Show ‘ LAKE TRIBUNE THE SALT Needs-$3Vl ' in: “ill-hous- ed I ill-cl- Per 0 Lowered Living Standards Believed Giuse for Unrest in United States bv ' - t I ‘ Survey Reveals Half of Families Now Have Income Below $1950 Needed for ‘Health Comfort’ ds :a iik W i JF President Roosevelt said in his second inaugural that the welfare of the “lower-third- ” of the American nation is to be the immediate concern of his second administration Government statisticians estimate that at least a third of the nation is and ill nourished” How much income does a typical family need? Today’s Institute poll shows how much money the people themselves think necessary (1) to live with minimum decency and (2) to live with health and comfort & D 7 1937 I of Varying Estimates Reveal r People Fall Below Bare Necessities Authorities Place Need as High as $3600 Two-Thir- 11 TT Maj orily Fixes Figure For Decent Living Comfort Rating $1950 ' JULY SUNDAY MORNING the w rt- - -- ' of the population living at standards they themselves regard as inadequate there has been an unprecedented amount of experiment in government unrest in labor relations and shiftings in politics The following article spotlights a few of the things the poll explains V- 0 By DR GEORGE GALLUPr DirectorAmerican Institute of Public Opinion NEW YORK July 10 — At a recent press conference President RooseveR revealed that he plans to go on the air shortly to discuss the problems of raising the income of poorer families in the United States nd upper income Often since his reelection the lower middle president has spoken of that "one-thir- d groups to skilled and unskilled of a nation workers to professional people and for lack of adeand so on his and income forthcoming quate radio talk will show what remedies The vote reflects the attitudes of of the poputhe president has in mind a typical cross-sectiof Americans It is lation Millions agreed are living below the Institute investigators found the "American standard of liv- n-- ’ By Institute of Public Opinion — NEW YORK JUlyiO What happens in a democracy like the United States when about half of the families are getting less than the income they consider necessary for a “decent” standard of living? How far does this fact go toward explaining the rush of workers went for Governor ‘Landon but the Into the C I OT iThe epldemto overwhelming majority of Ameriof strikes? The militant disposcans with small incomes or no inition of labor in general? Its come at ail voted for Roosevelt and' class consciousness? growing These become acute social and po- the new deal litical questions today as a result The Institute's polls foreshadowed of the Institute of Public Opinion’s this result fully a year ahead of the in event In poll aftet poll the Instifindings -- on what— constitutes— the mind of John Q Citizen him- tute found reliefers approximately six to one for Roosevelt and other self — a decent standard of living ecoThe poll shows that the public members of the “lower-third- ” considers $1560 a year necessary for nomically speaking more than four decently supporting a husband wife to one for Roosevelt and two children in the United So skillful was the president that States today and a supplementary at IeasLafter thT death of Huey part of the poll shows that the pub- Long noanother leader succeeded in $1950 is winning lic important section of the needed fora standard of “health and potential "discontent” vote After the Union party groups nominated comfort” Government figures indicate that William Lemke at Cleveland last the typical United States family ac- summer Institute polls reflected a sentually has sn Income of about $1300 general rousing of third-part- y and that millions of families are timent But 10 days later Roosevelt delivered an acceptance speech getting along on leBs than $1000 at Philadelphia that was belligerWhat happens? In the United States the result ently leftish in tone and third-part- y has been a succession of election voters began to trickle back to the triumphs for the Democratic party president in the Institute's polls —the party of the “new deal” — in Back in August 1935 just before-Huevote 1932 1934 and 1936 Long died the third-part- y Spurred on by the "mandate” of these victories reached its highest point on Instiunder President tute charts Even a vigorous “soak the Democrats tax bill from the White Roosevelt’s leadership have launched one administration for the House failed to stop the growth of benefit of “the Forgotten Man" and sentiment for Huey’s offer to “share they are now launching another for the wealth" Today’s poll explains the benefit of the underprvileged how easily a “share the wealth” plan lower-thir- d could lake root and grow The motivating objective of the Poll Explains Strikes second Roosevelt administration as the president himself describes it Labor Unrest Too is more income for the Last year the laboring man’s avlower-thir- d —and erage weekly earnings by figures for 25 leading industries fell just short of $25 a week The Lower Income Groups amount varied with the Industry of President Roosevelt Backs course Automobile workers averLast November the --majority of aged well above that figure ateel L Americans with substantial incomes workers slightly above it u 3 How Much INCOME ill-cl- on Docs Average - V ing” What Should Be Standard? But what should standard” be? Few of the people who are studying the problem agree exactly The government considers a typical family in most sections of the United States needs at t least $1250 a year for “bare subsistence” On the other hand new deal planners believe America should set an objective of $2400 or $2500 a year for a family of four q William Green of the American Federation of Labor meanwhile has named a goal of $3600 for the Working man Today as the result of a nation-- 4 wide survey the American Institute of Public Opinion haa learned what the people themselves believe the U S standard of living needs to be The results disclose: 1: That actually far more than v d of the country is living what -- public opinat levels-belo- w ion deems necessary for living “decently" of the 2 That almost country are living at standards be- -' k low what the voters think is necessary for “health and comfort” The actual figures for family income in the United States today depend upon existing surveys nota- bly one being conducted for the department of labor under the ‘J ' one-thir- two-thir- I opinions on what family income should be —of course— come from today’s institute poll Together with the Lubin survey the poll cbntttb-Ute- s a picture of a fundamental problem that was never available before t Special Study The institute's investigations were conducted through its staff of more than 800 special interviewers who cover every state in the union In each state a preestablished number of ballots go to fanners and city dwellers to representatives of the voters in all groups swer the questions to anfirst ques- eager The Family Need tion asked: “What Is the smallest weeTtly amount a family of four must have to live decently in this locality?” No sums were suggested Voters wrote in whatever figures they wished The average (median) sum among thousands of such opinions was $30 In other words exactly as many persons indicated sums above $30 as named sums of less This means that public opinion considersthafthe minimum annual income compatible with a “decency” standard is approximately $1560 The government’s research hown ever shows that the typical family now earns substantially less than that figure The actual figure is in the neighborhood of $1300 Almost one family in three hasten income below $1000 Even in the peak year 1929 millions of Americans were living below the standard which public opinion sets today for decency According to the Brookings institution nearly 6000000 families had less than $1000 in 1929 and 12000000 families (or more than 42 per cent) - — had less than $1500 9 - of— Professional and Medwkly Same amt for on yrly decency basis white- - the-ric- ad National Results of Poll on Necessary Income —The ‘Decency’ Standard Tlie ‘Health and Comfort’- Standard 12 The second question in the instit- ute’s income survey asked: “How much income a year do you think the average family of four needs for health and comfort? the voter set the Nationally health and comfort scale at $1950 (Next Sunday — How Different Parts of the Country Vote) DEPENDS ON SPARK PLUGS is AVERAGE AMOUNT United States Sums Indicated by Population Groups workers Professional white-collMerchants business men By Week $30 Skilled laborers Farmers tttt- - ” City Dwellers Small Town Dwellers -- —— By Institute of Public Opinion NEW YORK July 10- -If a family of four has a’weekly income of $30 — the "decency” standard established In today’s jnstitute poll— what ' does the money go for? : The largest part goes for food The typical family spends about '33 cents out of every dollar for nourishment and a $30 income allows just about $10 aweekfor feeding four persons — — Next for Home— The next largest amount goes for the home including rent light heating and furniture The family with $30 a week has about $9 a week to spend on its home This leaves 10 or 12 cents out of e ve ry dollarf or cloth n g a n d lO or 12 cents more for transportation When these slices have been taken out a family with a $30 income has between $450 and $6 left for everything else for medicine and doctor for books and education for entertainment: and insurance and sav' ings If a family has $38 a week It earns about what public opinion considers necessary for a “health and comfort” standard $12 for Food This standard allows about $12 1 ‘ — ” Utah’s capital city agree that live on less than $25 a week They should at least $1800 a year I’d add' at least mem- size” “lower third" bers of the could live decently on a minimum of $23 a week Ho citizen could be found who believed that less than $25 would suffice to keep body and a state of reasonsoul together able housing nourishment for man and wife plus two children — — As High aa $40 so-cal- led in and — f C W Hiskey service station attendant 130 North West Temple street “I'd saythat a family of four could get along' on $25 a week but the members wouldn’t be able to indulge in much more than the bare necessities of life They'd have to have considerably more to exist in a state of health and comfort-Therwouldn’t be any shows or luxuries op that aum” ' $1800 Held Low HenryM Jorgenson store manager 1050 South Second Wst street: “No family of that size should have leas than $35 a week to live on At that the children mightbe undernourished if the family went in very much for luxuries There’s too much undernourishment nowadays in Salt Lake City- Many ’children e The average American according to the American-Institut- e of Public Opinion's poll fixes the "decency” averstandard at $30per-weekrThage Salt Lake citizen thinks it should be nearer $40 Some go as low as a $25 minimum but none lower The poll sets an average of $1560 as the yearly income necessary for the family of four to live decently Here the minimum is around $1800 None could be found to fix the yearly-incthan this figure have ’rickets”-Even thoaewho believed that "perClayton Paxton e ome Living Scale Topic of Report have with the $30 a weelria enough $10 per week ind $200 per year to of four to live on insure health and comfort Things ate pretty high in Sait Lake City the average denizen of higher” than mapy cities of like —don't agree American that for a family decently did — “No fam- ily of laborers average white Nor — South s suffice” arhaps $2$ aweelc-wou- ld amount gued for the $18O0-per-yeTo live in health' and comfort the average citizen— of for foodrand proportionately more raised the figures The feeling was for the home clothing transportat- general that “living decently” saion and so forth — JZ7 vored of a' mere existence with ill Regional differences1 in income health in the offing for the children and differences in the price of food in particular They figured the-sucause wide fluctuations in these necessary in the health and comfort HO perweek gUndardSr- - A contemporary survey eatagory to be by the bureau of labor statistics 'of and $2000 per year as against the e nation-widthe department of labor points out sentiment in favor of however that “in some cities a third $38 and $1950 n of the employed workers’' families Here is what members of a do not have enough money to buy of Salt Lake City'a citizenry 1 the foods that are necessary for a think a typical family needsminimum adequate diet” merchant- - 135 Ben Lobenbert ar : ’ working man South Eighth East street: ‘I cannot see a family of four living decently on less than $35 per week ’ cross-sectio- The spark plug cha m pions use i — Farmersr What ‘Decent’ Salt Lake Survey Disputes Vote on Decent Living Wage Pay Will - City Third East street: of Buy for Four- men four can and decently Salt Lake professional of Blaine With Pain Ave in Sour Indigestion Constipation — He Was Not Able to Sleep on Left Side for 10 Years— ReHe lieved by Yan-Tag- e Says : “I Began to Improve Right Away!” ar City Dwellers Small Town Dwellers 1177 $1800 a along-- qn They might-g- et year but it seems to me that they should have several hundred dolin health lars more than that to live ’ and comfort” H Wessman pharmacist 259 East Third South street: “At least $150 pcr monlh is the rtinimuuton which a family of four can live comfort ablyThey’d heed considerably more if they got what the average American thinks ha should have' to live as he desires and give the members of the family something worth living for” Widely known people living throughout Salt Lake City and vicinity are now coming forward daily with Remarkable statements publicly praising and indorsing the "Amazing Mixture of Nature’s Roots and Herbs and Other Splendid Meas dicinal Agents Where is the greatest needfor which is now- - bcing intro-duce- d an increased standard of living toto crowds daily here in Salt day— in the north east south or Lake City at the Pay Less Drug Co 27 west7What Uo the voters In the CityEast 3rd South St Salt Lake different sections of the -- country For Instance just a few days ago regard as necessary for a decent the following testimonial was received from Mr Peter Hofhelns of living? The Institute of Public" Opinion 420 Blaine Ave Salt Lake City Mr prominent local Con has been sounding the viewpoint Hofheins is aBuilder who has lived tractor and of Citizens in all sections of the here for 11 years and what he has should be of country and in every state of the to say about Van-Taunion on this point interest to all who suffers hel used desired Income figuree for each section will be reported in The Salt Lake Tribune next The Was Unable to Eat Fried Foods Sun-da- y -- — T(Lidditiou-tosettinj- the f figure lowest with a living for a compatible “decent” standard of family of four voters have been asked to name the amount necessary for a 'health and comfort" standard A special tabulation will be made of the opinions of southern negroes These persons probably have among the lowest actual Incomes - of- - all The government estimates that millions of them average between $259 — and $500 a year In contrast to by Indorsing VANfor It Certainly Relieved Me!” TAGE than the cost of flushed so of the poisonous wastes from my system with the first bottle that I began to improve right away Now I do not suffer from heart palpitations due to gas for my sour indi- gestion has been relieved and I am freed of my old suffering I can eat anything I want and do not have to worth the much-mor- e medicine!-Van-Tag- e worry about gaa pressure My bowels have had a splendid cleansing and they are working better than In a long timer It- - ls a numbee of monthe now — but I atilt feel — since I used Van-Tagood Several of my relatives are tak— ing this Great Compound and are re-celvlng splendid results I am Indeed pleased to help other sufferers by Infor It certainly redorsing Van-Talieved me Mr “For the past i2 years-sa- ys Hofheins “I had suffered something terrible due to gassy indigestion and tt constipation-- 1 could no more eat fried or greasy foods than I could Over 30 Ingredients in — fly for If I tried to I would be com‘ wasn’t I pletely miserable afterward This Great Compound able to sleep on my left side for 10 account contains over 30 Ingreof the gas pressure years on -Including 21 of Nature' Herbs against tny heart ‘Causingme horrible dients acts on bowels stomach and kidawake It ehola-goglaxative palpitations This khpt a carminative as neys and diuretic and brings forth — night after night and had me greatly alarmed My bowels were so clogged gas 'and bloat-- : From stomach to help flush bowels assists Nature cleanse and sluggish that I was forced to flow kidneys and stimulates liver bile take harsh laxatives continually Weak miserable people write us dally ' E ue - — Awful Gas Pains the “decency’Land Now Relieved! standards of these voters “I am 71 years of age and 1 Was thq Institute wflprescpt thq not b abl tB afraid that "comfort” ftnln-lo- -- of a special group find anything to help my afflictions I was reading the Van-Tag- e anearning $15000 a year and more nouncements in the local papers and testiaw tbatso many people-we- re : (Entlrt page' copyright 19H7 fbf“Th reTribune All rights merved Reproduction fying to the benefits they had in whole or in part forbidden except with ceived that I decided to try it The the written consent of the copyright results I received were certainly owuer) hlgh-ealar- y ’ ' A MR PETER HOFHEINS Widely Known Salt Lake City Man Says: “I Am Indeed VAN-TAGE- V -- possible VAII-TAG- E! Was United States Sums Indicated by Population Groups: Professional white-collworkers ' Merchants business men Skilled laborers “Lower-third- USING Ilofheins Mr AVERAGE AMOUNT - —Residents business The efficiency! youf spark plugs very largely determine the miles per gallon you get Champion Spark Plugs insure maxi- -' mum economy power speed and dependability Revitalize your engine with o new et Increased economy quickly eaye$ the cost By Year $1560 1820 1820 1820 1300 — 1196 1820 1300 35 35 35 25 23 35 25 ar BEGAN and comfort? live decently? AFTER LOCAL MAN ENDED How much income a year do you think the average family of four needs for health the smallest weekly amount a family of four must have to enable them to Wliat — ’ YEARS OF SUFFERING - 'T'JST “Lower-third- ‘ y y — - j four-perso- In the Opinion Today’s Institute poll explains much that has happened In United States since the depression began With a large share ‘ Invigthey get such a cleansing and they soon feel orating from men end women Another thing— due to the immense vol-of ume in which it sells the Price is Reasonable Bo don’t hesiTODAY I tate Get '"VAIM&AUK M B4r 4mg introduced ’ Salt Lke City in here to crowds daily E Ird by the Pay Less Drug Store 27 l la sold South 6t 2415 Cess Store Drug by Pay Ogden Van-Ta- Van-Ta- ' — E by Z C M I Drug Washington Ave Dept Owl Drug Thornton Drug Stores and by 11 Leading Druggist in Salt Lake City and throughout Utah and Near-b- y States tAdv) |