Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-30
REGISTRATION

Branch of This Government Servif
| Opened Here to Meet Housing Cor
| l-tditions Occasioned by War-tonl
mittee of Chamber of Commerce =
Co operate in Work. I
A branch of the United State
Homes Registration Service has: beet
organized in this city with offices a
the Chamber of Commerce. This
forms one of chain of regissrieE
being organized Throughout: tic CONN
try to meet in part the housing needf
o.casioned by conditions such As exist
in this city on account Of the war
These registries are operated under
the direction of the Bureau of Indus!
trial Housing and Transportation OF
the Department of Labor.
During the month Of September
Mr.. St. John of the Industrial Hous
ing and Transportation Department.
visited Alexandria and met with ;hel
Board OF Directors Of tbe Chamber of
Comre1ce. The Chamber pledged its.
cooperation with the government ,ill
all work to meet the pressing emel.
gency. The following committee orr
housing was appointed:
Gardner l.. Boothe. chairman
Judge S. G. Brent, Carroll Pierce, Il
R.. Burke, R. L. Payne, ]. Y. Williams
John T Harrison, Frank R. Higgins
Robt. S. Jones. John G. Graham, VIM
H. Sweeney, T. E. Dyson, A. D Broc
kett, Mrs. T. C. Howard, Miss Mary
Lindsey, Miss Emma NJ. Giles. Mis-
Katherine Waller and Mrs. D. J
Howe.
This committee forms nucleus ol
The pres ,n1 War Registry which i:
now representative of the best inter.
ests of Alexandria. There will be but
one room registry in the city of Alex.
andria, the War Camp Communit!
Service and the United States EN-.
ployment Service having merged thei1
lists with the now registry. This was
essential to avoid duplication or over
LA ,ling.
With the Liberty Loan Drive glor-
iously finished ard the influenza al.
most finished, the time has come wher
must plan to meet the
growing demands Of = labor being
brought to this city. The cry of the
shipyard is for rooms, and now that
the land has been cleared for Sht
Torpedo Assembling P ant. the con-
struction of that building will be rap.
!dlv proceeded with and this cit!
must make arrangements to take care
of approximately one thousand niei
who will work on the building. Afse; 4
its completion two thousand wor'.rrS !:
the greater number being superskil i
led men:will have to be provide tor.
II is a patriotic duty of every home il. 4
the city of Alexandria. with one OF
more spare. rooms, to Immediately
list them with J. T. Preston, the,
manager of the new registry There !
is a crying demand for single rooms
double rooms, light house keeping
apartments and vacant. houses. all Of
which should be listed. Those build J
ings having unused lofts, stores witt
unused upper stories, are very deslr,
able for Jisting. 1t will be necessary
for: this city.to make habitable every,
building for the incoming and Increase
ing army of industrial workers. Ev'
ery man and woman. on the firing
line needs, and has the rightlto de,
mand, the backing of the people at
lome. The munitions of war must
he supplied by workers in shipyards
airplane plants and munitions plants
These industries are located in this
city and no citizen has the right to
keep an.unoccupied room at this time.
The old rooming list of the Cham
ber of Commerce is to be revised and
those having formerly listed rooms,
as well as those who have: never con-
siderd listing the available rooms in
their homes, are asked to Immediately
report to the United States Homes
Registration Service what accommo.
dations they can furnish for wal
work erS