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whe me Lod ‘ ie a Si. | nn edie al ih Cee - 2am Ff . | “We are very anxious to Preserve the nuclais of the NYA because we mf never be sure if Weeshon don ft, that we'll ever again haye such a training machine far young people,” Mrs. Roosevelt aaid, “We must use {t now to its best pos- sible purposes and give it to young people as Jong as it is needed.” Responding to a question of whether it would be wiser to divert the money now used for the opera. tion of NYA and CCC to war pro- ductlon purposes, Mrs, Roosevelt said the efforts of those agencies were directly concerned with the future prosecution of the war, Even Discussion Said elp Concerning the poll fax, she said that even a congressional discus- sion of its merits or demerits might serve a helpful purpose in educat. ing the people to the view that it ; Was not consistent with democratic government. Questioned as to whether the j United States would have to become fotalitarian to win the war, Mrs. | , Roosevelt replied: “We seem man- | aging very well asa democracy, "We're sure our People will give up many of their rights voluntarily in an effort to: vietory, and others may have to be curtailed tempo- rarily, but our democracy will con- tinue." She said she opposed the sales tax 83 a means of raising money, “be. cause it reaches down to the Poorer | people.” 40-Hour Week Best Relative to retaining the 4@hour week, Mrs. Roosevelt said, “If we; are thinking in terms of the most: rapid production, then the 40-hour week is best, If we think in terms of making money and saving it, then perhaps more hours should be | the rule without extra pay.” , She said she favored time and) 4 half for overtime work, but not dauble pay for Sunday. “By stag- gering the time, each employe can receive one day off," she said, She said that if the working week is extended, it is not believed that workers would be able to give their maximum efforts, “After all, the government is the only one losing money in retaining the 40-hour week," she said, "But the government Is concerned with production—the more the better, Tt is convinced it can receive much greater production under the pres- ent system.” She said England for awhile {n- Creased its work week, but had to Teduce it when production ge- reased. owever, she said Ameri need an . : Pn es ‘ONT ene aw a Oe ee VA On i ee A a yt »— jens Sep nt. ot oe it ad be eh ican ata, eee * not ny case do as Brilainsdid. Dae un cases were not paraller She compared Britain's 46,000,000 people with the United States’ 130,- 000,000—and cited the fact that England had beei. in the wer for two years—and her problem of ia- bor was much more acute than America’s, England, she said, had drafted | women for war work, but she did not betieve it would ever be neces- sary for America to do so, Use women a8 voluntary workers, but not draft them. However, she sald it would be well to have a registra- tion of all women. She said the tide of tue war, In her opinion, had now definitely changed jn favor of the United Na- tions, and that it would continue favorable. Politics Should Not Have Part Concerning forthcoming congres- sional] elections, Mrs. Roosevelt said it would be a question of which cendidate could more effectively ald In winning the war and said “politics should have no part in | those races,” | She urged boys and girls to con- inue in eollege to train themselves est how to serve, tt te a ee Sa ee tt a % Pare Yer “s <