Show UNEMPLOYMENT BEING PROBED Nationwide Investigation Is Is Under Way NEW YORK March 31 A 31 A nation nationwide nationwide wide investigation of unemployment Inthe in inthe inthe the United States as aa affected by the business cycle ccle Is being made mado by the t National Bureau of Economic Research Ret Re Re- search This Inquiry is defined as an en endeavor endEavor endeavor en- en deavor to reduce economic waste to increase production and to formulate a comprehensive policy an and program for the better control of ot the actors in business and Industry hitherto left lert largely to chance It I in is expected e that together with the companion inquiry u on seasonal l unemployment unemployment un un- which 1110 employment which will follow nl it will disclose definitely the causes trends and distribution of Wesley Vesley Clair Mitchell the bureaus bureau's director of research is conducting the inquiry under the auspices of the standing committee which was left in being the presidents president's conference or unemployment unemployment un un- employment and of or which Secretary of Commerce Hoover Is chairman On the basis of or the information obtained ob ob- the committee hopes to recommend recommend recommend mend a concrete policy and program of ot control to displace temporarily palliatives and emergency measures in dealing with the unemployment problem problem lem In this country The whole movement the bureau says Sas has the Interests and cooperation cooperation cooperation tion of numerous organizations in including Including including In- In the Sage foundation and the Federated American Engineering societies so so- The Inquiry will consume six months The Tho scope and Importance of ot the material to be gathered Is summarized by the bur bureau au as follows Description of ot unemployment What the present statistics show Types of or orthe the unemployed Underemployment Reliability of ot resent payroll data as nn an Index of or unemployment Can such data be made a trust worthy Index I Relations e I of t r unemployment ee 1 to the i b business cycle lo Present social c costs of I cynical Ilal unemployment Proposed palliatives es and preventives preventives preventives tives of cynical unemployment Long Long- I range rane planning Ing of public works railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road and other large scale tion 1 Methods of stabilizing t IZ reduction 1 er 1 of textiles x clothing and novelties s. s c Unemployment Unemployment Un Un- employment insurance and work out benefits paid by trade tracIe Employment Employment Employment Em Em- oft offices Ices Financial devices and measures for tor controlling the business business business busi busi- ness cycle Improvement In methods of ot and compiling distributing n. n tn to business nn |