Show NIR 0 4 BY RADFORD special to the th e park record washington 1 D C august government energies energies are now being bent toward a solution of the unemployment situation that Is expected to confront the country next winter the presidents advisers have been working with him i ever since spring trying to devise ways to meet this condition beyond question the administration realizes that conditions tor for the men out of work are going to be much harder h adderl this winter than at any time since I 1 C th tha stock market crash cras two years ago go the biz big industrial concerns in most instances heavily depleted I 1 are faced with reserves and the savings savin gs of most workers I 1 in supplying the he have been dissipated dalily larder As a result there Is less money being held in reserve right now than at any time since the depression started president hoover has held many coni i with john barton payne head cross secretary ol of labor ot of the red doak arthur woods chairman ot of the and other committee on employment authorities au thorit les for the purpose 0 or finding fahs government I 1 out ut what palliatives has with which to meet th the e coming condition in addition mr hoover has spurred ina public works in ric d on those having charge in an endeavor to create cr aate jobs lie he has been keeping closely in touch with all plans being carried out by the t he various ou 8 states on new public works I 1 and i nd arranging g federal plans to fit in with their pro ejects acts in order that the greatest number ot of workers will be benent ted at the least possible cost to the taxpayers the president lies has expressed his gratification fi at tile the action ot of the united states steel corporation in cutting dividends and letting wages tand stand his friends hope that the appeal made to john D rockefeller jr reputed owner of a majority interest in the colorado fuel and iron company will bear similar fruit there is no question but that tug big business capital Is taking a different stand e during L this depression than it ever took in any previous panic previously the first thought has always been to cut down wages now the big interests have come to realize that a cut in the buying power ol of the worker means lessened dividends and lower returns from capital one hears bears from all sources that the shelves ot of the merchants are practically cleared and that many of them are living 11 g hand to mouth as far as stocks are concerned some industries have already go gone back on full time production and it Is expected the rest of the mills and factories will follow suit in a few months naturally this cannot be accomplished as quickly as mills cart can be shut down and it is this in between period that the government seeks to bridge over with temporary jobs on needed public works like post offices roads levees and similar undertakings der another problem that Is harrying the president is the question as to whether congress will be able to pass the enabling legislation to permit the presidents debt holiday to become effective under the young plan germany Is due to make a heavy payment on december ath and congress which was relied upon by mr hoover to sanction tion the postponement pon ement of the debt will not meet until december ath the rne whole crux of the situation lies in in the ine fact that lor for the first time in many years the two major parties are al most in their number of representatives senta tives it Is problematical yet as to whether the republicans or the democrats will control and elect the speaker even it if the republicans are shown to be in control they will still have the difficult job of conciliating the progressives Progress ives so they will vote with the regulars representative tison of connecticut Is the logical choice ot of the regulars lor for S speaker with representative luce ot of massachusetts a close second luce is considered the best thinker 1 in the house it Is certain that the insurgents demand that a western man be chosen and a long dawan out fight may result the democrats eire are but little better off if they gain control as garner of texas the man nearest in line for speaker Is not cot liked by tammany which has a powerful bloc in the lower house a that ahat hat would leave representative crisp ot of georgia as the second choice crisp Is the sor son I 1 ot of the speaker of Clev elands last term and the house as a whole admits his ability the general consensus being that he has the clearest brain in the entire membership and Is by far the best parliament parliamentarian amen lir in other words political ober observers vers here predict that the house will be unable to organize in time to pass the legislation r required e to make the debt holiday effective it has been suggested to the president that he convene the house in november in order to give it time to settle the long fight and its elective officers and be ready to pass the legislation desired by mr hoover the only alternative 1 it congress falls to organize Is tor for the president aident to assume authority and arbitrarily extend ex tend the time for the german payments me ants an exercise ot of power that would unquestionably bring down on his head the ringing condemnation ot of his political opponents for this reason there Is a growing feeling that an extra session of congress will be called in a few weeks |