Denver labor bulletin., 1916-01-15
EDWIN A. BROWN
STARTS CRUSADE
National tuberculosis SAM
tariumS in Western States
Noted Sociological Worker Outlines
Plan to Trades Assembly and Is
Given Unanimous Endorsement

Eight YEAR, ago Edwin 4 Brown. the
notcd sociological worker and resident Of
this city. appeared before the Denver
Trades and Labor Assembly and asked
for an endorsement of his plan 10 cstab
lish municipal lodging houses in the vari-
ous large cities thniout the United
States. lie made talk clearly defining
his program and tn. great need for such
hofn.- 10 house the unemployed. OF as he
tritely expressed. a place for the man
without a dime" The endorsement was
given and with ,hcsc credentials, MIR.
Brown, who /, man of considerable
means, often referred IN a. the million
ainc tramp Travelled from city to city.
conferrinr with governors, mayors. alder
men and other officials. In every place
he stopped Mr.. Brown donned the garb
of typical hobo or down. and outer
and applied for a place 10 sleep at the
city Jail. After a nights experience he
would give the true story to the papers
of that particular city. II was effective.
Campaign Was a Success.
This campaign was carried on for six
years. and Mr.. Brown spent thousands
OF dollars in demonstrating the necessity
for municipal lodging houses. One OF the
first OF these havens for the jobless and
homeless was established in Denver and
j. stil maintained. Today municipal
lodging houses are to be found in nearly
every city from the Atlantic to the
Pacific.
Having successfully carried out this
splendid work. Mr.. Brown j. about to
start campaign for the establishment
by the government of national sanitar.
iums in the West for treatment of per.
sons suffering from the white plague, OF
tuberculosis.
Starts a New Crusade.
His announcement of this new humani-
tartan movement was made at meet
ing of the Trades and Labor Assembly
last Sunday afternoon. In n brief ad-
dress he told the delegates that he
wanted to start his crusade for relief of
tubcrculars on the same plan and in the
same way as he began the campaign for
municipal lodging houses.
There are 100000 persons in the
United States who are i'll with tubcrcu-
losis and are too poor 10 obtain hospital
treatment he said.
"The United States government should
establish sanitariums for their treatment
in Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arl-
zona. Nevada and California.
This is of particular interest 20
unions. because il means aid for the
workers and those who become i'll
thru unsanitary working conditions.
Eight years ago | first asked the
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly to
endorse a plan I had for the establish
mcnt of municipal lodging houses for
men out of work.
This body gave the endorsement /
sought.
1T was great aid in obtaining en-
dorscmcnts from other labor organza-
tions thruout the country.
Again present first draft of my
plan to the Denver Trades and Labor
Assembly. II is my intention TO work
up a memorial to Congress supporting
this plan and ! shall go to Washington
and ! shall stay there until my efforts
are successful"
by unanimous vote the Assembly
instructed its Committee on Resolutions
to draw up resolution endorsing the
sanitarium plan and TO present II to
tho Assembly at the next meeting.