Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-10-25 | Page 5 | Plan Broadcast to Aid Jobless

PlAN BR BROADCAST 1 TO AID J Woods to Seek Help of Agencies s Through Nation I WASHINGTON Oct 25 United unite Pr Press The ss-The The federal government will carry its appeal for public aidin aid aidin aidin in in relieving unemployment direct to toradio toradio toradio radio listeners tomorrow night when Colonel Arthur Woods Wood chairman of tho the presidents president's emergency committee commit tee on employment will go oh the air This will mark tho opening of or a campaign campal n to arouse public tion It will be bo Iby numerous numerous numer numer- ou ous appeals through every available channel Tuesday Colonel Woods will wUl address 1000 officers oC of or the American women's clubs in NewYork NewYork New Now York seeking their assistance lie He plans to leave for lor or Now York late today to recruit new volunteers to assist him in his problem of or findIng findIng find find- Ing jobs for Or an estimated idle now facing winter hardship Woods explained today to ay that the tho scope of ot his efforts would include three groups groups governmental governmental bodies ind Industrial organizations ore and the public Largo Large volumes of mall mail are ar being received at itt his office in the commerce department offering co cooperation cooperation co- co o- o operation and pledging support Others misunderstanding the nature of oC the directors director's efforts are applying in large numbers for Jobs Occasionally Occa Occa- persons seeking sc employment employment employ employ- ment have applied directly at Woods Woods' office CITES EXAMPLES Woods cited today as an example 1 of what may bc bedona dono to cope copo with this tills situation the plan of oC tho the city I of ot Irvington X N. J. J which set up a I municipal employment bureau serving sor lug Ins 1000 employers ers In six the tho ratio of at unemployment was re redUced reduced reduced re- re from froni 47 to 12 per hundred I I Woods said He cited also the Williamsburg chamber of ot commerce in Brooklyn N N. N Y which hl h sur e surveyed ed its h housing conditions and initiated a program of housing rehabilitation Before BeCore leaving for New York Woods announced that the federal survey of the financial condition of or state governments go has shown O- O strong Ostrong t stron position favorable fa to bond issues now spending pending to th the tho of or which vo voters ers must pass on November 4 APPEALS TO LEADERS Woods had bad appealed appeal d yesterday to local leaders throughout tho country country country coun coun- try for constructive consideration of ot these thes public works bond Issues He Ho said most of these would entail employment ot of labor and that trade would benefit by increased pur purchasing has has- ing power following such lar large e ex ex- ex The states as a a. whole ho said have been able to mako make most of their expenditures for tor public works out of actual revenues revenues during recent years cars Tho The figures indicate the tho strong financial position of most o of the state go governments EXPENDITURES INCREASE Financial statistics for tor 1928 show an expenditure of or by the forty eight state governments for permanent improvements At the tile same sarno time the tho increase in their their net net nel debt durl during g 1928 was only 76 so that for the tho states as a whole 87 per cent of ot the outlays for permanent i improvements met from Crom current revenues Only two of ot the states Vermont and Arkansas which had t to cope ope with severe se losses Josses to public works I by floods showed an increase in innet innet net debt amounting to more than the tho years year's outlay for tor capital Improvements Im fin- Twenty-seven Twenty states I showed a decrease in net debt durin dur- dur durI j durIng I in ng the year j