The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-22
BREAD LINES HOLD
FEW ABLE TO WORK
Police Offer Jobs to Many
Some Accept. hut Others
Cant Keep Pace.
PLACES WAITING FOR ALL

Police Commissioner Woods yesterday
issued a report on the investigation con-
Quoted by his Committee for the Relief
Of the Destitute and Unemployed in New
York and particularly OIL the Bowery.
which apparently indicates that the Tin
The report in part says:
TN searching for men to MI positions
officers from the committee visited sew
erai bread lines between midnight Mon
suit that out Of the Jt7 men less than
twenty-five accepted the opportunity to
work At prices ranging from $l.'5 to
s2.01 a day and expenses in reaching
employment. OF those who accepted EN-
ploy mcnt less than two-thirds actually
went to work yesterday.
with the representative of the police
committee were Or. Louis T.. Bisch or
| the psychopathic laboratory al Head
quarters. and Lieut.. McAuliTe of the
| nendicancy squad. with three OF his
men. OF the i2r people " on tile
| bread line at Prince street and the low
| cry, Dr. B,sch stated hat there were
| only twelve men ont Of scventy-hNe VINO
appeared physically able to do a hard
days work. These twelve men were
offered positions and told to report at
| Police Headquait ers yesterday. TWO OF
! them showed up and were sent to jobs.
| At the SANE. bread line yesterday w.
men were offcr,~l jobs and only eight
accepted. Ga this line there were also
Is6 women and SIX children.
"A, ~ O'clock Monday nigh, tho po-
lice officers visited Flcischmann's bread
! I've at Twelfth street and broadway.
IL III. opinion Of the ~psycaopa'h'c eN-
per, two-thirds OF these men we're ply
sically abb. To- work. Only a compare
lively small percentage we're deficient
mentally. During the early hoirs .:
Yesterday the police officers found lS,
men on the bread line al the Bovery
Mission and q good proportion of thelr
were from the fieischmann line OF ~
.our before. pr. Bisch said that IN h!'
opinion onr-fouith of these men were
suffering from some mental ab1or'nality
In his opinion about 80 per cent. were
physically unable to DO a hard days
work.
About forty Of the best physica
specimens in tn. tIc,schman and Bow
cry Mission lines were offered Jobs ant
asked To- report TO headquarters. A 10
tai of eleven men from In. three Enc
a.j~ar.d. All wcrc offered work IN
st... mil q; south Be;h,eG"m AZ $50
a day and ;r-,. transportation. The,
al refused t.i- work. Among tn" met
were three l'"iacks who were offered
work ~ - cents An hour IN a forill.z!ni
plant in New Jersey. They refused
All the men were then offered work I,
the subway Al sl.15 u day and four ac
ccp'cd. Two ncr. offered work Ut 8
a day in a ce!lulo:d plant and accepted
Mr.. Morrison. IN charge ~ the Blu
rcau % immigration OF the Unite,
states Department Of Labor. says tina
lac has work Of the nature stated fo
as many men 49, will apply. He il a
room :. Barge Office, Bowling Green
The investigation was under the 81
rectiov of lie Roy Peterson of the con
mittoe. Last night Mr.. Peterson >irk
on unemployment At the Eowery Niss!oI
Mr.. Peterson faced a real Bow cry audi
euc., I.oSt Of them down And outs
lie said that the police were pronpt'
/. by "A READ desire to help solve the prof.
len. Fur the men Who arr able I
nurn amt willing. he sad thai i VA
easy to lind il.Et! a. iobs. ana for ~
men who are able to work but no
wiling Ae said that the Magistrate
have the power "a commit, them, an
that he would see thu; their a:tentio
was called 80 tho iagrsnt cases II
a promised to ind joss for all who uoul
apply to him 1T roli,. Headquarters.
When The meeting WAS thrown ope
, for discussion one unshavcn indiy1du.
said MIR. Peterson. | am one Of thos
men Who Quit that subway Job. u
you ever liy. on bread and coffee f.
TWO weeks aud then try 20 handle a p!c
u shovel all day" 1t can't h. dom
. You ought 20 Investigate tho Jobs as W
. as the men"
: 7 off.r subway i"bs {" men who a.
: uni.r:el and run down j. idle sal
Suut. IIallfToad Of the mission. "Tf
, Vo,ir" Department ~ - novice in IN
business. ". have been ~ the udsi"'
a long t.l., and W have struck AL III
snagS. Tie 't-c IN the lodging hour
- insufficient 'uv a man {" dc Ia.
Labor on and a man cannot ic ,.n' ~
an such work until Ne is nealtnH tn'
sunr ore finds Il solution of the PR nj"
We Will keep on IN our hu.Iblc Nay