| Show —f THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ' SUNDAY MORNING JANUARY J5 1939 A 3 I JPiobeWPArNot-Hoj)kiiispScriIjfrATlvisc- sT By DOROTHY THOMPSON - What U needed from congress Is not an examination of Mr Hop kinibut an examination of the whole theory and structure of the W P A If W P A administrators are blanketed under the civil ser vice we are in a fair way of making it a permanent institution and we ought to do some very serious thinking before we decide that we want to do this Mb Hopkins has a certain that is disarming When he that he has done all he can jays to keep petty politics out of relief I am convinced that he speaks the truth I do not think that his worst enemies could 1 deny tha- t-- It ing is always extremely refreshto hear people admit their mistakes It would not have seemed arguable that a man in Mr Hopkins' position— ar the greatest employer in the United States— should never have attempted by public Speeches in any way to influence the outcome of political issues Mr Hopkins now wishes he had Jiot made speeches In connection with elections He still thinks he had the right publicly to support the president's hill for reorganizing the supreme court But-thradio speech in which hs did so was ektremely questionable He certainly created the Impression in that speech that failure to support the president in his plan for reorganization of the judiciary might mean that the existence of people on relief rolls would be jeopardized -- Not Quite Ingenuous Nor is Mr Hopkins’ description of his political views quite he Ingenuous said he had supported the Socialist candidate Morris Hillquit in New York in 1914 because he was opposed to the war When Senator Vandenberg asked him: “Did you ever support Upton Sinclair and say he is one of us?” Mr Hopkins repked “I Cross-question- can't answer that” And he gave the committee the Impression that he was like his father a “Bryan Democrat" The real trouble with W P A 1 in its essential theory That theory is that It is the business of the government to provide work for every conceivable category of unemployed Works Backward ' it and to give the public the finest possible artistic product That has bben the justification of the — state’s activities The W P A however did not start its projects because the public wanted art but because there were unemployed artists and all one can say is that it is amazing that the product has sometimes been as good as it has 'But it must also be added that £he federal government has persuaded a lot of people who might conceivably be good kitchen maids Instead of starting with work— finding something which Is use--fand profitable bs a public undertaking and then letting the man who wants --work find the job— it starts with the man who want work— and tries to create a job to suit his particular case and needs regardless of whether there Is any real economic or social justification for the enterprise - - Thereby it introduces a rigidity into the status of the unemployed They expect the state to find work for them not to create work possibilities which they can then go and take if they have a mind to They therefore enjoy in several particulars a peculiar advantage over every other worker in theo United States For the rest of us” have got to find jobs somewhere in the total economic system But the W P A worker has his found for him This column -- believes in the necessity of government extending public activities as a means of taking up the slack in employ-meduring periods when payrolls are' being diminished But it ought to be possible to- - finish such works as represent more than normal government activity when first the projects them- selves are finished and when secondly the payrolls of private industry are increasing — And there ought to be some kind of automatic and continual reThere cording of unemployment ul Of chauffeurs that they are TS GREAT JANUARY paint- ers actors and writers and it’s going to be very difficult ever to unpersnade them Different Conditions It has also created under W P A completely different work conditions than those obtaining in private industries It must make different work conditions 4f it starts with the person instead of starting with the job In the economic field these conditions are below the level in private industry except in certain areas So we are in serious danger of creating a permanent class of subsistence workers totally uninte-grate- d with the rest of the economic system — — There is nothing in the idea of government woj$f which necessitates this Ouf municipalities counties and states have built bridges and roads and school houses laid out streets and sewers and water systems and employed school teachers and bookkeepers and all sorts of workers always But they have never tefore hired them because they were poor They have hyed them be- nt also ought to be a definition or what is "unemployment ’’ The definition used by the W P A has had nothing to do with employment really It has been determined by income There are people who call themselves unemployed who have never been employed for years they are social cases cause done the things Yes we’re sacrificing every floor sample and every suite or item in our entire stock regardless of cost or ‘present-da- y replacement value! It’s your big opportunity to ' save substantially before furniture prices start upward! EASY CREDIT TERMS Wb Odd dressers left over from suites sold without them 9 4 Q7fi regular $33 values only it 9175 Down— 9150 Month J —Walnut veneer vanities with lovely mirrors— that would sell regularly for at least $35 A 60 Sale-price- — — 9260 Down— $2 Month needed to be Unfortunately the particular workers needed very often have been chosen because they Odd dressers and vanities In blond regularly $42 maple Clearance Sale priced only 6275 Down— $2 Month 1AQ71 were Republicans or Democrats or because they had friends m the inner circle but there are ways of getting away from that There has never been anything inherent in the structure of such work that made it impossible to reform the selection of personnel But there is such a structural fault in W P A It was hastily conceived hastily set up and its whole theory has never been thoroughly analyzed by congressional authorities It was described as an emergency measure and before it is made permanent it will' be well for congress to take a thorough look at it v chests of Regular $22 drawers marked for A mm quick clearance at only SI 50 Down— 91 Month td A50 P A Technique The technique of the W P A has been to create a project because But Mr Hopkins since he took over the office of relief administhere were specific categories of trator for the federal government people who felt that they 'were has certainly entertained ideas of competent to carry on such a organizing "production for use”— project Then afterward pubalong lines in no important parlicity has been turned loose to ticular different from those of prove that the project represented a public asset Upton Sinclair When Jacob Baker was in the The federal arts projects are administration of the F E R A beautiful examples of this Nothose Meas were openly discussed body in his right mind would sugwith anybody who wanted to drop gest that if the state had wished Copyright 1939 fOf The Tribune Into the offices of the relief adto go into the arts with subsidized theaters symphonies and ministration in Washington —Relief administrators in Califor- -- the decoration Bomb nia in 1935 quite candidly told me of public buildings it would have SEATTLE Jan 14 J that they believed that the organ-- ’ gone about it in the manner of the Heinen 68 inventor of a tepth W P A lzation of relief workers was the State support for the arts is bomb used by the navy duringHhe beginning of a new economic order altogether nothing new every nation of a World war died at his home FriMr Hopkins has the right to high culture has given it But day night after a long illness Dure change his mind but he has cere then the state has attempted to ing tlfe war he organized the Amercreate standards to attract the ican and Allies Inventors’ associtainly played with ‘'collectivist ideas much more recently than very first talent to attach honor ation deigned to aid the invention 1914 ' and prestige to collaboration with of war devices W naroaaan STOVES 1 COMPLETE LIVING ROOM OUTFIT Laundry stoves that sold regularly at $16 SOmarked for quick clearance at only 960 Down— 91 Month £95 S)i Regular $69 SO circulating heaters In choice of styles CUef- - 3 50 ance sale priced at only 9350 Down— $3 Month J3 ft WO-V- renk Down— $5 Month Everything you need to beautifully and comfortably furnish your living room A perfectly harmonizing ensemble that will be the pride of your family and the envy of your frlendel Here's exactly what we Include at thla remarkably low I Regular $39 5b circulating heaters In choice of styles Clear- 60 ance sale priced at only S3‘50 Down— 93 Month Inventories 3450 — sale price Beautiful Reflector Style Living Room Suite Nicely Upholstered Occasional Chair - Handsome Table-La- mp floor £Wp Attractively Designed 'Beautifully Finished Magazine Basket Pair Book Ends Convenient End Table Lamp Table Luxurious Regular $89 50 coal ranges marked for quick clearance at only 3450 Down— 34 Month SftftSO i v)7 TRADE IN YOUR OLD FURNITURE! 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