Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1935, Page 6

A6 CAPPER DEFENDS 1. S.INSTITUTIONS Backs Flag Association in War on Crime and Communism. A sturdy defense of American Po- Titical and economic institutions was made yesterday during a ringing at- tack on Communism by Senator Arthur Capper, Republican, of Kan- €as, in a radio address. * In throwing his support to the| United States Flag Association’s Na- tion-wide war on crime and Commun- Asm, Capper gxhorted: © “Our system of Government is not ‘perfect. Nothing in this world Is. But, as & whole, it has worked re- “markably well. Instead of foolishly -even considering changing it let us ‘wisely devote our time and energy to | perfecting it.” In a demand for a defense of the Constitution and a survival of the spirit that enabled the Pilgrim fathers to triumph over the most bitter ad- "versity in establishing the Nation, Col. «James A. Moss, president general of “the Flag Association, declared that swhile a Communist is not necessarily *& criminal nor a criminal a Commun- .ist, “both are subversive forces that ‘are hostile to the ideals and institu- tions symbolized by the American flag.” “Incidentally, it may be remarked." declared the colonel in. indignation, | “that Communists, who do not hesi- tate to practice sabotage and who advocate the overthrow of our Gov- ernment by force and violence, are mentioned in the same breath with criminals, we fall to see that they have Just cause for complaint.” Senator Capper reminded his listen- ers of the wide advantages enjoyed by American citizens, such as a higher wage level than in other countries, the finest public school system in the world, more owner-occupied homes than in other countries, and a greater | proportion of modern conveniences | like bathtubs and telephones. Movie Mad HIPPO, CAMERA SMITTEN, SEEKS LIMELIGHT. Caliph, the 4,000-pound hippo- potamus at the Philadelphia Zoo, apparently aspires to be in the films, for at the sight of a camera (kodak or movie) the jungle am- phibian becomes intrigued and will immediately take a dip, as shown above, to oblige the cameraman, ~ Wide World Photo. STAR GIVES DEPOSITION LOS ANGELES, August 3 (®)— Ann Harding, blond film star, seeking to refute the contention of her former husband, Harry Bannisier, that she is an unfit person to care for their 6- vyear-old daughter Jane, gave & deposi- tion today at the office of Bannister's attorney. Taking of the deposition was secret. Bannister was absent. By legal moves, Miss Harding blocked several previous attempts to obtain her deposition. Work Relief More Popular - - Than Home BY ERNEST K. LINDLEY. | The on relief has been a e to on small rovided by the | er by the emergency work | program of the F. E. R. A. and now by the Works Progress Administration as real jobs worthy of esrnest effort? | An intensive attempt to find how a | group of unemployed on work-relief | really feel about their jobs recently | was made by Sydney Roslow lnd) Rensis Likert of the Department of Psychology of New York University. | With the aid of four relief workers, | two men and two women, they ex-| plored the attitude of 98 persons on ‘work-relief projects at New York Uni- versity. The cross section which they' took was thin, but they scrutinized it carefully. It was a cross section from the upper level of unemployved. Twenty: eight of their subjects were profes- | sional persons, 17 had business expe- rience, 29 were clerical workers, 8 were skilled workers and 26 fell in mis- | cellaneous groups. Non-Manual Jobs. Examination of a similar number | of unskilled and semi-skilled workers | on relief has yielded a different| result. But the state of mind of the | upper level of unemployed is extreme- 1y important. And the types of proj- ects on which many white-collar un- | employed have been engaged, rather than construction projects employing manual workers, have given rise to | some of the most heated arguments’ concerning the comparative merits or‘ the dole and work. . Every one of the group of 98 \hc were investigated preferred work re- lief to home relief. Only 3.1 per cent gave as their reasons for this pref- erence the fact that work relief paid more than home relief. More than 9 out of 10—92.7 per cent—gave rea- sons which related to the effects of work on morale and character. Pos- sibly allowance should be made for the fact that, in spite of all the pre- | cautions taken to obtain frank answers some of the persons questioned may have felt it safe or desirable to give replies that they felt to be “correct.” Other portions of the examination Indicate, however, that the examiners were relatively successful in obtaining honest answers. One-quarter of the | group, for example, said that workers on relief should not be expected to work as hard as they would in private | employment, and 40 per cent said that as a matter of fact they didn’t think most relief workers did work as hard on their public jobs as they would work in regular employment. The aversion of members of this group to home relief was expressed | strikingly when they were asked un- der what circumstances they would accept home relief. Fifteen said they would not accept home relief under any circumstances. Fifty-seven said they would accept it under extreme circumstances such as sickness, the danger of actual starvation or as a “last resort.” Thirteen said they would accept home relief if work relief were discontinued and they still could not obtain regular jobs. Five said they would take home relief only if it were “forced’ 'on them. Four said they would take it for rent, light and home expenses. Four gave no answers. These 98 persons w-re asked why they disliked home relief. Twenty- nine replied that they considered it “charity.” Twenty-one said they were afraid of the effects of idleness on their own character and self-confi- dence. Thirteen emphasized the character of the administration of home relief, citing “endless red tape” and the necessity for answering many personal questions. Fourteen said simply that they like the opportunity to earn money. Four said home re- lief was “insufficient.” The others gave miscellaneous explanations or no answers. The converse side of the same at- titude was revealed in the answers to the question “Why do you pre- fer work relief?” Three said, “Be- cause work relief pays more.” Twenty- five said they liked to be able to earn money. Sixty-six gave answers in some way related to the preservation of morale and character. In this group of 66 answers Messrs. Roslow nnd ukm Iound these shadings: Makes one”fesi more ndependent. Maintains ul!-mt and le. Gives better sense of duty. Slome reiiet kills initiative- No,_chance, of ‘bettering character on e ome relie! is”de dleness is depressing. [ OB whhi Busy. to being at home. Relief in Tests Now, when asked whether they thought relief workers worked as hard as they would in private employment, 45 sald “yes,” 40 said “no” and 9| said they didn't know and 4 gave no answer. Nevertheless, 74 thought relief workers should work as hard as they would in regular employment, while only 20 thought they shouldn’t {and 4 didn't know or gave no an- swer. The 74 who thought relief workers should work as hard gave such reasons as these: Paid for their wo 36 ‘To keep the job 4 Should work hard 3 13 Good for the individual to work hard ~ 7 | To_show_appreciation 3 The 20 who did not think relief workers should work as hard as they would in regular employment gave the following answers: Insufficient pay __ Improper placement Insecurity Jobs are made up- Made to feel they thing for nothing A ‘verson showld teke Tis aormal gait Don't have to work hard to be efficient Because of lack of definiteness of pro- Tha investigators obtained a slightly different slant on the attitude of these | persons when they asked whether their | relief work was giving them personal satisfaction. Eighty-eight answered “yes” and only 10 answered “no.” ‘When asked why or in what way their work ‘gave satisfaction, the 88 gave! | the following answers: Work ‘in which I have had pest ex- perience Keeps me_occup! Work is valuab tional Miscellaneous alue y. ‘When the question was altered slightly to “What value to yourself is there in the work you are doing?” the answers remained approximately the same. But the relief workers’ estimates of the value of their work to soclety revealed a somewhat dif- ferent emphasis. The major group- ings among the answers werg: Educational and scientific value__ No answer__ 2 No_value: projects useless. The investigators asked other nues- tions concerning the attitude of these relief workers toward their work, but in general the result was always the same. All these workers preferred work relief to home relief. About 90 per cent preferred it because of some kind of satisfaction which they found or value which they saw in their work. Certainly in this sample of this class of unemployed there is no sign of dis- | integrating moral fiber. Probably several projects on which | they are engaged. would fall within the categories which' some eritics have as- sailed as useless, as made work of the C W. A. type; some, perhaps, may be broadly but inaccurately - dubbed “boondoggling.” But these answers, chiefly from a white-collar group, re- veal the satisfactions which relief work brings and the determination of the unemployed to preserve their moral and social standards. tcwmm 1935.) HOT- WATER HEAT Any nationally ad- vertised product completely installed in six rooms as low as 3285 NO MONEY DOWN 3 YEARS TO PAY 1st Payment in Oct. ‘without extra charge A Complete Line of Heating Equipment ® Electrol Oil Burners ¢ B and G Summer | and Winter Hot- Water Attachments. Free Estimates at Your Convenience ECONOMY Ecns, 906 10th St. N. w. Met. 2132 T HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Bedroo of classic design Was $149.00 *119 RICH classic design in gorgeous walnut veneers, with separate hanging mirrors. 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