Show 1 PEOPLES PEOPLE'S CORNER R INTERN INTERNATIONALISM A TION ALIS 1 To the Peoples People's Corner Corner- I am amazed that we have not heard loud and familiar voices protesting protesting pro pro- testing acceptance by this government government govern govern- ment meat of ot the Invitation to join the InternatIonal In- In Labor Organization at Geneva neva It is avowedly under the auspices of ot the league of at nations When we enter it we do not enter I the league by 1 the back door but through the main entrance In spite of ot this do Senators Borah or Johnson Johnson John JohnS JohnSson son utter r an objection T TIc The c International Labor Organization tion is js a child chad of ot the league set up by it IL to bring about international un in re regard ard to labor problems lems and to exchange information rm tion and statistics on labor questions To me it d doesn't seem pO possible that we vc court harm of ot any sort in going International to this extent and md my ray impression i is strengthened by the fact that our nationalistic statesmen have kept silent on the matter The rhe papers also tell teU us that Cot Cof- d dell deli ll Hull HuIl our secretary of state n named mcd an nn American representative to serve on the international commission commission commis commis- sion Sian on historical monuments This organization also aIso has the stamp of ot approval ap ap- ap of ot th the league of nations We likewise have our cur roving ambassador am am- Mr Davis attending disarmament disarmament disarmament dis dis- dis- dis armament conferences International ism again agnin Sentiment grows for definite membership mem mern- on the part of the United States in the world court Where is all the oratory that used to blossom forth in high places decrying de dc crying our forgetfulness of ot Washing Washing- tons ton's advice to beware all foreign entanglements en en- It strikes me we should get all the way in or stay all an the way out Dabbling Dabbling Dab Dab- bling bUng in the petty troubles of at the mc world may involve us in the bigger ones Could we best serve ourselves and the world by keeping aloof aloot or orby orby orby by cooperation with our magnificent strength that might help weaker peoples peo pea pIes ples arrive at a rational design for living on a worldwide basis CONFUSED SAVINGS To the P Peoples People's Corner It is easy for some people to say that jobless men could have been living Uvine on their savings if it they had been prudent t and that if it they had been there would have been no need for or th the ot billions of ot dollars by the government for relief I have just read react some some figures by the U S. S department of ot labor which make a look very from different from the detached view of some people we meet from day to day The departments department's exper experts investigated investigated gated 1000 representative railway em em- to see what happens to a wage earner in hard times The workers took a 10 per cent wage cut in February 1932 but short time lime and loss of overtime work had hac already reduced their pay so that during the four lour years of depression j half haIt had lost as much as 30 per ce cent of their incomes In 1032 1932 two thirds of ot th these c 1000 men earned less than 1500 only only 18 per PCr cent got as S much as is 1750 Fully of ot the 1000 workers took jobless friends or relatives into their homes Many others made regular gifts of at cash or groceries to needy families In their neighborhoods So what happened Savings van van- v Nearly all these 1000 families used d up their bank accounts half haIt of ot I them had to sacrifice their insurance insurance- policies In families pu un with small children the daily dally supply Of at milk w was WM reduced two Thirty-two families cut cutoff oft off theIr heir milk entirely Nearly all the families cut down on purchases ot of o butter uller meat fresh fruits and vege tables He Health Hh was neglected In nearly a third of ot the 1000 families one or more members required medical attention attention at oit- but could not afford it Teeth were badly neglected Lodge club and church memberships Were vore dropped In In families all subscriptions subscriptions sub sub- to newspapers and maga maga- zincs had been canceled Many of ot these people reported that they hid had not even seen a movie for years This is a picture of at the human cost COlt of the depression It is worth bering Dering that these 1000 families were far ar better prepared than most to meet the he depression and suffered much less les ess than the average But the picture is as the labor department de experts remar remark a picture of ot a slow slop retreat from relative security security se se- e. e toward vard destitution n. n VICTIM |