The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

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 Danger signals are being flashed to young people bound for the Panama Pacific exposition without money friends or definite positions. To show that waring is needed, the American Social Hygiene association points to a report indicating that there Is much unemployment in San Francisco and calls attention also to the city's moral conditions which give cause for anx- iety.
 A survey of unemployment of women in San Francisco has just been com pleted by the California branch of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. Ac- cording to a report based upon this survey, there has been a large increase in the number of applications for po- sitions while in no established busi- ness has there been discovered an in crease in the number of positions available
 Many Applicants-Few Jobs At the exposition alone the manager of the employment bureau reported to the investigators that there were on file in his office December between 90,000 and 100000 applications for po- sitions. Of these between 5000 and 10,- 900 are applications of women But the number of positions for women to be filled directly by the exposition au- thorities is not more than 1000. The exhibitors, both national and state, supply their own employees, most of whom will be brought from the home locality of the exhibit, so that this source of employment proves to be limited.
 Employment bureaus are crowded with applicants. One, for example,
 which has kept statistics for 1913,
 stated that 1878 applications were re-
 ceived for three months, September to
 November, 1914, as compared with S24
 in 1913, while the number of places
 filled in 1914 was only 217-
 Factories, department stores and of
 fices also have an oversupply of labor
 according to the study made by the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. One
 store reported a daily excess of 2)
 applicants over this time last year. A second has received TIT requests for work made from October "A to De- cember 4. of which 110 were made by customers who applied in person. show ing that these women were on the ground and jobless. Another very large department store had so many inquiries about employment that they mailed a letter to applicants advising them to keep away from San Francisco. Similarly firm which hires clerical workers is sending out word to it's branch offices all over the country that i've have received Information from our branches in California to the effect that there are between 15.G00 and 2c.O0O unemployed stenographers and office assistants who are desti- tute. All charitable institutions and organizations are overwhelmed with | the relief work necessary to take care of these people; therefore, we would request that you inform those who ex- 1 pect to go to California or the eAae' state of affairs
 | Moral Dangers
 1 With reference to moral conditions 1 the American Social Hygiene associa- l tion points out, as indicative or gen eral laxity, that there has been an Tn crease in the number of questlonapls dance halls and failure 10 utiilze | law designated to curp coinihereiaii~e' l prostitution.
 On September 29, 1914. an ordinance I was passed transferring the power tt grant dance hall permits from the DO | lice commission to the board Of super' | visors. In the following three months ! 173 such permits were issued, 1o O. 1 which were renewed during the nrs 1 two weeks in January. On January Fl l 1915, there were 137 such permits eN- l isting-3S in the notorious Barpars Coast district 16 in the general regioi of the new tenderloin. 10 in the SO called beach district and seven in th' district near the entrance to the eX position grounds.
 At many of these dance halls th' character of the dancing and the ac lions of the women habitues consti ute a special menace to young mei away from home restraints. Such re sorts have been proved to be recruit ing grounds where pimps and pro curers are at work to swell the arml of prostitutes Young girls in searcl of innocent amusement are In specia