the
peace
DR.. Burns was introduced by Mrs
Hale T. Shenafleld
Mrs. Cordell Hull headed a list
of distinguished members and guests
ct the speakers table, including Mrs
JamSs F. Byrnes, Mrs. Pat Harrison,
Mrs. Tom Connally, Mrs. Ellen S.
Woodward, Mrs Vera Randell, Mrs
Clark Wren. Mrs. Barton S. Embry
Mrs Charles Brand and Mrs. Fran
els B. Sayre, the president, who pre-
sided.
Mrs. Savre indorsed an appeal
made by the Red Cross for addi-
tional workers at the Walsh House
It was agreed that members of the
Club would volunteer for service in
a body one day a week.