New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-03
Distinguished Citizens to
Attack Problem of the
Unemployed.
MAYOR HOPEFUL OF
"GRAVE SITUATION"
Sub. Committee on Evictions To
Be Named to Deal with
That Problem.

The committee 20 take up the prob
lem of unemployment in behalf Of the
City OF New York was appointed yes
terday by Mayor Mitchell and includes
some fcurscore bankers, railroad presi'
dents, labor leaders. state and city Of
ficials and clergymen. Ebert H. Gary
chairman of the board of directors OF
the United States Steel Corporation
will act as chairman of the committee
In a letter to Judge Gary Mayor
Mitchell explained the question which
he wishes the committee to consider
After thanking Judge Gary for his &C
ceptance Mayor Mitchell wrote in part:
"The situation in this city regarding
unemployment and restitution is grave,
but there is no occasion for i'll con-
sidered action either by individuals or
by the city. We are not facing a
crisis; we are, in fact, face to face
with a great and persistent problem,
but we shall be able to cope with it in
telligently and, | hope, effectively II
we act in cooperation.
1.-THE city has already taken an i'm
portant step in the right direction
when it established public employ
ment bureau. 1t must 60 further than
that. II must so plan its own work
and expenditures that they may De
most useful in giving employment durs
ing the period of stress.
az hope your committee will be able
,..,tL tbaao a T..
tiers. 1 also hope that you will help
me in spreading the word broadcast
throughout the country that those out
of work should not seek work IN New
York at this time, for by doing so they
will not help themselves and only
make matters worse for those among
US who are now eagerly seeking WORK.
The members of the committee, be-
sides Judge Gary, are Otto I. Barnard,
Charles p. Neill, Mrs. Florence Kelly,
Miss Mary L. Dreier, Miss Rose Schnel-
derman, Timothy Healy, George, f.
Baker, jr., F. S. Tomlin, Colonel john
+. O'Rourke. Thomas VI. Mulry, Will
lam L. Truesdale. Frederick d. Under
wood. Cornelius n. Bliss, jr., Robert w.
dc Forest, Seward Prosser, Irving !.
Bush, James G. Cannon, Louis j. Horo-
WITT. Darwin P. Kingsley, Ira Place,
Haley Fiske, John Mitchell, Frank
Hedley, Otto NJ. Eidlitz, Julius hrutt-
schnitt, F. A. Vanderlip, Hugh Frayne,
Oscar s. Straus, Roswell d. Tompkins'
R. Fulton Cutting, P. A. S. Franklin,
Stephen S. Wise, Bertha Poole Weyl,
Herbert Gunnison, John D. Crimmlns,
r. A. C. Smith, f. C. Blum, Samuel
Donnelly, Daniel Willard, Walter Holt,
B. A. Larger, John Dycke, James +.
Holland, Howard Bradstreet, Gustaye
Hartman, Bernard Semmel, Alfred /
White, Frank L. Babbot, Louis s.
Schramm, Timothy S. Williams, Ralph
Peters, George W. Perkins, Arthur
Woods, Henry Bruere, John A. Kings
bury, George H. Bell, Lillian D. Valid,
the Rev. Dennis j. Mcmahon, the Rev.
Karl IRELAND, Paul Kenneday, Cyrus l.:
Sulzberger, Jacob Wertheim, Marshal
P. Gleason, Mrs. James Speyer, Clark,
son Cowl, II. C. Hequembourg, Edward
7. Devine, Howard P. Elliott, William
Loeb. jr., John B. Andrews, Frank
Trumball, Wesley j. Oler. Walter Gean,
S. Schinasi, Henry R. Seager, James r;
Coughlan, George B. Cortelyou and
Cornelius Vanderbilt.
The Mayor at a conference yesterday
with committee headed by Judge Gus
tave Hartmann said he would appoint
a subcommittee from the main com
mittee on unemployment to dea, with
evictions. Another meeting Will be
held on December 10. The members
of the committee who called on him
Yesterday were, besides Judge Hart
mann. Bishop Greer, the Rev. DR..
Charles II. Parkhurst, the Rev. DR.. Jo-
seph Silverman, the Rev. DR.. Rudolph
Grossman, Judge William II. Wad-
hams. Harry H. Schlacht and the Rev.
DR.. Bernard Grachman.