Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-07-22
WELT ARE WORK,
AS OUTLINED
BY'CONINIT,IEE.
Problems of Municipal aId
County Government TO Be
Va Taken Up.

TheAPA bile Welfare Committee be-
Igan itsNed ucational campaign today. II
ISSUED az i amphlet which was the first
I aolear-cutsA and comprehensive presen-
Itationtof II body's purposes. methods
land achieN ments made since the or
{ lganization y began its work.
pa ra sTaph summary con-
ftained in th( pamphlet says:
( THE Publit Welfare Committee cuts
across all pa rty and creed lines. 1t
is supported by pubic-sprited citi-
zens. who are interested in work of
civic betterme, ut The committee de-
sires to cooper ate with all municipal
and county oa icials throughout Es-
sex county in the solution of prob
f lems peculiar I o their departments
{ or communities.
The work pei formed is but a be
ginning" said Executive Secretary
Ernest 4. StoWeA today. in cOmment-
ing on the pamp1 let. The problems
III municipal and county government
still offer = large field for such an
organization.
H1'he methods asa outlined are really
declaration OF prlnciples. The com
mittee is not SO ml ch aD iatestigat-
ing body as 4 Goa operative society.
Public officials shoStld welcome the
assistance - such ! an or&anlzatlon
and the citizen oodA should unhesi-
tatingly supporcYhe tnQvement Clti-
zen co-oper7tioni7}n me, 'esS2rN to stl'n-
nlates cit. officials to 1pnt forth their
best effoT ~
origin of Committee.
Under l1a heading. .'0raia of the
Public WAifase Committee the pam
phlet states:
"rhe PuEllic Welfare Com nittee real
lv RESULTED from the confluence of
two main streams of soci1i activities.
one, a iuHenile movemenT 9oSun in
the spring Of 1910 and h9ging for its
aim ultimate determinaa9a OF the
conditions lAader which TIE children
of our communities shall grow up:
the other. a CIVIC movement, initiated
after the High street fire. and hav-
ing for its ann public eul8gAtenment
and nteligem1e regarding municipal
affairs which should in tive, assure
us adequate control of them throughl
governmental a dministratlon.'
The body was organized a s the Pub
lie Welfare Committee of Essex Goun-'
ty on March l6,, l911. and was incor-,
porated April IS, '9l@.
big growth i'm the annual CON-
tributions since ehe. founding Is ine
dicated in the hnancial report. I'm
1911-f9la they totaled SS,013.35. rising
to Ss.712e0 in 1912-19tS, to S4,91062 lin
1913 1914. and making a big jump 20
s11,2g516 in 1914-1915. This latter
amount was expended for surveys
made by the New York Bureau of
Municipal Research. During the yetar
the bureau experts worked In thts
field the entire program of the Pub
lie Welfare Committee was under
their direct chargej and supervision.
d.,x IN, ba -,
phlet follows;
Purposes.
To. study and Investigate social,
economic and industrial conditions.
Toi diffuse a knowledge OF and en-
courage the study OF remedial meas
ures for poverty distress, vicinus-
ness, criminality and evil.
To- prepare and present bills and
urge the passage of legislation for
the betterment of sncaa welfare.
To cooperate with State, county
and municipal authorities for the i'm
provement of social, economic and
Industrial conditions.
To collect to compile and to pub
lish the results of such study and
investigation.
Method of Operation.
Confer with the official responsible
for the social condition or the
municipal department to be studied.
Cooperate with municipal Off
cials i'm devising remedies so far as
these can be effected through
changes of system.
Colordinate existing movements for
the ,betterment of social and civic
conditions.
Stimulate existing societies where
conditions are not being effectively
%met.
Initiate work on untouched prob
lens.
Demonstrate method wherelno other
agency is fitted to undertake given
task
Prepare formal reports to depart
ment heads. city executive officers
and the general public.
Make no recommendations as to
personnel further than to present
factk throwing light on the eff
ciency or inef1iciency of employe or
officer or to suggest necessary quail
fications and where to find eligible
candidates.
Institute systematic follow-up
through press articles until some
thing definite is done to correct the
conditions disclosed.
In all studies undertaken, furnish
persons qualified by training and ex-
perience to do the work.
larger Benefits Of Welfare Work.
Conducted campaign for the re
duction of infant mortality which
resulted in the establishment OF a
division of child hygiene by tn
Newark Board of Health.
Investigated conditions affectins
the physical welfare of school chill
dren and secured more general use
of school properties as social cen.
ters
Made a survey OF the Newark bu-
reau of combustibles and fire risks
which resulted in the increase OF th'
.nspectional force
Made a survey of the commercia'
marks, corrected some abuses, re-
moved indecent slot machines from
Electric Park and secured materia
TO form the basis of better regula
ton in the future.
Established An organized system o
rolicapap in Npwark