New-York tribune., 1910-11-14
BOWERY MISSION PRAISED
laft and Gaynor Send Cheer on
Anniversary Celebration.
STARTS A NEW CAMPAIGN
Begins Work for the "Jobless :"
Amerlcan-Prominent Men
to Give Views on Plan.

The celebration Of the thirty-frst ami
versary Of the Bowery Missions existence
yesterday was marked BY big meetings,
morning and evening. and letters of COM
mendation from President Taft, Governor
Horace White and Mayor Gaynor. The
celebration also saw the beginning of
campaign in behalf of the .'jobless'' Amert-
can.
After the meetings. at which prominent
citizens spoke words OF praise for the mis-
sion and gave messages of encoura cement
to the drifters and unfortunates who are
seeking to re-estabIish themselves in life,
four hundred of the down and outs were
FED in the mission
After addresses by the Rev. J. z. Nor
gan. Of Jersey City. the Rev. L. X. Cressy
and others. the Rev. J. H. Hallimond.
SUPERINTENDENT of the mission, slzetched his
plan by which it is hoped hundreds of de-
serving men will be provided with steady
work
The letter sent by the President was writ
ten on October 81, 1910. and read:
My Dear Mr.. HaIlimond: on the celsbra-
ton of the thirty-firSt anniversary OF the
BOWery Mission l want TO send a word or
encouragement and good will TO the men
who, through stress Of circumstances. nave
been forced to turn TO you for help nope
that the tide may soon turn ana LIidI Iic
| future may brighten for all of them We
suffered a great loss in the death of DR..
klOpsch. and it does not seem possible that
his place In the world can be quite nlled.
but | want to express my admiration for
the way in which his work has been carried
on by you and those who are associated
with YOU. I send my hearty good wishes TO
all of YOU.
Mayor Gaynors letter was as follows:
Rev and Dear Sir: ] should he very glad
\ -1n TT7C nT
Bower Mission. but I regret to say that
my voice and health do not permit it
an glad howexer hoy; to send & you ~ In line els et
sion and TO express the hope that II VIII
be even more useful in the future than 1t
! has been in the past.
At to-day's afternoon meeting the plans
of the new campaign begun by Superin-
tendent Hallimond and J. T. Hunt in
charge of the free labor bureau Of the
mission, Will be gone over carefully. II
will be a meeting for the discussion of
labor conditions and their relation to the
Bowery Mission, and the following persons
are to speak upon the questions involved
Congressman William Sulzer. Congress-
man-elect Henry George Bishop Darling
ton. of Harrisburg, Penn, and Senator
Gledhil Efforts are being made TO have
Charles Edward Russell, the recent candi'
date on the Socialist ticket for Governor
of New York State, attend the meeting
and Big Tim Sullivan is also expected
Superintendent Hallimond and Mr. Hunt
| last night described the situation, but they
admitted that they had met many reverse'
in their fight for Americans out of work
| The railroads had repeatedly declared
against them on the question of transpor
tation, they asserted. The railroads hat
been approached and asked to grant tn
same terms to American men that wer
! given to patches of foreigners and, the!
both asserted, the railroads had positivel.
refused.
| Two years ago, said Mr. Hallimond, tn
| Grand Trunk Association of Railroads wa
| petitioned by the mission TO help In tn
matter of transportation. The organization
/ was asked 10 grant the same terms {