Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1931, Page 11

GERMANS SEEKING NEW JOBLESS AID U. S. Inquirer Will Find Dis- satisfaction With Present Relief Methods. By Cat's to The Star. BERLIN, Germany. March 20.—A re- port that a former newspaper man | named J. J. Leary is being sent by President, Hoover to Great Britain,| Switzerland and Germany to study methods of caring for the unemployed arouses interest here, since opinion concerning the success of German methods s divided, and the belief is growing that something different must be undertaken in the near future. Germans, almost to a man, consider that care for the unemployed is an in- | eluctable responsibility of the civilized state, but are not satisfled with the present methods. At present the bulk of the unemployed is living on doles, which, small as they may be, at least preserve them from starvation. ! Methods of Support. ‘Three different institutions care .for the unemployed: First, unemployment insurance; second, an emergency fund, | and . third, municipal welfare contribu- | tion, A fortnight after a discharge an un- employed has a clafm on the m.(urlm'ci doles lasting for 26 weeks. If he has no property of his own, he is then sup- | ported by the emergency fund. For a! second period of 32 weeks the unem-! ployed receives these doles, which, | roughly, amount to 75 per cent of the | insurance doles. If then he is still out of work, he is passed to the welfare de- | glrunenfs of the cities, which support im for an indefinite time, possibly until he dies. Heavy Burden Created. As this system places a heavy finan- cial burden on both the Reich and the cities—last year $650,000,000 was spent on the unemploycd—-other means to re- lieve unemployment are being sought. ‘The labor minister has recently an- nounced that a 40-hour week must be introduced in order to create new em- ployment. It is even declared that he ‘will resort to legal means if empluyersy refuse to comply with his demand. ‘ These days the recently formed “Unemployment Commission” is work- ing hard to discover mew schemes, but its chairman, former Minister of Labor Heinrich Braun, has expressed great skepticism concerning possible results. More and more it is realized here that only the overcoming of the world crisis will really improve the situation. _ eprrisht, 1081 INTERRACI RACIAL BODY ELECTS DIRECTORS Dr. W. C. Jackson Heads Group and Dr. Mordecai Johnson Is New Member. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., March 20~—Dlreaors of the Commission on Inter-racial Co- | operation yesterday elected officers, headed by Dr. W. C, Jackson of Greens- | ro, N. C,, president. The election concluded the anmual convention of the commission, attended by75m=nmdwnmm.whoe ressed themselves as satisfied with the work of the past year. .. 5 Other officers elected i Pirst vice president, Dr. R, R. M Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alf.; second vice president, R, H. King, Atlanta; treas- urer, J. 8. Kennedy, Atlanta; executive director and assistant treasurer, Dr. Will W. Alexander, Atlanta; secretary, Miss Emily Clay. A number of new members elected for. three-year terms included President Frank Graham, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Dr. E. M. Poteat, jr., Raleigh, N. C.; Dean Elbert Rumll Duke University, Durham, N. C.; Dr. 8. M. Cavert, secrelary, Federal Council of Churches, New York; President Mordecai Johnson, Howard Un\\emil) ‘Washing- ton, D. C.; Miss Janie McGaughey, sec~ reury Prnbyter!.m Woman's Work, St. POLICEMAN IS TRIED IN GOTHAM VICE WAR Decision on Officer Figuring in Vivian Gordon Case Delayed by Commissioner. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 20.—In the shortest departmental proceeding since investigation of police vice squad activi- ties, Patrolman Andrew G. McLaughlin, who had been suspended Tuesday, was | tried yesterday on charges of refusing ! to answer questions of his superiors re- | garding his bank accounts and for al- | leged “improper” vice arrests, H McLaughlin was the only witness. | The trial lasted only 1 hour and 30, minutes, At its conclusion Fourth | Deputy Commissioner Nelson Rutten- berg reserved decision on a defense mo- tion to dismiss the charges. McLaughlin was the officer Who ar- Tested Vivian Gordon, found slain re- cently in a New York park, on a vice charge several years ago. DROP RUM PIE BILL Nevada Must Also Do Without Liquor in Fruit Cake. 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