Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-29
ORGANIZE PEOPLES
LEGISLATIVE BODY
Thirty-five Charity and Settle
ment Societies Represented at
Formation of New Bureau.

A delegation of thirty five repre-
sentatives from charitable and set
Element organizations throughout the
State convened at the Public Library
yesterday afternoon to organize the
Peoples Legislative Bureau of New
Jersey. 1t is said to be the first Or
ganization of its kind in the State.
The meeting was presided over by
Rev. Adolph Roeder, president of the
State Civic Federation.
The main work of the meeting was
the appointment of officers by nomi-
nation committee composed of Arthur
w MacDougall, of this city; Winston
Paul, of Jersey City; Mrs. William
Downs, of Orange, and Mrs. Harold
S. Buttenheim, of Madison. The Of
ficers were: President, Rev. Mr.. Road
err; ice-presidents, Seymour l.. Crom-
well, president of the State Charities
Aid Society; Richard Stevens. of the
Citizens Federation of Hudson coun-
ty, and Mrs. Harold S. Buttenheim, of
the New Jersey State Federation of
Women's Clubs; recording secretary,
Richard Hartshorn, of the Children's
Aid Society, of Essex county; cor
responding secretary, Miss Emily S.
Hamblen, of the public welfare COM
mittee. of Essex county, and treas
urer, Miles M. Beemer. of Jersey City.
The newly formed organization de-
cided to divide it's work into fifteen
branches and to elect an executive
committee of the same number. each
member being assigned a separate
branch. The committee selected con-
sists of Rev. Augustine Elmendorf
and C. w. Irwin. of the Commission
on Social Service of the Diocese of
Newark; Arthur w. MacDougall, of
the Bureau of Associated Charities, of
Newark; Mrs. John r. Paddock and
Mrs. G. w. b. Gushing, of the New
Jersey State Child Labor COMMITTEES;
Everett Colby, Winston Paul, of the
New Jersey Housing Association, and
the officers of the bureau.
The purpose of the bureau is to
bring about cooperation between the
constituent organizations and by this
means facilitate their efforts at State
legislation.
AS planned. the work of the bureau
will be divided into two distinct chan
ntlS. i1t Duitcbh w III AT do u
ing house" for legislation desired by
the organization, each of whom VIII
submit to it it's program for legisla-
ton, and in return receive drafts or
any bills proposed by other organiza-
tions. In this manner the bureau
hopes to avoid the submitting of coz
hicting bills by the various counties
to the Legislature.
Another phase of it's work Will DO
to keep a salaried agent at Trenton
to inform the organization of the
status of their bills in the Legisla-
ture and notify them of the date set
for hearing of their proposed meas
ures.
Besides the above named, other
organizations represented are: Miss
Mary Dimock, Elizabeth G. o. g.;
Rev. Birney S. Hudson, Organized
Charities and Mothers Congress of
Atlantic City: Mrs. William Downs,
of the Womans Club of Orange;
Miss Clara P. Curtiss. of the New
Jersey Neighborhood Workers Asso-
citation; Henry l.. DeForest, State
Charities Aid Mrs Bernard Lesser
and Miss Zip S. Falk. of the League
for Friendly Service of Glen Ridge;
Charles r. Scott, of the Newark Y.
M. c. A.; Mrs. J. II. Kirkland of the
Civic Club of Newark; Colonel Ed
ward s. Edwards, of the New Jersey
S. p. c. A.; DR. r. q. Hawkes., of the
Essex County Medical Society; w.
l.. Kinkead, of the New Jersey Hous-
ing Association Mrs. William Taylor,
of the Contemporary Club of New
ark Ernest d. Easton. of the Newark
Association; Will
lam T. Day, of the Elizabeth C. o. s.;
Mrs. Frank A. Pattison, of the Civic
Leagues of Colonla; DR.. William
Buerman. of the Civic Federation of
Orange; Mrs. +. II. Harrison, of the
Silver Lake Welfare Association;
Theodore S. Fettenger, of the
Clinton Hill Improvement Associa-
ton, and G. L. Stonaker, of the State
Charities Aid Association.
Mr.. Stonaker, who was temporary
secretary of the bureau, announced
that about $500 had been contrib
uted to the bureau, which will be
maintained by contributions from
as we'll as private in
dividuals.