Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-25
RESTORING FAMILIES
F.. To HOUSEKEEPING IS
NOW THE MAIN TASK
To Handle This Work of Re-
habiIitation Which Will Take
Weeks of Hard Work, Strong
Committee Is Appointed

Providing burned out white and ne
gro families who had no insurance with
the wherewithal to resume housekeep-
ing is now the big task confronting the
Red Cross relief station.
To handle this work, which is tech
nically known as rehabilitation Gen
eral Chairman Lee Ashcraft has APP
pointed a committee of carefully Sc
lected business men and three negro
citizens who know the negroes and the
general situation in the burned ngr*
SETON
Tn committee is as follows.
Edward H. Inman, chairman: Rock
we'll Johnson, Isaac SchOen, Judge Wal
ter T. Colquitt. H. II. Pace (colOred g.
Rev. F.. II. Oliver (cOlored, and y. r.
Herndon Ccolored).
With this committee Chairman Ash
craft has requested Mrs. Spencer r.
Atkinson. Mrs. r. L. Foreman and Miss
Susan Young to cooperate in an adVls-
DRY capacity.
The rehabilitation committee will
pass on the case of every white and ne
gro family burned out with no insur-
ance to cover loss, OF with so little in
surance that they cannot set up house
keeping without help.
Emergency relief, such as providing
sufferers with shelter, food, clothing
and transportation for goods rescued
from the fire, will be finished in a
few days.
Rehabilitation will require weeks Of
steady. patient painstaking work by
the whole committee.
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.
To take charge of the employment
brueau. Chairman AsncTaft Thursday
appointed a committee composed of Mrs.
David Marx, chairman, Mrs. Spencer X;
Atkinson. Mrs. r. Woodruff, Mrs. ). y
Bell, Mrs. r. Roberts, Mrs. A. n. Harris,
Mrs A A Johnson and 2rs. n Heyman.
This committee has charge of placing
fire sufferers. both white and colorcd,
in employment. There is plenty of work
and plenty OF applicants for it, One
group of a dozen men were placed liz
Jobs in five minutes Thursday morning
and given car fare to proceed at once
to work.
One of the interesting contributions
Thursday was $50 from the Chinense
Freemason society and S2l from the on
Ieong Tong Merchants association.
The Gholstin Spring & Mattress Co
contributed 100 cots. valuee at 5000, as
a memorial to the late Mr.. .ouis Ghoi-
stin. who died a few days age
The Ridley-Yates company stnt con-
which was much appreciated.
The b. L. & l. :. Milling compaiv =, Of
seymour. Ind, through their Atlacta
branch. sent 2 contribution Of 500 Il
pound sacks of -four. also much appre-
ciated.
THOROUGHLY ORGANIZED.
Fire relief work by the Red Cross
station in the auditorium has been
thoroughIv and completely organized
and is settling down to a steady rou-
tine.
4 very large number Of white peo-
ME rendered homeless by the fire are
able to take care of themselves and
have asked for no assistance of any
kind.
Other white people are getting as
sistance in finding storage facilities for
goods they saved, in getting trucks 10
haul their goods, i'm finding houses to
rent.
4 variety of other service is being
rendered to white people who need it.
The station Thursday asked The Jour-
nal to say to white people in need of
assistance that they should not feel
backward about applying. through any
fear that their needs will not be treat
ed confidentially. The station is anxious
to help everyone who needs help. 1t
will handle requests i'm strict confidence
and in such a tactful way as not to
wound peoples feelings.
The station requests physicians who
lived in the burned area to list their
new telephone numbers. Their patients
are having difficulty finding them after
office hours.