The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-01
EFFICIENT WORK
OF URBAN LEAGUE
Conduct Of Shop For Unem-
pIOyod Was a Success.
IN OPERATION ten WEEKS.

National Organization For Bstterins
Conditions Among colored 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
ip's 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
very successful period Of operation.
The total attendance at the shop was
12,739. There were TIA different men
registered at the shop, and the total
expense Of operating amounted to $s.-
430.59. 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 8.61
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 II. 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 1t 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. Mary's hospital.
st. Marks hospital, New York; Provi-
dent hospital, Chicago; Red Cross sani-
tarium, Louisville. KY; Richmond hos
pital, Richmond. Va; st. Agnes hos
'pital, Raleigh, N. o.; Dixie hospital.
Hampton institute, Hampton. Va;
John A. Andrew Memorial hospital.
Tuskegee institute. Tuskegee. Ala;
hospital at Voorhees, Industrial school,
Denmark, 8. 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 TIA men registered at the shop
there were 158 West Indians and Cos
Of American birth. OF these men ~
per cent were voters. The staff Of the
shop consisted Of Miss Louise r. Lati-
mer. superintendent; Mrs. U. L. Win
ston, supervising nurse; Alonzo DEG.
Smith, clerk, and Mrs. Il. A. Cum
mings, matr0n. Volunteer service was
provided by the Utopia Neighborhood
club and from the St Philips parish.
When the shop closed only 250 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
were being turned away at the rate of
from 250 to $50 per day. Approx
mately 525 Of the men registered at
the shop have secured employment.
The National League on Urban Con-
ditions has, In addition to the manage
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 500 different individuals
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
So per week for six weeks while being
taught domestic science. Other classes
will be formed when these girls have
completed their courses.
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