The Denver star., 1915-05-29
efficient WORK
OF URBAN LEAGUE
Conduct Of Shop For unem-
ployed Was a Success.
IN OPERATION TEN WEEKS.

National Organization For sstterins
Conditions Among Colorsd People
Secures Positions For Hundreds Of
Men In New York-city Officials and
Business Men Praise Effort.
New York.-The workshop for un-
employed men, which has been con-
Quoted in the basement of the st. Phil
fps church, in this city, for the past
ten weeks by the National League on
Urban Conditions Among Negroes, was
closed on Friday, April 16, after a
very successful period Of operation.
The total attendance at the shop was
1879. There were ia different men
registered at the shop, and the total
expense of operating amounted to S.
43O.59. the gift of the mayors COM
mitee on unemployment. While the
shop was allowed 70 cents per day per
man, the per unit daily cost Of the
shop at st. Philips church was 6.61
cents.
This shop has received the COM
mendation of officials of the unem-
ployment committee and such visitors
as Theodore Roosevelt, Judge Elbert
Gary, City Chamberlain Bruere, Mr..
Shillady, the director Of the unemploy-
ment committee; Mr.. George w. Per-
kins, Mr.. Charles W. Anderson, Mrs.
William Fl. Baldwin, Jr., and Mr.. l.
Hollingsworth Wood
In fact, it has been frequently stat
ed at the committees headquarters
that this shop was one of the most
economically run of all of the chain OF
workshops and that the cleanliness in
the kitchen and the workroom, the be-
havior Of the men and the character
of the output were exceptionally sat
isfactory and praiseworthy.
While the other shops used machines
for rolling bandages and making the
surgical dressings. the officials of the
league felt that it would be more bene-
fetal to the men if the expense OF pur-
chasing machines was omitted so that
the men could receive as much in
wages as possible. However, in spite
of the fact that the men used their
| hands only for the work. the output
was remarkable.
| These goods were boxed and shipped
to hospitals operated by or for colored
people In New York and other cities.
The hospitals receiving contributions
of surgical dressings are as follows:
Lincoln hospital, Vanderbilt clinic,
Roosevelt hospital. st. Mafy's hospital.
| st. Marks hospital, New York; Provt
dent hospital, Chicago; Red Cross sani
tarium, Louisville, KY; Richmond hos
pital, Richmond, Va; st. Agnes hos
pital, Raleigh, n. c.; Dixie hospital,
Hampton institute, Hampton, Va;
John A. Andrew Memorial hospital.
Tuskegee institute, Tuskegee, Ala;
hospital at voorhees, Industrial school.
Denmark, s. c.; Charity hospital and
! East Side sanitarium, Savannah. Ga.
donated through the Savannah branch
Of the National League on Urban Con-
| ditions Among Negroes and the Hub
bard hospital. Nashville, Tenn.
OF the IA men registered at the shop
there were 1856 West Indians and COS
of American birth. OF these men so
per cent We're voters. The stan of the
shop consisted of Miss Louise r. Lati-
mer. superintendent: Mrs. c. l.. Win
ston, supervising nurse; Alonzo DEG.
Smith. clerk. and Mrs. E. A. Cum
mings. matron. Volunteer service was
provided by the Utopia Neighborhood
| club and from the St Philips parish.
When the shop closed only 25O men
were employed, none being turned
| away. When the shop opened on Feb.
10 1t rapidly increased in size until its
capacity of $50 was taxed and men
We're being turned away at the rate of
from go to $50 per day. Approx
mately o25 of the men registered at
the shop have secured employment.
The National League on Urban Con
ditions has, in addition to the mana ge-
ment of the shop, been active in Sc
curing employment for colored PEOPLE
in other directions during the financial
depression OF the winter. Since Jan. !
more than 800 different indivt iuals
have been secured positions other than
those referred to above. Fifty two
girls and women between the ages of
sixteen and twenty-five are being paid
SS per week for six weeks while being
taught domestic science. Other classes
will be formed when these girls have
completed their courses.