Show u I or 1 11 1 o By y i W WASHINGTON H N iQ rD Dec c. c 2 27 presidents emergency ncy committee I tte employment t haa a been dohig tn lit amount of work Fourteen p facing such uch a Ja a tremendous en Ous I. I without V tho power t to legislate ad or bt distribute i ut money could hardly bo x ted to mak a huge dent in tho v o volume U G of ot u n ea But t tho i o ni c committee have o la be been n actively i ged In Its work for tor relief and n I ni nu much h of t t that t work has been bela en mr r- r Tho country is Is no now practicality i organized to deal with unemployment ment meat according to Colonel Woods tho tIo c chairman That is 13 thel h. h go e governors nors and mayors in t t l' l counties and cities hero there tharo U 11 1 Ureal rea real need for or r relief lI t. t haye haV faced tit e. the situation and done cione su such h things aa as they b believed wore adequate The The c hero finds that there are i many states where re relief is Js not badly bad bad- ly needed Tho The d darkest t spots spot h havai baym been found in the ma manufacturing states ranging from Minnesota east east through New v York and down Into tho the border states tho drouth region n. n In tho the Mississippi and Ohio v val llos llo's l- l leys los and lumber and mining rello regions region j of tho the west i Six field agents of ot public 3 enco ence aro are moving around tho country now Their reports suggestions requests for tor Information are aro receIved re- re at a a. committee e cle clearing J house hero which is in tn charge of ot 1 Dr Jarn James Jame's s C. C Lawrence dean denn of or the th 1 University of ot l Minnesota and Dr Di- Lewis derlam of the in- in 3 Amon Among the half halt dozen re regional re is- gional workers arc are William Phillips a former Lormer undersecretary of ot state assigned an- an signed to New Now England Fred ed C C. C Croxton n author of ot tho the Ohio pl plan n In tho the Great treat Lakes region and Jo Jos s seph ph H. H head of at the University Uni of at Pennsylvania hanla commerce school Pennsylvania anla in v 1 S S S Woods sits in his office and keeps i i In touch with tIme tho r rest st of or the tho coun court tty try by telephone Lately ho he has hai has has' S Ii been getting getting- reports s on specific subjects from as many as cOO mayors mayors may may- maya a ors la a at a n. time One of or these theses fo for Instance appeared to indicate that there might easily cailly hays been more moro men employed on works in the country during No cm ber bel than there were a no yc year r rree pre jre ree His initial job was vas to get set th the governors go and m mayors yi rs t interested and he tI thinks that has bias been done dono effectively el 1 More lately he be says ays tho the committees committee's trade mark has been a ta tangle lo of ot red tape tapo and a a. pair of shears h ars Ho No found that between OiO and of ot federal I building work with sites Bites pl picked and money appropriated rl ted was wu being hll held up or slowed lowd up for no meson essen reason He undertook to find the bottle necks where these theM proJects projects projects were stagnating Some of tho the snags must be untangled by legis- legis J lation For Instance Instance- the law Jaw says saya that post office sites scattered over tho the country must be viewed by a no board o d and there thero Is but one sucu board So legislation Is being introduced introduced- t to create creato twelve such boards in various various va va- va- va 1 rious sections BO so c construction w wont won't nt be delayed simply because sites eltes haven't been viewed Other legislation JeSs legis lation will hasten completion of ot architectural specifications by permitting per permitting pert per mUting outside architects to make mak them Leaders aders in congress the at attorney ate at- attorney J torney general treasury officials and tho the federal supervising architect archi archi- e have cooperated ed to cut the red tape I 1 Much ch of ot the committees committee's work has been done without ballyhoo be beneath be be- neath the tho sur surface ce Private conferences confer conler have havo been held with many officials who returned to their J states and cities with lih committee suggestions and havo have been able ablo t to reap credit by their subsequent t efforts The general policy of the modest efficient Colonel Woods Ith it h has las s been observed Is based ed on the theory that more can be Accomplished accomplished if it public officials holding political posts are kept In the forefront fore fore- front while tho the committee remains In n the background S SI Woods says the only reliable figure figures fig tj- ur ure ures s on unemployment are those In Great Britain where hero in all tho unemployed I u plo ed report to agencies l s' s because they hey aro are suro of or getting either cither a Job or Dr a dole With no accurate statistics sta sta- to go on on ho has stopped wor war about that angle although ad- ad d- d muting that they would bo be T very rT helpful If t the they existed Wo are trying to relieve e d du die die- tress ress he ho says say's and wo we will take tko any help we wo can get If It we cant can't cantell I tell ell exactly how widespread this dl distress Is that's all wI the more moro reason reason eason why we shouldn't miss any tricks ricks I And nd while hilo doing everything c in our power to am ameliorate distress with the We cooperation of every overy of of- tidal private citizen and group who vho can and will help we e are tO going s to learn all wo we can In this winter of ot distress which can be beis e used is d to prevent similar distress Sl In n the futuro future |