Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1936, Page 34

PROBE PROMISED ON PUPL TRAP Use of Bogus Lie Detector by Newark Principal Raises Storm. By the Assoclated Press. . NEWARK, N. J, September 24— | Disclosure that a faked “lie detector” was used to make boys in a Newark grammar school confess their errors brought last night the promise of an investigation by the superintendent and a storm of criticism from psy- chiatrists and parents. A little black box fashioned from an old radio, with dials and a red bulb that flashes ominously when the pupil lies (or when the principal thinks he does), the “lie detector” is in the Newton Street School. An unseen switch controls the light. Defended by Principal. “The little black box is an excel- lent means of arriving at a point of understanding between pupil ana teacher,” explained Principal Gray Moreland. “If a child is guilty of a misdemeanor, or a lie or something else, it might react unfortunately if he were not immediately trapped.” Then came the rebuttal. “You may be sure I'll find out all ebout the device,” sald John H. Logan, superintendent of schools. Samuel Goodman, president of the City-wide Parent-Teacher Council, ‘was emphatic. Hits Jail Atmosphere, “No principal has a right to create a jall atmosphere in a school,” he said. “Bad psychology,” said Dr. James Plant, Essex County psychiatrist. “When you ask a child a question you obligate yourself to accept his answer. It is not important whether you force him to admit he took some candy when he says he did not, but he should know it was the wrong thing to do. When you corner him with a “lle detector,’ he feels justified in evading the questions.” CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Tau, Phi, Raleigh, 8:15 pm. Meeting, Delta Sigma P1 Alumni, 1561 Thirty-fifth street, 8 p.m. Meeting and Luncheon, Ladies’ Auxiliary of the District of Columbia Fire Department, Children's Hospital, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Meeting, District of Columbia Young Democrats, Willard, 8:30 p.m. Luncheon, Kiwanis Club, Mayflower, 12:30 p.m. Dinner, Kappa Phi Delta, Mayflower, 7pm. TOMORROW. Luncheon, Greater National Capi- tal Committee, Raleigh, 12:30 p.m. Meeting, War Mothers, Raleigh, 8 pm. ' Luncheon, District of Columbia Bankers' Association, Willard, 12:45 p.m. Meeting, Columbia Chapter 368, ‘Women of the Moose, Moose Hall, 8 pm. —_— CLUB MAKES PLANS Soroptimists to Entertain Phila- delphia Group. Plans were completed at a luncheon meeting of the Washington Soropti- mist Club yesterday for entertaining a group of Philadelphia Soroptimists who will visit in Washington Satur- day. The day’s program will include a sight-seeing trip followed by a dinner at the Willard Hotel. Arch McDon- ald, radio announcer, was a guest and entertainer at the meeting yes- terday which was held at the Willard e A A w T WV, # iHeadsize” Hats They are correct headsize hats with an appearance of custom-made styling and cleverly combine true smart- ness with perfect fit. They come in delightful new Fall shades such as Tuxedo blue (very new) Scot green, rust, French wine, brown, and the forever smart Black. And we'll match your costume color perfectly. Better Millinery Salon—Street Floor. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THUfiSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1936. Job Insurance Is Classified As Temporary Port in Storm Will Act as Buffer in All but Major De- pressions, Observer Believes—Effect on Employment Discussed. %'he far-reaching eflects of the new social security program, now & leading topic in the national polit- ical fleld, are discussed here in the ffth of a series of articles based on a first-hand survey of the oper- ation of the system in several States, as well as of the central administration in Washington. BY BLAIR MOODY. Whatever its merits as an ace-in- the-hole for the workman and a stabilizer for the purchasing power of the country, unemployment insurance is no cure-all. It will not prevent depressions. It will not guarantee the wage earner indefinite support under the Govern- ment program if he loses his job. And it will not keep him off relief indefi- nitely if he cannot find another. Nobody claims that it will. At best, unemployment compensa- tion is merely a buffer. It can do no more than break the force of an eco- nomic fall, collectively for the Nation and individually for its beneficiary. If the fall is not too hard, if the forces of depression are not already inexorable, it may serve as a springboard to pre- vent a plunge in buying power. If jobs are not too scarce, it gives the chap who lost his job time to find another before he loses his standards, his skill and his hope, too. It is & friendly port, offering tem- porary shelter in a storm. And that's about all. Offers No Sinecure. that, at the longest, for a period of only 12 to 20 weeks. It's surely noth- ing to write home about as & way to solve a family’s future problems. ‘What's more, it's a pretty expensi buffer. The payroll tax now running at 1 per cent against all but exempted employers climbs sharply upward. Year after next is will be 3 per cent and, counting the levy under the soclal security act for old age benefits, it will total 5 per cent. And that, of course, will not be the peak. Irrespective of action by the States, the Federal tax for unemployment compensation alone this year is esti- mated by the Treasury at $228,000,000. It will jump to $501,000,000 next year. $786,000,000 the following year and from then on it will rise steadily to $900,000,000. From the standpoint of the work- man, this tax will have two effects that will not be so pleasant. Pirst, as a gradually-absorbed expense of operation, it is almost sure to be added to the selling price of articles by any employer in position to pass the tax on. Therefore, the workman will pay at least part of the cost as a consumer, even in States where he does not contribute himself. Effect on Employment. Then, it will have a tendency to make the employer hesitate about adding to his pay roll. If every time a man is hired an “ante” must be added to his salary for unemployment compensation, the employer may hesi- It certainly offers the worker no| . . sinecure. It is nothing that would ruin his ambition or lull him into a | - feeling that he doesn’t have to work for a living. For, after all, it gives him at most about $15 a week, and :WMWQN ¢ Novelty Net Curtains 22510 4.50 Pr. 2t 2% b4 . : Makes @ Complete Window Treat- & ment. Many Patterns and Colors. §McD:vm's Drarery Swor $1317 F St. New Location DI 32113 @ 3rd Floor American Building 00000000 0000000000000000 tate a bit longer in hiring, even though he is really passing the tax on., ‘When an employer rewards an able employe with an increase in salary, there’s the “ante” again, and another for old-age benefits as well. It may not block many raises, but it will not stimulate an enthusiastic psychology for adding to pay rolls. It rather is expected to accelerate the trend toward tion. Yet, when these objections are analyzed, they largely evaporate. It is not lkely, for example, that if an employer needs an additionsl man he will refrain from hiring him for & difference of 3 per cent in wages. If he plans to give a 10 per cent raise, the tax for unemployment com- pensation would, at the top, amount to three-tenths of 1 per cent. In not many cases, probably, would the de- cision as to whether “labor-saving” machinery should be installed be set- tled by the margin of this tax. If it is good business to install the machinery, it will, in most cases go in anyway, tax or no tax. Hold Sum Not Unreasonable. ‘That, at least, 15 what the advo- cates of unemployment compensation argue. They also declare that the maximum of $800,000,000 which would annually be invested in reserve funds is not an unreasonable sum. They point out that, unlike the old-age ben- efit system, which would pump billions into a huge reserve fund, the unem- ployment insurance reserves would be not much larger than actuarily nec- essary to keep the State systems float- ing. Most of the tax money, once the two-year period of reserve-building is completed, would be pumped right back into the consuming public through payment to jobless workers. Experts concede freely that the system could not cope with s major depression, but contend that the seemingly skimpy aid offered at such & heavy cost would work wonders in flattening out the curve of minor depressions and seasonal dips. Arthur J. Altmeyer, Wisconsin WOODWARD & LOTHROP 10™11™F AND G STREETS Proxe DIsmce §300 FURNITURE Reduced 14 or More All items subject to prior sale. 1 Sofa Bed in brown tapestry cover with contrasting welts, Was $55. Now. 1 Studio Couch with back and wardrobe. Blue tapestry cover with self welts. Was $47.50. 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Now. 1 Secretary Chest in red ma. hogany and gum. Was $65. Now $42.50 suthority who helped draft the secu- rity sct and is now a member of the Federal Board, declares that the 12 to 20 week benefit period would take care of 95 per cent of men losing jobs except in major depressions. Three- quarters of the workers covered by the British system, he says, find new jobs within three months. “If the United States had started unemployment compensation in 1920,” Mr, Altmeyer says, “$10,000,000,000 would have been collected in taxes by 1932, but $8,000,000,000 would have been pumped back into the channels of trade by compensation checks.” ‘These checks, in thousands of cases, would have meant an almost unbroken status for the workers while they were “changing jobs,” and they would have continued to buy and keep other workers employed. Retall Stores First. The first group to notice it when wages slow down, of course, is the retail stores. But decreasing demand spreads back through every artery of the productive and distributive system. And compensation checks, under the new program, will go to people who will spend them im- mediately. J. Gordon Wagenet, director of unemployment compensation for the Security Board, believes that the 1- to-3 per cent levy will prove no deterrent to business because it is being instituted on a rising market. At the next economic recession, he WOODWARD & O™ 1™ F AND G STREETS business, but the compensation checks will be ready to provide an indivi- dual and community “cushion.” “This pay roll levy is not really s tax,” Wagenet says. “It is a re- serve. The real issue is whether the ‘money shall go out now to the stock- holders or be placed in a reserve fund to be paid later to the workers di- rectly, and to business indirectly, benefitting both.” It's & fact, of course, that one im- portant reason the depression plunged 80 deeply was that the average man offices almost literally folded up. 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