Show Misery of Germanys Germany's J Jobless Stressed by Chancellor Bruening Many Families Rely Solely on Dole Bringing Them 16 Per Month B By FRE FREDERICK K KUIl Copyright 1931 by United Press BERLIN July 4 How 4 How do you ou ex cc them to live asked Chancellor Bruening with a hopeless gesture re referring re- re ferring to Germanys Germany's millions of unemployed un employed and their dependents The answer Is Js a 3 puzzle to and Is one of the things that P President dent Hoovers Hoover's war debt plan Is Js intended to solve The chancellor was talking with the correspondent describing the misery of ot the unemployed out of Germanys Germany's population of GO 60 with their estimated d dependents one filth one fifth of the tion He pointed d ou out that many of or the unemployed men and women are the mainstays of families and are forced to rely solely on the dole or insurance relief of 50 to 70 marks monthly monthly- 1190 1100 to 1060 1660 A visit to the unemployment offices where the dole seekers stand In queues revealed that although penniless penniless pen pen- ulless many were still stUl neatly dressed They wore their entire fortunes on their backs ONCE PROSPEROUS Many of them were of or a a. once prosperous prosperous pros pros- middle class class- They had tasted the Joys of or better living during Germanys Germany's Ger Ocr many's brief postwar prosperity They had bad passed through the hectic days when marks were a nickel a a. bushel back to the days of or sanity and then seen cen their savings melt away and their Jobs disappear Some re rely on trades unions for aid aidIn aidin In lit their emergency but with an average average aver er age Income of ot 2 marks or less than 60 50 cents daily they live with slightly better of off relatives or neighbors or orin orin in some cases are still able to squeeze out credit for rent and grocery bills bUls At present every third German Industrial Industrial In In- worker Is 15 without a Job- Job enough to raise a a. critical situation by Itself A trade union federation int tI revealed re that In 1929 the i normal fb midget budget get of the employed skilled laborers laborer's family Included a net Income averaging marks about a month of ot which the head of ol the family earned marks marls and the wife and children combined contributed contributed contrib contrib- 50 marks marls The family with marks to spend for the month had to plan with great care to spread it over rent taxes social so so- cial Insurance and other Items Hems BUDGET OUTLINED They usually did it something like this Thirty marks went for rent and taxes and 20 marks for social Insurance In In- the the latter providing for tor the grave danger of ot unemployment The family needs marks marl or Just about 26 for food for tor a month and 25 marks for or clothes The remaining 15 marks marls had to be stretched out to cover er household utensils repairs carfare carfare car car- fare tobacco and pleasure excursions trips to the movies etc That was two years ago Today the Income of the same family is marks as compared to hi lit 1929 Instead Instead In In- stead of or having marks left after rent taxes and social Insurance arc are paid the worker now starts the month with only marks to pay for food clothing transportation and tion As before the home of or the working workingman man which has two rooms and a kitchen is considered something of oC a luxury A recent trade union inquiry into how the tha laborers laborer's wife lives showed a gray picture of or millions of women whose entire time and energy are arc consumed In household drudgery A questionnaire of the t textile union brought the following statement from thousands of women We Wo want no children TAKE rAKE UP SPORTS The young workers devote their leisure time chiefly chien to sports while many of the older city laborers own tiny truck gardens In which they raise a few ve vegetables and also find recreation The typical industrial worker is a a. stay at home He goes to the movies on an average of once a month partly because he has no money to go o oftener r and partly because because because be be- cause the radio ladio has revolutionized his mode of diversion and recreation Some are am In a n slightly better position but members of the middle class In Germany Germany Ger Ger- many remain and they they according according to the trade union statistics are statistics are on a lower scale economically than the manual laborers They arc are professional folk pensioners small shop keepers and others who lost their savings during the inflation of or the mark and arenow arenow are arenow now completely uprooted and adrift It Is b among this class that the fascist and communists are most ac ac- ac- ac tive And they get a good response These families provide fertile soil for tor recruits to extremist causes carnes For Instance instance in stance the urban residential districts arc smeared with ith for tor rent signs mostly on large apartments which formerly were occupied by well to do families It is with a sense of or humiliation humiliation hu hu- hu- hu that they sublet their once lovely apartments for anything they can get The German farmer fanner whose predicament ment was described In the fourth article ar ar- ar tide of this series Is continuing tofeek to seek reek relief from today's and tomorrows tomorrow's tomorrows tomorrow's tomor tomor- rows row's privations by mortgaging his future |