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B—2 = JB2e 0 L L PER SUNDAVOHENR, SWASHINGEON, D 0 MAVHS, WelePpARPOONE . o o S aving Bureau Annex Rising TABLLEDNONEY SOCETY T0 WEE Yale Economist to Discuss “Is Inflation Inevitable?” at Richmond June 4. By the Assoclated Press NEW YORK, May 8.—Dr. Joseph E. Goodbar, president of the Society for Stability in Money and Banking, an- nounced today the society’s second na- tional economic conference would be held in Richmond, Va., June 4. Irving Fisher, Yale economist, will outline the basis of discussion in an address on the theme, “Is Inflation In- evitable?” followed by theses on “Fore- stalling Inflation” by Dr. Goodbar, at- torney, consulting economist and lec- turer on the law of corporation finance at Boston University, and present “in- flation problems” facing the commer- cial banker by Ralph E. Manuel, presi- dent of the Marquette National Bank ©of Minneapolis. Thomas C. Boushall, president of the Morris Plan Bank of Virginia, will ‘preside at the sessions, which will in- tlude addresses by a number of other bankers and economists. “Counterfeit Money” Hit. In outlining the program for the conference, Dr. Goodbar declared a revision of the American banking sys- tem s0 that the volume of purchasing power is “not constantly being ex- panded with new money, which from \&n economic standpoint is ‘counter- feit’ money, is the country's crying Deed.” As a remedy for what he described as huge expansion in installment pur- chases and monetary hoarding inci- dent to the retirement of bank loans, he suggested the segregation of savings deposits from time deposits, a practice which he said had proved safe in Eng- land since 1866. He reported statistics showed that installment purchases in 1936 reached the $6,000,000,000 mark, or 20 per cent greater than the 1929 boom year total. Constantly Adds to Debt. “Some two and a half billions of this amount were financed by banks,” he said, “and on top of this the coun- try's banks are—in even increasing numbers—going into the personal or small loan field, thus constantly add- ing to the total debt of consumers.” Dr. Goodbar said when the con- sumer finds his payments on past pur- chases leave barely enough for food and shelter, there would be a shrink- age in business, “losses will replace profits and unemployment will de- stroy purchasing power and shake confidence.” “If banks, in pursuit of profits, press for constant expansion in their loans to consumers, as they very likely will do,” he said, “then John Smith not only, but business men and banks as well, are likely to find themselves again entangled in the web of inflation fol- lowed by penury in the midst of plenty.” Poisonous Snakes Extensive. Practically every portion of the United States has poisonous snakes, though few are reported in certain States in the Northeast. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair and warmer today, showers tonight; to- morrow generally fair and cooler; gen- tle to moderate southerly winds, shift- ing to northwest tomorrow night. Maryland — Generally fair and warmer today, followed by local showers tonight; tomorrow generally fair and cooler. Virginia—Generally fair, slightly ‘warmer in north portion today, fol- lowed by local showers tonight; to- morrow generally fair and cooler in north, and probably showers and cooler in south portion. West Virgigia—Fair and warmer today, followed by local showers late this afternoon or night; cooler to- night; tomorrow generally fair and eooler, River Report. Potomac and Shenandosh Rivers muddy late yesterday afternoon. Report Until 10 P.M. Saturday. Midnighs ___ __#0 8 .m fmioes 2 4 6 5 0 1 Record Until 10 P.M. Saturday. Highest. 64. 5 pm. yesterday. Year &0, Lowest, 53, & : aslnss a.m. yesterday. Year Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 93, on_April 18, Lowest. 1. 'on February 28, 3 Tide Tables. (Furnished by United State: Geodetlo Sutvey ot *nd High Hin i Low 8un, today 8un 8 - Z402am. #28pm Automobile “lights must ene-hall hour atter sumset,”t ‘Umed on Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in d 1 Capital (currens montn to date; s 1 ‘M 37 Weather in Various Cities. Enterprise. Huge Engr THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 9, 1937—PART ONE. Added to other extensive Federal building projects in South- west Washington is the big annez to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, shown in this air view taken from the Goodyear blimp The annez is about 32 per cent done and is to be completed in February, 1938. Old brick building in center houses office of the United States construction engineer and contractors, and is to be demolished. Upper right, part of the gigantic south building, Department of Agriculture. Left, across Fourteenth street is the old Bureau of Engraving and Printing. William Knudsen, General Mo- tor's new chief, recently advised young men and women leaving the colleges this June to hunt for their place in the industrial sun by put- ting on overalls and going to work. The results of a survey of leading industrialists and vocational guid- ance experts are presented here. All agreed that the man who starts on the bench in a factory has just as good a chance for advancement as the man in the office. B3 © Staff Correspondent of The Star NEW YORK, May 8—Dr. Harry Dexter Kitson, education professor at Teacher's College, Columbia, and one of the country's leading specialists in | vocational guidance, says: | “The 1937 graduate who has me- | chanical aptitude and has trained | himself to take his place in industry | as a skilled laborer can call himself | ~—Temperature—~ Max. Min. Sat. p.m.to Bat- Tl 7307730 ay.night. ‘m. €A as > g Tn 922, 92 1 93 19355 1 > 822 153 1 5 EPEFAT RIS E S+ S SR F R 2Rne33 Beattle. Sorinxfl LT ‘WABH., D. )é . L r e SR ®aoooaocagznansanaseas 22232 lucky. There is a pronounced short- | age of skilled labor all over the coun- try, and the college graduate who has qualified himself for such a position is off to a flying start.” Dr. Kitson is the author of such books as “The Psychology of Voca- tional Adjustment,” “How to Find the Right Vocation” and “I Found My Vocation,” as well as textbooks on ad- vertising and psychology. He emphasized that there was no point in “the round peg” who had no natural inclination in the direction of working with his hands “trying to fit himself in a square hole.” “Only un- happiness and fallure can come that way,” he said. “But the boy who is bent that way not only can find a job readily, but, if he is intelligent, will find himself in a position to move forward swiftly. On the bench, in any mass industry, he is at the focal point of many inter- locking jobs and in the right place to grasp their inter-relation and study the job ahead.” ’ Dr. Kitson said no studies had been made as to whether interest in the manual crafts was on the wane among college students, “but it is a logical assumption that they are. Two gen- erations ago, the boy who wanted something had to build it for him- self and wholesale tinkering was the rule through the country among the younger generation. Now the boys trot down to the store and buy it ready-made, cheaper and better. How- ever, counterbalancing this is the in- terest in aviation. Boys are building model planes for themselves.” NOwW Overalls Termed Best Medium For College Graduates’ Advance Industrialists and Vocational Guidance Experts Cite Need for Those Skilled Mechanically. Bruce Barton, author and advertis- ing executive, whose business brings him in constant contact with the big f businessmen, agreed with Dr. Kitson. “My son, Randall,” he said, “is up in Boston now putting this advice to good account. He is studying auto- .motive and Diesel engineering and when he is graduated will take his place at the bench. It was his own idea. But I agreed with it perfectly. The bench is just as good a spring- board for advancement as any other place in the industrial system.” Amelis Earhart, the aviator, said that “working with the hands” has always been a pet preachment of hers for women. “Chiefly,” she explained, “because of its effect on the mind. I don’t mean knitting and sewing and the other things women are accus- tomed to doing with their hands. I mean driving nails and working with a lathe. Such activities develop portions of the feminine mentality that, in the majority of cases, remain latent through life. They broaden a woman's outlook and give her a fuller under- standing of the industrial system from which she makes her living.” Best Executives Come Through the Ranks. By a 8taft Correspondent of The Star. SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 8. —Describ- ing Mr. Knudsen's suggestion as “very sound,” Robert A. Bryant of the Onan- daga Pottery Co., president of the Syracuse Manufacturers’ Association, commented: “While leadership does not always come from those who have worked with their hands, a man is a better executive for having come up through the ranks, for such experience enables him to get the viewpoint of the man on the bench. “Mr. Knudsen's advice is right in line with a program of closer co-oper- ation between educational authorities and industry, which our Syracuse Manufacturers' Association has been trying to build. No Superiority in White Collar. “We are endeavoring to emphasise the idea that the white collar is not the mark of a superior man and that overalls are not the mark of an in- ferior man. We want to get away from the notion that education is the road to a white-collar job, and begin more definitely to train students in our achools for specific jobs in industry.” Walter A. Ridings, president of Por- ter-Cable Machine Co., saild: “Of course, I thing that a young THE PERFECT CURLER FOR PERFECT CURL H Here's a blessing on your heads, girls! No more sulky, stringy hair because your hairdresser can't give you a last minute a| Rx: head spiked by curlers O.CURLER . . . a set of bob intment. No more trying to sleep with that weigh a ton. A single pins . . . and quickly, casily, you can make as many soft, natural, professional- looking curls as your heart desires. A few moments . . . st night. . . in the morning . . . or just before an impor- tantdate ... and you're crowned with glory. Wear the pins all day, if you liks . . . they're invisible. Sleep in them at ni t . . . you'll never feel them. Saves time, and temper . . . 30 simple you could wok it in oy g o~Curvter THE BOB PIN AUTOMATIC HAIR CURLER On sale at all leading dipariment stores —Star Staff Photos by F. C. Wilkinson. man with real ability will come to the top whether he is from the mechanical department or some other department. But I do feel that, if he comes from the mechanical department, he is bet- ter equipped to be an industrial execu- tive, because he then is in a position to know what it's all about down in the factory.” E. O. Larson of the Syracuse Chilled Plow Co. Inc., said: “Personally, I have started out to learn several trades, and since then have found the knowledge gained very helpful to me as an executive. ‘The fact is that any one in an execu- tive capacity ought to have some first- hand knowledge of operations and not have to depend upon some one else’ knowledge always.” Dean Louis Mitchell of the Col- lege of Applied Science, Syracuse Uni- versity, where hundreds of students are being trained for positions in industry, declared: “The validity of Mr. Knudsen's attitude has been recognized by many of our major industrial concerns. These concerns take men and put them through an apprenticeship course in which they begin at the foot of the ladder. If, later on, they have the ability and the opportunity to rise to the top, that early training proves invaluable to them.” However, Dean Mitchell stressed that not every student can fit into such a plan. Edward C. Miller, vocational ad- viser at Onondaga Valley Academy, said: “If a boy has aptitude for me- chanical work, Mr. Knudsen's ad- vice is all right. But if a boy lacks that aptitude, then it seems silly for him to spend time trying to acquire manual skills.” College Graduate Urged To Put Hands to Work. BY BLAIR BOLES. The way for a smart young man to get ahead fast in moaern Amer- ica is to learn a mechanical trade. The college graduate should put his hands to work. He will find that the competition met in the technical world by an in- telligent, ambitious, educated youth is much less than that found in the | realm of the white collar. The authority for this point of view is Ira Mitchell Dreese, who is one of the few persons in the world holding a doctorate of philosophy in guidance and personnel (his is from Columbia University). Heads G. W. Psychology Unit. Dr. Dreese is executive officer of the psychology department at George Washington University here. He has taught at Grinnell College, Iowa, and he is a past president of the Guid- ance and Personnel Association of | the District of Columbia. ‘When he heard that William Knud- sen, president of General Motors, had advised young men “to learn to do something with their hands,” he ex- claimed: “That's great. business man has made that pro- nouncement. same thing for years.” But, Dr. Dreese said, young per- sons are hesitant about learning a trade. They want white collar work. The average age of skilled workers is between 55 and 60. “In view of this attitude,” the ex- pert said, “it is easy for the man with brains to rise rapidly in an industry which he is willing to enter as a prac- titioner of a trade. Formal Education Inadequate. “Young people have a naive confi- dence in the ability of formal educa- tion to get them ahead rapidly. Edu- cation is all right, but the youths need practical experience to get them far. Education may represent something well worth while in the development of the individual.” A few years ago Dr. Dreese was ifg: 'WE BELIEVE SINCERELY that Cadillac-Fleetwood cars are with- out a serious challenger in any one phase of their excellence. . There is certainly no question about their greater beauty and lusury—for beauty and luxury speak for themselves. There can be no queéstion about their greater prestige, either—for ‘Cadillac has never given its name to a car outside the fine-car field. And if you have any doubts about their finer perform- ance—come in for a demonstration! CAPITOL CADILLAC COMPANY NATIONAL 3300 CADILLAL I am glad a big| I've been saying the | chief of a vocational replacement bureau. He interviewed scores of job- seeking college graduates and almost unanimously they sought administra- tive posts. “One of these fellows agreed to go to work for a packing house,” Dr. Dreese sald. “He was started in the slaughter rooms. He didn't like it, but he stuck. He used his brains, and now he's making five times more than his college colleagues who started in offices are getting.” More and more young America seems willing to follow the footsteps of the youth who went to work in the packing house, Dr. Dreese thinks. “There was a time,” he said, “when the high school graduate considered himself too educated for a trade. But today the college man is ready to become a mechanic.” Pennsylvania U. Official Backs Mr. Knudsen. ¥ « Biaft Correspondent of The Sta PHILADELPHIA, May 8.— “Mr. Knudsen is certainly right,” asserted ‘William C. Ash, professor of vocational education and director of vocational teacher training at the University of Pennsylvania. ‘““More men should take up mechanical trades because the present crop in our vocational schools leaves much to be desired in the way of intellectual qualifications and ca- pacity to grow. “In our vocational schools we want men who have the ability and desire to continue their studies after gradu- ation, to include finance and the in- tricacies of business organization. Vocational Schools Wastebaskets. “At present our vocational schools are the wastebasket or dumping ground of the educational system. If s boy can’'t make out in any other course, they enlist him in a vocational course. . “However, industrial corporations generally—no doubt because of the poor type coming out of our vocational institutions—have adopted the prac- tice of sending agents to skim the ‘cream’ off the engineering graduating classes in our universities. These young men they enroll as apprentices and route them through their organ- izations to give them a thorough knowledge of the set-up. It is from this type principally that the big exec- utives of our larger industries are drawn.” Charles F. Bauder, director of in- dustrial arts of the Philadelphia pub- lic schools, said the youth of Phila- delphia had anticipated Mr. Knudsen's | suggestion by several years. No Demand for Courses. “Since 1930,” he declared, “there has been an increasing demand for higher courses of mechanical instruc- tion. Philadelphia youth prefers to prepare for mechanical, rather than white-collar jobs. However, I do not believe there is much hope for the man who works with his hands to be- come an executive unless he augments his vocational course with some kind of comprehensive extension work, leither at a university or an evening John Barr, director of the Industrial Service Bureau, Temple University, | said: “The college graduates of today readily realize the trend and are more than willing to start at the bottom. They don’t mind jobs that require the wearing of overalls or tasks that soil and blister the hands, so long as they | know they have a chance to advance.” (Copyright, 1937, by the North Americaa Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) CANARY CLUB ELECTS F.J. Jefferson of Arlington Choser National President. ¥. J. Jefferson of Arlington. Va. was elected president of the National | Capital Canary Club at its recent an- nual meeting, it was announced yes- terday. Chosen with him were J. H. Rosson, also of Arlington, vice president; Mrs. Maude M. Anderson, Washington, sec- retary, and G. E. Letner of Washing- ton, treasurer. man of & committee to make plans for & show here next November. The club meets every fourth Tuesday at the Thomson School, Twelfth and L reets. E. M. Jameson was elected chair- | | TA0TOVISITD.C. | IN8 CONVENTIONS Maryland-Delaware-District Jewelers’ Session Is First This Week. Eight conventions, expected to at- tract approximately 7,500 visitors, will be held in Washington this week. Pirst on the list is the twenty-third annual meeting of the Maryland- Delaware-District of Columbia Jew- elers’ Association, which opens today at the Mayflower Hotel. Albert 8ig- mund, president of the organization, predicted last night about 1,000 jew- elers will be here for the two-day session. Ukranians to Meet. The American Red Cross and the Ukranian National Association will convene their sessions tomorrow and on Wednesday the American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association’s annual convention will open. Three hundred delegates are ex- pected at the three-day convention of the American Federation of Arts beginning Tuesduy. Some members of the Association of Art Museum Directors, whose annual meeting will close today at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, will stay over for the American | Pederation’s sessions. Cotton Group to Meet. A full week of meetings is slated for the Ukranian Association at the Washington Hotel. The American Cotton Manuacturers’ Association will convene at the Mayflower Hotel Wed- nesday for a three-day session, while the Mirror Manufacturers’ Associa- | tion will hold a Cay ses:ion at the Shcrehr m Houl, beginning Thur: V. Othe conveniions scheduled are those of the National Battery Manu- facturers’ Association at the Shore- ham Hotel Thursday and Priday and the National Rayon Conference at the Bureau of Standards Priday and Sate urday. 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