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NATION CLOSE TO CRISIS
‘and extention of facilities in 1930.
They have begun to spend it. The
Telephone company promised to spend
$6000,000,000 in the same sort of work,
and they are spending it. The Class I
Railroads agreed that they would
spend $11,247,792,000, and that promise
is being kept. Manufacturers in every
important line promised there would
be no reductiion of wages, and that
promiise is also beng kept.
' President Hoover is particularly
gratified over this wage situation. He
asked that there be no reduction in
wages as had always accompanied
these] slumps hitherto. Wage reduc-
tions bring hardships and they de-
crease the consumption Of goods in-
cluding farm prodducts. At is the first
business depression in our history tnat
had not been accompanied by drastiv
wage reductions.
Besides calling on business men
the Presiident called on the Gov-
nors of states to do what they could
to stimulate new public works, an
the result has been larger appropria- |
tions for such purposes than ever be-
fore in American history. And this
has been supplemented by the Presi-
dent's own initiative in enlarging the
federal Govevrnmment’s program of
expenditures for construction for 1930-
1931.
All of that is, however, buti a single
step in Presiident Hoover's program
looking toward - such a complete sta-~
bilization. of American industry and
business as to make future situations
of this sort unlikely, if not impos-
sible. 7
The President is more keenly aware
than are many men in public office
of th scope and importance of the
new economic laws which ‘have been
developed. in the United States since
the war. The old theory that labor
is a commodity to be bought as
cheaply as possible, if a business is to
be successful, has been proved utterly
fallacious, he is convinced. The ex-
perience of American industry so far,
with the policy of paying high wages
increasing them as rapidly as possible,
while at ‘the same time shortening the
hours of labor and giving the work-
men the benefit of the savings which
can be effected by the use of auto-
matic machinery have resulted in
making American labor / into the
largest group of consumerse to be
found in any nation in.the world.
If the consumers—that is to say
workers—are out, of) work, they cease
to be consumers, at least to the ex-
tent that they/ are when, they are
working and getting high pay and
leisure in which to spend it.
It is the President's belief that at
least ninety per cent of the major in-
dustries of the nation are thoroughly
committed to this general policy,
which throws Adam Smith and the
other old political economists into the
discard. . Except in the textile "mills
of the South the tendency is steadily
upward as to wages and downward as
to! working hours. Even the New
England cotton mills are beginning to
realize that high wages make the
workers consumers and that a whole
nation cannot remain prosperous un-
less labor is steadily employed at
good wages.
President Hoover's hope, therefore,
is that he will be able to bring about
a coordination of Governmental ac-
tivities with these recent changes in
economic thought and practice. It is
as much the Government's concern as
it is that of industry. Governments
must learn to think in terms of the
new idea and not try to legislate or
administer on the basis of outworn
economic theories. You cannot catch
an economic force, with a policeman;
you can direct it if you have the co-
operation of the whole community.
The logic of that is simple. The new
era in industry is here, an established
fact.
It won its place on its own merits,
without any material assistance from
the Government. If the Government
tries to .run counter to the economic
laws which make for continued pros-
perity, it will not be economic laws
which will fall; it will be the Govern-
ment. Therefore; if there were no
other consideration involved, it is the
duty of the Government to align all of
its powers with the forces which are
carrying the sound economical policy
into effect.
Unemployment or any serious frac-
tion of able-bodied workers becomes a
much more serious matter to the gen-
eral prosperity, under ja system which
depends upon the consuming power of
the wage-earner, than under the old
“system which looked only to the well-
to-do and white-collar workers for its
principal customers. Worse than this,
it is the greatest human disaster that
overtakes our people. The subject of
unemployment, therefore, is one to
which Mr. Hoover has given_and is
giving a great deal of personal
thought and attention. \
In his customary way,«his first de-
mand was for facts. He found that
there were no really dependable na-
tional statistics on unemployment.
The Department of Labor was doing
the best it could, under a system which
projected the national unemployment
situation from figures furnished at
regular intervals by
industries in every line. But there
never had been a national census of
unemployvment, and he seized the op-
portunity which the decennial census
to be taken in April offered, to dis-
cover for the first time exactly what
proportion of persons usually em-
ployed regularly were out of work on
April 1 of this year. Those figures,
when. compiled, to use the President's
own engineering phrase, will con-
stitute a “datum line,” ’on which more |
accurate estimatesithan have been pos-
sfible: in the past can be based at fre-
quent intervals. Thus there will al-
ways be available the actual facts
about unemployment instedd of irre-
sponsible guesses, which ran during
the past Winter from the Department
of Labor's estimate of 1,250,000 out of
work to ithe Federation of Labor's
claim that 3,000,000 workers were
without jobs. ;
That information will serve as a
guide to industry and business in
many ways. It will be at once an in-
dex of changes in possible markets
for commodities and a stimulus to
remedial efforts whenever the figure
falls below the normal range of varia-
tion.
Mr. Hoover's thoughts on unemploy-
ment do not stop there, however, after
all, the person chiefly concerned is
the man out of a job. He! has dele-
gated the Secretaries of Commerce
and Labor to cooperate with employ-
ers and the American Federation of
Labor to find out more about the
whole subject.
The suggestion has been put for-
ward . that industry could be so or-
ganized that every worker could be
guaranteed a minimum yearly income.
Perhaps not that program precisely,
but something of that general nature
which would automatically insure a
livelihood to every worker in the
United States is, I believe, the idea
which is growing in President
Hoover's mnd. It is in entire accord
with his conception of Government as
an aid and ally of industry and busi-
ness, a conception the value of which
he demonstrated when he entered un-
derstandingly into the conferences
which averted what would ofherwise
have gone down into history as “the
panic of 1930.”
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(Editor's Note—This is the last of a
series of articles by Mr. Stockbridge
based. upon. his. conversation. with
President Hoover.) :
Carverton
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Frantz,
Diantha and Emily Xnorr, Sheldon
and Nelson Frantz, Priscilla and
Donald Knorr, Valeda and Eleanor
Frantz, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Frantz,
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Knorr, Roland
Frantz, M. J. Hefft, Marian and Aliue
Knorr and Miss Ida Anderson called
at the home of Mrs. Mary Knorr on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond King
children, James, Betty, Kenneth and
and
Albert of Dallas, Leigh Hefft of King |
ston and James Hefft of Lymanville,
Miss Edna Hefft of Camden, N. J.
spent Easter at the home of Ziba
Hefft.
The Kingston township high alumni
will present the play, “Nobody But
Nancy,” at the Carverton Grange hall
on April 26.
Mrs. Edna Pace and son Eddie
called at the home of Mrs. Bertha An-
derson recently.
Mr. and
Easter at the home
Rozelle of Mt. Zion. :
Miss Kathryn Hefft, Sherman Hefft
and Miss Grace, Hefft" called at the
home of Ziba Hefft recently.
Mrs. I. L. Coursen spent
of Mrs. Kate
Sunday services, April 27—Sunday
school in the morning at 9:20; church
services at 7:30 p. m. Rev. Green:
field, pastor. All those wishing to
join the probation class or to be taken
in full membership or wishing
bring your church letter here may do
so by giving your name to the
pastor or your Sunday school teacher.
representative |
—Trucksville-
Return From California
Mr. and Mrs. G. 'W. Reynolds have
returned from California, where they
have been spending seevral weeks.
Entertains at Bridge
The Misses Nellie, Mary and Bess
Leach entertained at a bridge
luncheon on Monday in honor of Mrs.
Charles Trein and Mrs. W. D. Kemble
Mrs. Trein has left for Montrose and
Mrs. Kemble is soon to move to Car-
bondale, where her husband is general
secretary of the Y. M. C. A.
To Hold Bazaar
The members of St. Therese's
church are planning a bazaar and
dance on May 14th at the Hollow Inn.
Students Return to College
The following students have been
home for the Easter vacatiqn: Donald
Nelson, Penn State; Georgina Weid-
ner, Bloomshurg Teachers’ College:
Catherine Rice, Ruth Palmer, Nettie
Thomas, Mansfield; David Schooley,
Lehigh; Charles Perkins, U. of P.
Injured in’ Auto Accident
John Richards and daughter Leah
are suffering severe injuries received
in an automobile accident. They were
on their way to Virginia to visit Dan-
iel Richards, who is in the army. Miss
Arline Frantz and brother were also
in the party but escaped injury. !
Miss Helen Reynolds has returned
from Pittsburgh, where she visited
her brother.
Queen Esther Standard Bearers met
with Emily Lewis Monday evening.
Plans were discussed for a box social
to be held soon.
served to June Palmer, Charlotte
Stroud, Edna Billings, Della Riddell,
Ruth Bennett, Marion Reese, Ruth
Hewitt, Ruby Gordon, Arline Hoover,
Betty Cole, Thelma Bulford, Ruth
Howell, Mary Jackson, Betty DeBoit.
Mrs. J. E. Newhart and Emily Lewis.
Miss Audrey Carle and Miss Guida
Morrow spent the Easter vacation’ in
New York Cit
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wardell, John
Wardell, Ivy Guenther and Mary War-
dell spent Easter with Mr. and Mrs.
George Metz. 3
See the “Man in the Moon” at Lake
Township High School, Friday Night,
May 2. Annual Senior play to defray
expenses of Washington trip.
term of "office Senator
has worked for Luzerne
whole. Cities have not
at the expense of rural
neither have the urban
Puring his
A .J. Sordoni
County as a
oeen favored
commur.ities;
communities been neglected. The
Lehman-Pike’s Creek road, . Shick-
skinny-Benton, <Kingston Narrows,
Harvey's Lake road, Kingston town-
ship road, Plymouth-Kingston. road,
the road eliminating the dangerous
Edge Hill at West Nanticoke and the
elimination of dangerous underpasses
ard railroad crossings on the Ashley
boulevard and the new and shortened
Hazleton highway were all Sordoni
projects.
Menace to life long marked travel
between Luzerne and Trucksville,
points on the important route to Har-
vey’s Lake and adjacent places. Sen-
ator Sordoni led the effort that
brought State aid to removal of the
old narrow highway.---
Mis Edna Hefft of Camden, N. J,
has returned to her home after spend-
ing her Easter vacation at the home
of her brother.
term of office Senator
has worked for Luzerne
whole. Cities have not
at the expense of rural
neither have the urban
During his
A .J. Sordoni
County as a
been favored
communities;
communities been neglected. The
Lehman-Pike’s Creek road, Shick-
shinny-Benton, Kingston Narrows,
Harvey's Lake road, Kingston town-
ship road, Plymouth-Kingston road,
the road eliminating the dangerous
Edge Hill at West Nanticoke and the
elimination of dangerous underpasses
and railroad crossings on the Ashley
beulevard and the new and shortened
Hazleton highway were all Sordoni
prejects.—adv.
Refreshménts were,
-Dallas-
Return From Holiday
After a brief holiday enjoyed at the
home of their parents the following
students have ‘resumed their studies
at College Misericordia: Mary Kane
of Wilkes-Baarre, Sarah McCaffrey of
Plymouth, Philomena Kerwin of Ly-
kens, Pa., Jane Hagan of Nanticoke,
Mary Howard of Plymouth, Mary Gai-
lagher of Sranton, Katherine McAvoy
of Plymouth, Catherine Burke of
Hazleton, Mary McGovern of Rummer-
field, Elizabeth O'Malley of Weymouth,
Mass., aKtherine Blum of Harrisburg,
Harriet Riger of Towanda.
St. Therese’s Party
The members of St. Therese’'s Card
Club held a largely attended card
party at Wallo Inn, Dallas, on Tues-
day night. Prizes were awarded to
Mrs. Leonard Kane, Joseph Sigler,
Miss Anna Getson, Mrs. Bauer, Mrs.
Frank McGarry, Gert. Lohman, 33ill
Lewis Rowlands and Mr. Staub.
These card parties are becoming
very popular and each one beasts of a
better attendance. The hostess, Mts.
Joseph Wallo, was largely responsible
for Tuesday's party being SO success -
ful. Present, besides the winners,
were: Joseph Wallo, David Morris,
Mary Wallo, Bole Dana, G. S. Jones,
Michael Zelenak, Kenneth Appleton,
Delmar Dairs, Mrs. John A. Girvan,
Robert Tracy, Mrs. Peter Oberst, Mrs.
N. A. Straub, Mr. and Mrs. F. J.
Youngblood,” Mrs. H. Lohman, Mrs. C.
Dunham, Mrs. A. Antoinitis, Florence
Anstett, Theta Mead, Helen Zelenak,
Jennie Swire, Margaret Anstett, Ethel
Oberst, Philip Anderson, Philip An-
derson, John tSaub, Frank McGarry,
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Yeager, James
Hall. The orchestra delighted: all
present and the hostess extends
thanks to these young musicians and
wish them success.
Miss Lenora Robinson and Miss
Bessie Love, teachers at Dallas town-
ship school, spent the past week in
Washington, D. C.
Mr. Kester and Mr. Drake spent a
number of days at State College.
Mrs. P. P. Dohl entertained at a
bridge luncheon at her home on Wed-
nesday. Many people from Dallas and
nearby parts were in attendance.
On Wednesday afternoon the regu-
lar weekly meeting of th Girl Scouts
was hid at Dallas Borough high
school. Mrs. Hull presided.
Mr .and Mrs. Milford Shaver enter-
tained the following Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. D. H. Crocker, Miss Crocker and
Mrs. Andreas of Wilkes-Barre.
Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Honeywell had
as their guests on Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. J. S.'Smith of Wilkes-Barre.
Miss Mildred Eveland and father ot
Lake Carey were Dallas callers on
Saturday last.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Oberst of
Chase are rejoicing over the arrival of
a baby girl born Friday at the Nes-
bitt Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Oberst
was Miss Marion Iearn of Chase.
Mother and baby are doing well.
Mr. and Mrs. George Learn cof
Chase entertained over the week-end
Mr. and Mrs. Albert McoDnnell of
Albany, N- Y.,, Mr. and Mrs, Russell
Learn of Scranton and Charles Learr
of Kingston.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Bevan have left
for Providence, R. I, where they will
reside. Prior to their going they have
been entertained for several weeks at
teas, luncheons, dinners and evening
parties. Their meany friend wish
them happiness and success in their
new home.
See the “Man in the Moon” at Lake
Township High School, Friday Night,
May 2. Annual Senior play to defray
expenses of Washington trip,
The record of A. J. Sordoni speaks
for itself. in his present campaign
he is running independently and is not
linked with either of the major State
political groups in the Republican
party.~—adv.
See the “Man in the Moon” at Lake
Township High School, Friday Night,
May 2. Annual Senior play to defray
xepenses of Washington trip.
Do you want a concrete road from
Dallas to Tunkhannock, connecting
with the Sullivan Trail at that point?
Senator Sordoni is working) on plans
for such a road and is the prime
worker in the project to see it accom-
plished. Past records speak for them-
selves. Senator Sordoni will make
such a road a certainty.
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