New-York tribune., 1908-03-30
UNEMPLOYMENT PROBE.
COMNISSION PROPOSED.
NeighborhoOd WOrkers Haze Ball
Introduced.

hill, IN nrovida for a commission TO investigate
and ameliorate unemployment. prepared DIV d con ,
mittee of Settlement workers III the -.
Workers Association and Others has been nitro
.iuced i'm the Assembly, and will be introduced IN
the Senate to-day. 1t reads:
Section l. For the purpose of inquiring INTO INTO
the causes leading I 70 tach in {h,s State:
the condition Of the unemployed and for the % Pug-
pose of devsing ways ana means 81 81 spch causes
and ameiorating the condition or tne uHenI ,
ffsr this .he act eaSes effect appoint
consist OF five citizens of the staff Nv WHO no sar
fully INQUIRE into and compile accurate data cor
cernng the cause or causes Sc % OF s1emnloved and
all other matters and things ~conneetGu ~ ~, aiert
ing chairman and secretary and such other on on
GERS they may deem necessary The eoIlli,,ls n-
sion and each member thereof shall nave po%er pNer
to administer oaths and examine witnesses unoeF
s,ibpnna ana compel the attendance OF Witnesses
at any hearing appointed by the rl
expenses and may employ counsel and st-H
other assistants as are necessary anu s shail ALL
Intnr dS isos and shall from time to time
such reports of their work TO the Governor as ne
Sec. ?. The sum Of $4,000. or so much there,
of as may be necessary. is hereby appropriated
out OF any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
warrant of the Controller, on the audit of the
chairman of such commission approved py 'i7
Governor
See g. This act shall take effect Immediately
The chairman Of the committee is Dr. F. J
Warne. a former officer of the Civic FedeTauon-
Among the other members are John L. Elliott. or
the Hudson Guild James H. Hamilton. Dr. Henry
Moskowitz and e. F. Lewis. Among the sympa-
thizers In the movement Charles SpraSUe
Smith. director OF the Peoples Institute; Edward
It. Devine. secretary of the Charity Organization
Society, and the officers OF the various institutions
De- Warne in interview yesterday said he had
made investigation of the condition of the
employed throughout the city.
While 1 optimistic in my view OF the situa-
ton" he said. 'at the same time / not in
clined to minimize it's critical nature. / believe
that under the circumstances the movement for
state commission is the practical suggestion
OF the many that have been made for meeting
the situation. The total number of men and women
out of work believe to be not less than two hun
drad thousand"
Although the charity workers in this CITY will
make no direct suggestions the plan OF ne
tion 1t Is understood that OF the propositions
In view is the establishment of a vagrant colony
to be supported by the state which Migrants
may be sent and cared for in times of emergency
In support of this DIR. Warne said that $50
applied for admission 10 the workhouse In Jan
uary and February.
Robert Hunter and his friends it is understood
are opposed to the remedy suggested by DR.. Warne
and the other East Side workers. on the theory
that the agitation of such a proposition will de-
tract from the immediate relief agitation: that
the appointment of commission and invesei-
CATION Will take away the pressure for immediate
action.
DR.. Moskowitz. secretary Of the committee on
of the Neighborhood Workers Asso-
citation, said In interview. yesterday:
LAS for the incident In Union Square the
that followed l don't believe the
blame should be attached the unemployed on
the East Side From my knowledge of the people
in this neighborhood, and L have been working
among them for twenty-five years. 1 think they
are orderly and not prone 10 violence, not an
archstic in tendencies.
The clubbing of a by a policeman creates
more discomfort than the speech of a deInagOgue
don't know whether the police dubbed yesterday
or not. But l believe there will be more order in
the city when he people have freedom Of speech
than when the police interfere"