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Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-10-21 | Page 1 | Hoover Drafts Labor Expert to Aid Jobless

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Date 1930-10-21
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Article Title Hoover Drafts Labor Expert to Aid Jobless
Type article
Date 1930-10-21
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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OCR Text HOOVER DRAfTS TO AID JOBlESS Former N. N NY Y Police Head Adviser of Harding larding to Serve WINTER PERIL SEEN President Takes Sur Surey y of Unemployment WASHINGTON Oct 21 Associated Asso AlSo Press Arthur Arthur Woods Wood former former for for former mer police commissioner of New Nev NewYork NewYork York City who was in charge o of unemployment work on President Hardings Harding's commission in 1921 to toda today to- to day da was was asked by President Hoover Hoove to assume charge of the organization tion which is s being created to re relieve relieve to- to lieve hove auff suffering during the winter Tho The administration was said definitely today to be prepared to ask congress to remove restriction up upon n federal nl public work already provided for tor over overa a 3 period d o of year cars and arid to permit this work to go forward for forward 0 ward at once While President PresIdentS Hoover cr believe the country tJ y will b bo able to take Carcot care of ot the situation during the winter he expects Mr Woods to develop an extensive organization to create reate employment ment in cooperation with the cabinet committee which the dent today called d into session 50 UNEMPLOYED The hB go governments government's er estimates s mat s o s ee c a at approximately b f t Ir tr Hoover do does does' s' s not b believe thIs figure rel represents the actual burden upon uon the le c country Th ThO United Status States States-It it was contended con con- con con- tended d h has s ar af m n Unemployed t total ot of consisting consisting- mostly of or those who are ure arc not s seeking w work rk or else are shiftIng shift shift- Ing Irig from ono j jOb b t to another and arc are not some Income Income- e Th rhe cen- cen sus sus also shows an average of oC one one and q three quarters s b bread bad ad per family so that t h total fam fOni- families without a any y so source of Income li it placed by bythe the government nt below tho actual actu l unemployed total tot 1 The government has extended virtually vir all of its appropriations for foi public works amounting to approxImately approxImately approximately and Is pl planning t to ask ak congress to permit greatly Increased expenditures s so as to give I In Increased r sed employment t. t EXPECTED IN CAPITAL Mr Woods Wooda who also organized after war the for placing l tag ing g veterans l in Jobs I h- h expected p to come com comOto to tho the capital immediately to undertake development nt of the thc relief relic program He HO Is Is' Is to work with the committee of six cabinet members and ana Governor Meyer of tho the federal reserve board I A A. gen genera r Plan t for r en encouraging g he the staggering of employment throughout ul the country to pr provide nork w ork f for ort a. a grent greater r number of persons PCt per per- sons Was indicated by Secretary C Continued on page 6 60 6 HOOVER DRAFTS LABOR EXPERT TO AID All JOBLESS Continued from p page page- ge 1 1 Hurley to have c been been- discussed altho at al tho first meeting of the thc cabinet committee The war department be ne J said gala already al already al al- ready h has s initiated this In flood control work worl below St. St Louis increasing the tho number of ot men men provided pro vided with s somo mo income while while- cutting cut cut ting tho the income of ot each ach ALL ABLE TO EAT By employinG 20 O men for thre days a week instead of ot 1000 for sUe sto days a a. week a meal me-al ticket would at for nl of f them be lie said He added tho the department exp to spend to-spend spend spend- all available money y looking Jook look ing log to employment of persons Later ter Secretary Lament Lamont chair chair- man ot or of th the tho cabinet cabinet- committee sale the staggering system of ot employ mont ment would bo be- ono one of tho majo majol t i of t. t the the g government ver ni nt lor jo r rt the
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