Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-27
CHURCHES OF NEW YORK
JOIN HANDS IN MOVEMENT
All Denominations Represented on
Committees GrnppIInE with Prob
. lem of uncmpioymcnt.

Protcstapts. Catholics and Jews rep
resting more than n THOUSAND churches.
have united to .rapple with the uncn-
pioymcnt question in Greater New
York during this winter The organ
of action is the interchurch une,nploy-
ment committee, formed under the
auspices OF the New York Federation
Of Churches.
The functions of this committee are
~ be a means OF communication be-
tween various churches dealing with
unemployment to the end Of unifying
ana s,andardizing such work. so that
II MA! be made more effective.
To recommend various measures for
individual church action to the
churches and synagogues of New York
city for the solution of the unemploy-
ment problem, and also TO recommend
measures for district neighborhood
work
To gather Systematically from the
churches exact information as to cases
handled. problems met. work done or
undone. in the parishes experience
with Unemployment this winter. for
possible use in encouraging, stimu-
Iating or demanding future govern
mental action for the permanent solu-
zion OF the problem;
To cooperate with governmental au-
thorities in the establishment and de
Veiopmcnt Of public employment agen-
Cies by state and city, and with other
relief measures;
To cooperate with business, labor
ana charitable organizations. by means
OF special committees. and TO prevent
'upiication in dealing with the unem-
rloyment problem:
To treat the unemployment problem
as a problem Of applied religion.
The members OF the committee are
as follows: Administrative section
The Revs. Nehemiah Boynton, David
Eaines-Grihiths, w. w. Bellinger. Hen
ry T. Cobb, Arthur j. Brown, Frank
NJ. Crouch, Jonathan c. Day. George
William Douglas. Howard Dui!ield,
Frank Oliver Hall, John HAYNES
Holmes, Frederick Lynch. Henry NJ.
MacCrnkcn. Charles s. Macfarland. !.
Howard Melish. William T.. Merrill.
Karl Reiland, Junius t. Rcmensnyder.
theodore SedGwick, Charles l.. Slattery,
Charles l.. Thompson. George l.. Wen
ner, Luther y. Wilson, Cornelius Woclf-
kin and :. Edward Young; George r.
Ngnew, Raymond T.. Fosdick. Miss
FRANCES y. kellor and George Z.
Parker.
Advisory section-Robert Fulton Cut
ting. Louis Amin Ames, Leo Arnstein,
Canon J. q. iiacchus. u. D., Canon Will
liam Shcafe Chase, u. D.. Julius Henry
Cohen, Ralph NJ. Easlcy. Rt. Rev. pa
"id NJ. Greer. ID. D., LII. D., Mrs. Ed
ward s Hardness. Mrs Helen Hart
ley, Jenkins. Professor Samuel Nc
Cune Lindsay, Manager u. j. McMahon.
Marcus NJ. Marks, Mrs. Walter l. May
nard. Mrs Frederick T. Pratt. Rabbi
samuel Schulman, Rabbi Joseph silver
man, Rev. GAYLORD :. White and DR..
stephen :. Wise.
Executive committee Nehemiah
Soynton, d. H.. Ernest NJ. Stirrs. ID. d..
Charles l.. Bernheimer. William c.
i6rccd Thomas =. McLauc. and Walter
Laidlaw, recording secretary.
Or Hoynton, chairman of the Cleri-
cal Conference of the New York Fed
Grafton of Churches. is chairman of the
administrative section, and the Rev.
Charles StclZlc is the executive secre-
AIRY. The HEADQUARTERS of the COM
mittec is In the Fifth Avenue Building.