Show I BABSON'S A AUTHENTIC STATEMENT lENT Roger ROler w nab Special to THE EXPRESS F i I PAYING JOBLESS TO TOGO TOGO GO WHERE JOBS ARE Babson Park Mass April 28 A big part of our Antl poverty ty Program involves bringIng lobs jobs to parts of the country that are suffering from chronic unemployment But there is an an- an another other concept that may well be come a key part of the fight against joblessness This is pay tag Ing unemployed men and wo- wo woI women women men to to move to areas where labor is short RELOCATION PLANS BEING STUDIED Even though national has been pushed back to 3 37 percent 38 percent the lowest level since November 1953 there are still pockets of f manpower surpluses that stub stub- stubbornly stubbornly resist improvement Ap and northern New En En- England gland are two current examples with others scattered here and there across the country Since shortages in many sections the Administration is particularly eager to make full use of all labor The Joint Economic Commit tee headed by Rep Wright Pat man Dem Texas has been studying suggestions for solving unemployment problems One study prepared by Professor ProCessor Martin Schnitzer of the Virgin Virgin- Virginia is ia Polytechnic Institute is reo receiving considerable attention It may become the basis for a widespread program of paying the unemployed In areas to go where they are most need needed d Interest has been in creasing and such a scheme is in line with others acceptable to the government MANY COUNTRIES ES HAVE TRIED IT Strange though it may seem a number of foreign countries especially In Europe have for a long time been giving all all all- allowances to unemployed work ers so that they can move to where jobs are available The reason for the outgrowth of this particular system is the tance of people to move often of course because they simply haven't bavent the money to do so And the opposite course bring ing jobs to the unemployment centers stubbornly refused to work out in Great Britain Swe Swe- Swe Sweden den and Belgium ment totals have remained high regardless of of such efforts Hence Britain plans to ex ex- ex extend tend her policy of paying work work- workers ers to move t td where the jobs are Sweden permits industry to settle where resources die tate Then the government pays labor to move to where the in in- in insufficient sufficient volume to man the plants In Europe generally this system is not necessarily limit limit- limited ed to areas of extreme man man- manpower power shortages but where ever the need for men arises NEW PILOT PROJECTS WILL BE TRIED Here in the U S relocation began in 1963 but It covered only about 1200 in 14 states under the Manpower Development and Training Act The suggestions made by the Virginia Polytechnic nic Institute authorities would be on a much broader and more more realistic basis They would include laying out what ever funds are necessary to move workers to places or of de finite employment service In Inthis Inthis this way many who have pre pre pre- previously refused to leave their homes might be persuaded to try greener pastures As in the case of many other lob job programs the cost would be considerable but it is fond ly hoped by the money spend spend- spenders ers of the Administration that thatis thatis is would be worth while The development of new pilot pro pro- projects Is reported to be under underway underway way and careful examination of the r results will determine lust just how bow far the procedure will willbe willbe be allowed to spread Business Business- Businessmen men in general should be inter ested In such a government system since it could bring additional supplies of labor to those who find manpower hard to come by MORE MOBILE HABITS MAY HELP HELPIn In recent years our citizens have gradually become less emotionally bound to their birth birth- birthplaces places Automobiles have push ed back local horizons and woking wo king habits have become me steadily more migratory It Is the hope hop of those who support the plan of paying the Jobless to go where they are most need need- needed ed that today's more mobile cus cus- customs toms will help promote their cause |