Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-24
HOUSEWIVES PLAN
CITY HALL MARCH
Mighty Protest to Be Made
Monday by Ghetto
Women
CHILDREN IN PROCESSION
Horrors of High Cost Food
Situation to Be Forcibly
Presented

Plans to march on city Hall in n mighty
protest that will take the message of hum
cry children to the heart OF the city are
being made today by housewives in meet
ings in the Ghetto.
The demonstration Is set for Monday
morning according to the schedule being
mapped out this afternoon by the women,
who intend by this means and by boycotts
against high-prced foods to bring down
the cost of living Children and babies
will be taken along In the parade that will
present the food situation forciby to the
attention OF the city authorities.
The situation. which has resulted in food
riots the last three days and the closing OF
many shops in the Jewish quarter. assumed
important proportions with the calling ot
at least three mass-meetlngs in the south
east section OF the city this afternoon
Meetings were held at Royal Hall seventh
and Morris streets; New Auditorium Halt
Seventh street and snyder avenue, and
Lyric Hall. sixth and Christian streets.
Tension was high at each meeting. Ex-
cited housewives. crying out in Hiddish that
their children we're suffering for food. arose
and demanded violence TO bring down the
prices Cooler heads prevailed and careful
plans to bring pressure upon food dealers,
wholesale and retail. were made.
The boycott against retail dealers in
chickens, fish. onions beans and potatoes
having resulted in many shops Withdrawing
these products from the market, the house
wives. scenting victory. plan to extend the
boycott to -four, all meats, butter and
eggs.
They plan also to force boycott on the
wholesalers, the man higher up The
city's aid in forcing the wholesale prices
down will be sought. In addition, messages
have been sent TO rabbis to withdraw the
'kosher" knives so that no more slaughter
Ing may take place according to the ancient
religious custom. BY this means the de-
termined housewives intend to boycott
meats Of all kinds
Banners bearing the slogans that will be
adopted this afternoon will be carried In
the parade Monday. Children will be kept
home from school to take part in the
parade Many housewives declared that If
the school authorities objected they would
be informed that the children were too
hungry to go to school, and that 1t was the
parents duty to use them in the effort to
obtain justice for the little ones.
Although tension ran high throughout the
Ghetto today re-enforcements of policemen
and the fact that today is the Jewish Sab
bath had a queting effect on the protest
ing housewives. Most of the shops and
markets were closed and many of those
that were open did not offer for sale the
forbidden articles of food. Not potato
was to be along the entire length of
ths Seventh street market today. and chick
ans. were scarce.
HOLIDAY CROWDS MENACING
Large holiday crowds were on the streets
today and open threats were made against
the wholesale dealers should the prices con-
tinue at their present rate. The police pre-
pared themselves for any demonstration
that may follow with sundown, when the
Sabbath shall have ended. 1t was reported
that a demonstration would be staged to-
night
The food boycott reacted today upon the
price of eggs. which dropped to 39i2 and
40 cents a dozen, Yesterday eggs sold al
Al and 42 cents and the day before at Is
cents.