Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-08
VOLUNTEERS PLAN FOR GIVING TO POOR
Unemployed Who Seek Aid Will Be Given Opportun1-
 ty to Earn Their Needs.

Staff Captain J. l.. Dowell of the Volunteers of America. arrived in. Pine Bluff Sunday, to establish an industrial and rescue home here, as was announced in The Graphic of Friday morning.
 Captain Dowell was in conference yesterday with Mayor Simon Bloom and also with Miss Rosalie ,Philpot, assistant secretary of theAssociate1' Charities, and at the conclusion of the conferences, Mayor Bloom and the Associated Charities, through Miss Philpot, both endorsed the work of the Volunteers and promised their CO., operation.
 An outline of the work to be done here by the Volunteers of America was given yesterday by Staff Captain Dowell, as follows:
 "The Volunteers of America plan the following work in Pine Bluff: "To lease building for their Rescue mission, where unemployed men will ;oe cared for temporarily; to care for transient women and chil- dren who land in Pine Bluff strand ed until these can be returned to their homes or friends, and to give Christmas dinners to the poor. In all work, the Volunteers will cooperate with the city officials and the As sociated Charities, and they will not duplicate the work already being done by the Associated Charities. "The Volunteers plan to take care ; of the unemployed men and make this part of the work practically self-sup- 1 porting. This plan is to gather up l all the scrap and waste paper from the business housese and magazines, newspapers, rags, old clothing. old
 furniture and many other rummage from the residences of the city. The clothing will be given, without price
 to those who need it. The rags and 1 to help meet the expenses of the mems department, the object of ou1
 work being not to make paupers oi
 the men but to give them an oppor-
 tunity to work for what they get
 Men will be given their bed and breakfast for working only one hour
 and half, either at sorting and bal
 ing paper or at cutting wood. "This home will he opened imme-
 diately, at 112 1-2 West Barraquo
 street, and the following furniture
 and supplies will be needed, the pub
 lie being asked to give what they can
 of these supplies: 9 cots. 9 com forts. 30 sheets. 25 pillows. 50 slips
 beds. ? dressers. dining table, 25
 chairs, 1 range, heaters. , gallons of pain, 100 chairs for mission hall, 1 old horse or mule. and spring wagon and harness, to be used in gathering ] papers. etc.
 "A full financial statement will be given the public monthly through the l press, as well as a report of all the
 work accomplished The rent Of building. water, fuel, light and tele- phone wal amount to approximately $50 monthly. and fifty men and wom- en of the city will be asked to con 1 tribute $1 per month to make up this amount
 An employment bureau or depart mcnt will be conducted to give those in need of hel pan opportunity to give work to those most in need of em- l ployment. The volunteers plan to give ' Christmas dinner to 300 per sons on Christmas Day. Captain TIA. Steel, who will have charge of this work here, is "a man of broad experience in mission and philanthropic work, who. before talk ing up this line of endeavor. was for "a number of years employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in an official position"