The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-09
ALL PORTIONS Or
PUBLIC OPINION
ARE DESIRED
Committee in Charge Of Or
ganisation Of Civic League
Wants Every Glass Repre-
scented At Meeting.

Every phase OF public opinion -
dtsired a. the ineeting Monday eve
ming n the Commercial club AZ which
= civic ieagiie will be ~orsani1ed. The
wish 81 the advocates Of this move
mfni ie that every man M women
who IA Interested IN the htticrmcnt
or the community. or IN the better
discharge OF is civic duties % society
IN Hpntrst attend this meeting and
lend his or her support 70 the pro-
jecgs which will b. Initiated a. that
iirne.
The COMMITTEES which ia calling thc
meetlnG ~ representative % every
civic body IL the city. Much work
has already heen done on the ieneue'n
ofKanlsafion and q successful and in
i%iuential body Is expected TO result
from tbs meesinE.
One Of the snatlers which win be
breugAi 40 az the cessation win b. the
request OF y Joint committee o. tho
civic organizations to the prospective
organisation 70 handle the expendl-
ture Of a $1,000 fund for visiting
nurse. general health Improvement
and organised charity work. This
eommlttee has already commenced
the gatherins Of this fund. the nu-
cieus, u Il hoped, Of a substantial
charity FUND for the city, The osn
mittee II composed OF representa-
tives OF the Tuesday club. the Parent
Teachers association. the Non-Sec-
tsr!un Benevolent society. the Mu-
piclpar Christmas Tree committee.
the Woman's club. The New Mexico
Tuberculosis association and the
health department Of the commercial
club.
The object Of forming a munlci-
pal league along the lines already
laid down said a prominent sup
porter OF the movement today. Is
10 place charity here on a business
basis. The other day there was a
story In a local newspaper about a
hoy wanting q bicycle 50 he could go
to WORK 10 help hts family The next
day he had ak bicycles offered. Now
'tf there was q proper organization
here Il might have found FIVE other
boys who could have earned some
thing for their families through the
,fre Of those nv other bicycles. The
same applies 10 recent appeals for
bedding. one story brought In
enough bedding 10 reach 10 the CELL
Ing. We should have an o%rganiza-
tion to look up these appeals. find
nut whether the people mentioned
arc worthy. and IL they aEe. extend
them relief.
Again. such an organization
would be good for securing needed
legislation In solution OF The poverty
problem. There are Instances here
where men and women are public
charges simply because they viii not
90 20 work and stay at work. There
ought 20 be some legal means Of
handling those eases
I1ttic Poverty Here.
There IL an idea abroad that there
II lots Of poverty here. god particu-
larry that we have a vast number Of
INDECENT h-eaithseekers In the city as
a result OF our advertising campaign
Neither phase 81 this idea h correct
We have little poverty here, Though
the Municipal Christmas Tree com
mittee did nnd 600 people in need
yet that hEurc, IN proportion 10 our
actual population, not our census
shown population. rs low.
Again, there are less than 10 per
rent Of our poor who are health
seekers. and many OF these are peo-
pie who have been here for years
and have been public charges almost
an that time.
THE workers OF the Christmas
tree committee travelled more than
s.0e0 miles In this city searching out
people who were In need. Mrs Field,
who has been connected with Chart
able and philanthropic work for
many years in this city, assures me
that there Ia Jess poverty here. among
our own people, than she has ever
seen. But We have a lot of Mexican
refugees here. and to the casual eye
they appear ss natives, And the CON
diti0nn among our own Spanish
American people are far worse THIS
winter than they have been for a long
lime past
"But for an that. Il h time thal
charity work here was placed on a
business hasls. Giving ought To be al
rectcd where ~ will DC the most
GOOD the greatest results possible
ought 10 be obtained from our eN
penditures. hence We need orgnniza-
ton. We hope 10 perfect such AN or
~ganlzation az the Commercial club
Monday evening"