Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1933, Page 3

LIVING STANDARDS ARE B PROBLEY How to Prevent Lowering in Future Stressed by Dr. Ogburn. S This is the minth of a series of articles in which Prof. William Field- ing Ogburn of the University of Chi- cago discusses what he considers the 10 biggest problems facing America. BY WILLIAM FIELDING OGBURN, Research Director, President’s Committee on Recent’ Social Trends (Written for the Assoclated Press.) The problem with regard to the standard of living in the next few years ‘will be to prevent it from being lowered. We probably shall be slow in com- ing out of the present depression. It may take from one to three or four years, in which case the economic forces will be driving down the living standards. It has taken a long time to bring them to the present level. For 10 or 15 years following the :genlnc of the century the change in e standard of life was very slow for the wage earners. It moved up more rapidly during the war period and thereafter. It would certainly be a loss to mankind if the gains of a third of a century should be lost in the few years of the present depression. Job Sharing Necessary. A plan for sharing work by those who have jobs with those who have mone is a necessary measure for meet- ing the terrible ravages of the present unemployment, but it should not be allowed to serve as a device for keep- ing the income down after the depres- sion is over. For those out of work the standard of living already has fallen precipitous- dy. The aim here should be to main- tain & minimum standard .of living. During the next few years the prob- lem will be particularly acute for the hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions of unemployed who are very near the retiring age and never will be_employed again. It is also serious for the young peo- ple who have been out of high school three, four or five years and have been given no opportunity to form habits of thrift, skill and ambition be- cause of lack of employment. When the present crisis is past, but let us hope not forgot, the great task will be to raise the standard of living. Many times in history the fight for more of the good things of life has led to revolution and appropriation of land and property from those who have by those who have not. New Program Arises. ‘The simplest way of raising the standard of living seems to bs to re- distribute wealth. This has been the constant theme of radicals, kut now & new program has arisen showing that by increasing production and dis- tribution the standard of living will also ‘e_raised. If all of the wealth of the world ‘were divided equally among cvery one, the rise in the standard of living ‘would only be slight and perhaps tem- porary, but if an economic organiza- tion can be worked out so that more 8oods are produced and distributed, the f increased The present depression has thrown a new light on this problem, for now we ty of production and bulging but & lowered standard of THE EVENING STAR, WASHI NG TON, ving is reduced. Poverty in Midst of Plenty Keeping up the standard of living is one of America’s 10 biggest problems, seys Prof. Willilam Fielding Ogburn. One ‘way to help to do it is by working out an economic organization that will increase the capacity to purchase along with the capacity to produce, he says, citing how America has bulging stores of food such as those above while long lines of unemployed go hungry and their standard of It PAY ROLL KILLING DATA T0 BE GIVEN Government Will Close Mon- day After Submitting Statements of Four. Statements by four defendants, be- ing tried for first degree murder in District Supreme Court, admitting com- plicity in the attempted $2,000 pay roll robbery near the House Office Buliding January 20, during which Einer H. Ecklund was_killed, will be introduced in evidence Monday, when hearing of the case will bz resumed. . The court recessed until next week after Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue late yesterday ruled that the state- ments may be placad before the jury, despite protests by defense counsel that they were obtained through undue in- fluence. Government to Close. Assistant United States Attorney Wil- liam H. Collins, the prosecutor, said he will close the Government’s case short- ly after the statements of the defend- ants are read. Cross examination of Government witnesses by attorneys for the men be- ing tried has indicated that at least two of them will offer separate de- fenses, with the possibility that all four may attempt to escape the electric chair on different grounds. This situa- tion, together with the fact that each defendant is being defended by dif- ferent lawyers, seven in all, promises to prol:nc the trial past the middle of the week. The defendants are Albert Ernest Cash, Everett Lee Blackwell, Fewel ‘Workman and Claude Myers. The latter two are colored. Vicw of Prosecution. The Government contends that the Dr. Fordney is professor of criminology at 8 femous university. His advice is often sought by the police of many clties when confronted with particularly baffling cases. This problem has been taken from his case- book covering hundreds of criminal investi- eations. It takes but ONE Try your wits on it! INUTE to read! Every fact and every M clue “necessary to its solution are in the story itself—and there is only one answer. How good a detective are you? Class Day. BY H. A. RIPLEY. ERE Is a letter I received this morning,” said Prof, Ford- ney, drawing a single sheet of paper from an envelope as he addressed his_class. “I will read it through and then I want each of you to write, in less than 50 words, what procedure you would follow in handling this man's case. “‘February 9, 1933. “ Dear Prof. Fordney: “No doubt youread in the newspapers two months ago of the event that 1 am appealing to 4 y you will be quick to appreciate the in- fustice of my situa- lon. “‘Inthefirst place, I am confident you will believe that I shot King Morrison in self-defense and in protection of my property which melon patch he be- came excited and unintentionally, I THREE ISSUES HOLD CONGRESS INTEREST | Prohibition, Farm Relief and Job- less Bring More Proposals Than Any Other Problems. By the Associated Press. In what national problems have members of the nearly-dead Seventy- second Congress been most inferested? If the volume of bills introduced on the various issues is any indication, the answer would run something like this: First, prohibition; second, farm relief; third, unemployment relief. That is the opinion of experts in the document rooms who have filed and catalogued the more than 20,000 in- dividual Eizccs of legislation introduced during this Congress by Senators and Representatives. Most of this huge number of bills deal with private pensions or claims. But of the remainder the document room experts say around 600 relate to prfib‘ibmon. farm and unemployment relief. Prohibition, including both the con- stitutional amendment and beer posals, was concerned in more than 250 measures. Fourth place in number of bills prob- ably would go to the banking and cur- rency bills, with monetization of silver and various money-inflation claiming the largest percentage, and fifth place to bills directed at depreci- ated currencies in foreign countries and their effects on tariffs. plans | Rf FOLLOW THE TREND TO AMERICAN SHIPS Fast route to Ireland, England, France and Germany MANHATTAN » LEVIATHAN KIDNAPERS SILENT INBOETTCHER CASE Fourth Day Passes Without Word From Heir to Denver Millions. By the Associated Press. DENVER, February 17.—Four days have passed since two men kidnaped Charles Boettcher, 2d, and police and his family said today not a word has been received from the abductors who | thrust into the hands of Mrs. Boettcher | a note demanding $60,000 ransom for the wealthy broker. “We are hopeful,” said James B. Grant, attorney for the pioneer Colo- rado family. “We're trying but there's nothing doing,” said Albert T. Clark, chief of police, who had predicted the solving of the case by Wednesday night. Clue Proves Worthless. The chief saw the latest of many clues prove worthless last night when | detectives returned from the mountains | west of Denver after a futile search of resort cabins. The search was started by the finding of a ring of keys, later sald by the family not to be those of the 31-year-old clubman, and the re- port that two motor cars with Iilinois license plates were seen to meet there last Monday, the day after the kid- naping. One of Chief Clark’s first theories was that Chicago gangsters| took Boettcher captive. Before the majestic American Colonial home of Claude K. Boettcher, father of the victim, a huddled group of watch- | ers—police and reporters—waited for some word of the case. Inside the father, grandfather, lawyer and friends conferred unceasingly. Sleepy chauf- feurs dozed in the Boetteher driveway. ‘Works Jigsaw Puzzle. ‘Three blocks away in the home of the victim his wife sat alone with a jigsaw puzzle, as if seeking, in its intricacies, relief from the mystery of the kidnap- ing of her husband. Because Mrs. Boettcher is soon to be- come a mother, she has been relieved by her father-in-law, Charles Boettch- er, .1st, of active part in the case. ‘The “Mabel” ad, the newspaper per- sonal advertisement by which the Boettchers were instructed by the ex- tortionists to signify their willingness to pay, appeared in & newspaper again yesterday. I ST NEW COMET FOUND Ohio Observer Reports Discovery of Sixth Magnitude Body. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, February 17 UP).—Harvard Observatory yesterday announced receipt of a telegram from L. C. Peltier of Delphus, Ohio, an- nouncing ery of a sixth magni- tude comet. The position was given as: ight ascension, 22 hours, 48 minutes; declination, 62 degrees north, Peltier is a prominent member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. Looking Glum AH WILLIAMS WILL SEEK DIVORCE FROM 3 SOCK AND BUSKIN CLUB * TO PRESENT TWO PLAYS Operetta Also to Be Given Tonight at ' Roosevelt High School *Auditorium, ‘The Sock and Buskin Club will pre- .| sent two plays and an operetta under auspices of the Community Center De- “| partment at the Roosevelt High School NEW YORK, February 17 (P—A young woman known along Broadway as the “Cheerful Little Earful” is off for | Reno looking glum. Departing last night, Hannah Williams, musical comedy ac- tress, said che was going to divorce Roger Wolfe Kzhn, aviator, musician and son of Otto Kahn, banker. “I'm not going to ask alimony,” she said. “I want only a divorce.” Jungle Woman Miner Happy. M;x:m: is nfi otbl;:r ’ll.{e like the one . A. J. 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If we have fewer people among whom to divide the gains, each more. ThE second favorable factor is that our natural resources will be plentiful for at least a decade and probably for a much longer time. The third favorable factor is invention and technological development, which glves every prospect of ylelding a greater and greater production of wealth. With these three factors favorable if the economic organization can be made to function better, it ought to be possible to contemplate within the lives of per- haps many of the readers a much higher standard of living for most of :e“: countrymen—far above the poverty el Other Problems Stand Out. ‘Two other problems should be men- tioned. One 'is to try to_ raise the standard of living in those few regions less favorably situated as, for instance, in outlying towns and villages, and among the sub-marginal farms. The second problem deals with a certain percentage of mankind who still will Temain the victims of accident and circumstances. For these more in the way of provision of social insurance | against disease, unemployment and old) age will be needed. | On the whole the outlook is very dark for the next few years and will demand the intelligent “application of all of the forces of soclety, but in the long run the prospect is bright for a world without poverty. TOMORROW: _“Happiness—A Public Policy.” " The most cherished desire of a0y ‘is happiness, says Prof. Ogburn, although little is known about that elu- sive state of being. Solving the prob- lems of family relationship is the most important step 10ward happiness. he as- serts. The development of & widespread program of mental hygiene also will help bring people closer to this will o' "the wisp. he says in his last article to- morrow. (Copyright, 1933.) Lottie Pickford Gets Divorce. LOS ANGELES, February 17 ().— Lottle Pickford, sister of Mary Pickford the film star, was granted a divorce yesterday from Russell O. Gillard of | Muskegon, Mich., former Hollywood merchant, on charges of extreme cruel- ty. She testified they were married June 22, 1929, and separated last June. _ SPECIAL NOTICES. the colored men in the enterprise and that Workman and Myers actually staged the robbery attempt. Justice O'Donoghue’s decision yester- day to admit the statements came after a three-hour legal battle between the seven defense counsel and Mr. Collins, in the midst of which the judge said the court would continue in session un- til midnight, if necessary, to settle the question. Washington Fete Arranged. A minstrel show, Colonial drill and dance will be presented by the State Council, Daughters of America at Almas Temple, 1315 K street, at 9 o'clock to- morrow night. The program will mark the organization’s celebration of George ‘Washington’s birthday. Proceeds of the affair will be applied to the general fund of the Daughters of America. Rabbi Metz to Speak. Rabbi Solomon H. 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