Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-30
LEAGUE WILL
CONTINUE WORK
COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED
TO HEAR REPORT
FUTURE EFFORT TO BE GIVEN
CONSIDERATION
Various Committees Have Been Quietly
at Work for Months on the
Several Problems
Presented

Members Of the committee of one
hundred citizens of the League Of JUS
tice will meet at headquarters of the
league, G1S-19 O. T. Johnson building,
at 3 p. m. to hear a report on work
already accomplished and to make
plans for the future. The committee
Of one hundred was chosen several
months ago at the time of the organ
ization of the league. This commit
tee elected a president and an execu-
tive committee to take active charge
of the affairs of the league It is the
purpose of today's meeting to report
to the committee of one hundred what
has been accomplished during the past
few months.
Not only will a report be made on
work actually accomplished, but plans
for the future will be taken up. The
league was organized some months
ago by citizens of Los Angeles. who
feared that this city might become
cursed with the graft evil which has
given San Francisco such an unen-
Viable reputation throughout the
United States. The league is essen
TALLY an anti-graft organization.
City Spared Disgrace
Quietly, for several months, the
members Of the executive committee
have been at work on the various
problems presented to it for solution.
committee on graft detection and
prosecution has taken active steps to
forestal any effort at graft or de-
bauchery of public funds, and it seems
likely that Los Angeles, so long a the
league exists. will be spared the dis
grace which has been brought on San
Francisco by the old operation of
grafters in public office.
Besides the work of graft detection
and prosecution, the league has taken
active steps in a positive way to pro-
mote smore lust conditions and elevate
the standards OF morality in the COM
munity through an educational prop
aganda. Plans for municipal farm,
similar to the Cleveland farm, have
been completed, and it now seems
probable that before long the "drunks'
and "Vags" ground out Of our police
courts will be placed on the farm,
where under wholesome surroundings
they will produce an income for the
city from unused city lands, and where
they win have an opportunity of work.
ing out their own reform.
School of Citizenship
Down in the Russian settlement of
Vignes street tine league has been con-
Quoting a school of citizenship for
adult immigrants. This work has been
under the supervision and control of
Rev. Dana w. Bartlett, who is a MEM
Der of the executive committee of the
league. The idea of this school is to
give immigrants some idea of Amer
lean institutions and a correct appre-
citation of the duties OF citizenship in
order that their influence may be cast
for the bet -rment of the city and the
nation. For years the education of
these ignorant but not stupid immi-
grants has been left in the hands of
the saloonkeeper and the divekeeper,
with the result that the influence Of
the foreign population is almost in
varlably cast on the side of graft and
civic unrighteOusnesS.
Several ordinances which aim to pro-
duce more just conditions have been
prepared by officers Of the league and
will be presented to the new city cOun-
ell. Several proposed new state laws
are also being prepared and will be
presented at the next session of the
California legislature The founda-
ton for much good work has been laid
along various lines and undoubtedly
plans for carrying out this work will
be discussed at the meeting today
Members of the committee of one hun
dred are urged to be present.