Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-17
FINDING WORK FOR
TWO MILLION MEN
IN CITIES OF j. S.
NATION WIDE EFFORT FOR THE
AID OF THE UNEMPLOYED.
RELIEF COMMITTEES FORMED

NEW YOR. Dec IA nation wide
campaign 90 aid the unemployed in
American cities and towns has begun.
Never before has such "a comprehensive
campaign Of brotherly love been devils
ed That America has her own fields
II starvation. her own afflicted, 10 mid,
has been brough, home by the grcit
movement 70 rescue the starving and
freczing Belrans In tho great process
q gathering funds food md clothing
FOR the afflicted Europeans there has
arisen closer Wow 81 our own prob
lem II has auddanly hcen discovered
that fully 100000 Americans are fac
Ing the rigors 81 winter and emrty
/ lnrders through unemployment
The causes ~ this condition form n
special study in themselves Whether
} strikes. Industrial depression. or self-
eshness arc to be blamed. the human
problem % reliC .snnds forth The
COMMITTEES Of prominent men who are
studying the problem for the city Of
New YORK headed by Judge e H.
Gary. are making every cffor, to get
nc the causes ana 10 formulate q cam
paign Of relief \ municipal employ
ment bureau has been opened. 90 bring
the employers and the iuhlrss together.
Two hundred women wives Of employ
ers have pledged themselves to aid tho
iohless during the winter
In Philadelphia. every city ward Is
organized Tor rlief work and CON.
certed effort Us being made 60 employ
extra help on pubic works
In Chicago the problem has been
wei handled, so far as unemployed
women is concerned The campaign 10
aid iotless men rs now underway
In Boston. tho state Free Employ
ment Bureau Shove q falling or TN IN .
Dor demands Mayor Curlcy Is headine
2 eommittes, that is mapping oui worl,
70 secure employment and relieve the
distress
IN Seattle. an appropriation uf f2l0o
has been made to care for unemployed
men and women
- Louis reports an unusual num-
4 Der Of unemployed. and soap Kitchens
Il have been opened for those who cannot
provide for themselves
IN Detroit. Henry Ford has opened
up his new hospital Tor the relief ot
the needy and has provided beds ana
food for the iobless
In Ontario. the government has al,
lowed an extension OF the season foi
cutting wood on crown lands hccaus,
D ot lack OF employment la certain part,
~ the province
In ohio. conditions are exceedingly
had o naccount % the strike Of ,h,
miners It's estimated that y 600 ar,
aIieoted The strike funds arr low
ana the families " the strikers are tnc
ing Cherries Christmas The state Ii
SWING seeo discarded militia uniforms
any many local organizations are aid
ing 10 the relief The issue is the aag,
scale the miners standing out tor thrc,
'rnts ton morc than the operator
viii offer
In C2mden, y J.. the street commits
sioner has been tl0oded with appiica
lions for work. since the city under
took 70 employ all idle ci'lsens. 4,
emergency appropriation o. 5000 hal
been raised
IN milwaukee,. the county and cit,
relief funds have been INADEQUATE [,
4 meet the Situation this fall 4 com
mftre ~ holding rcrnlpr meetings &.
devise a method OF getting work FOL
the unemployed
~ Newport KY. public funds ar.
oeing used 10 employ idle citizens
An appeal 20 aid the UNEMPLOYED Of
CoNlngton. KY. has come about b,
many cases ~ idleness.
The American Federation OF Labor
recently recognized the gravity Of IN,
situation when I, asked that the gov.
ernmrnt hurry It's plans for public
ou1aings so that the unemployed
would get work
WIN all the measures that are helms
.sNen 'hroughout the country 70 solve
,h's problem OF the unemployed. there
general optimism that the boom ir
'naussrisi eenters. promised by the vas,
crusis Tor material and articles from
soroad VIII soon relive she situation
NOTICE.
wy ,aNe~ Tor the year 1914 are nov
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