New Britain herald., 1918-02-01

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James.-adVt
"!hese same people need your help
! along another line. The New Amer
lean Association has been great
force for helping 10 make American
citizens, in the broadcast sense of that
term, of these peoples from all parts
! Of Europe. Never has this country
so much need to have these diverse
| nationalities assimilated into one great
nation as at the present time. We
have all been startled by the number
Of men who have been in this country
for years and have never become ma
turaliZed. On the other hand, we are
delighted with the loyalty and pa,trl-
otism of our so-called foreign popu
latiOn, they are standing by this coun-
try that has received them and they
show a fine readiness to fight for her
protection but all the more do we
, owe them the help and guidance
towards fuller knowledge of our,
+ ideals. Let us back up the work or
! the New American Association and
. VIC think Of them. Germany's atti-
tude to all other races is contempt
and she avowedly plans to crowd
them out Of the way and exterminate
thcm. VIE should stand up boldly
and show that our attitude is to re-
ceiVe them and help them to live ac-
cordng to the highest ideals.
"Although the Federation of Char
tiles and Philanthr opies was dropped
last year. I do not believe that the last
, word has been said on that subject.
! We combined the campaigns for the
: V. NJ G. A. and X. of c. 1t was a
| very fine thing and accomplished far
more than just the collection of 500
: 00O. The pooling of interests aWak-
ems sym pathies and increases cooper
! alton. Today we have no Day Nurs-
cry, not because it is not needed, but
! because it was a new charity ana
! small and it was forgotten and died.
/ why should it not be federated with
! the Milk Station or Visiting Nurse,
! or Charity Organization, or all OF
| them. and then all could be so
! brought to the attention Of the people
| that thew would receive the support
| they need Some people thought we
} could not collect a large sum- such
as the federation would need, by
| single campaign to collect 1t all at
once Since then we have found that
New Britain will subscribe several
times that sum at one time, If the
| needs are properly shown. SeVerai
| years ago there was a Central Advls-
; DRY Council composed of delegates
Grom every charitable society ana
every church in New Britain, which
met once a month for mutual help
and to plan for civic Improvement.
The Child Welfare Exhibit when we
! had was its work. | want 10 see d
! similar organization re-eatabNShed as
| a part of the Civic Bureau. 1t Will
| be a basis and beginning of fedora
| ton, and will not have some of the
| features which caused some obJec-
ton last wear. I am sure that fedora
ton will come but it may be best to
have it come gradually. 1t will then
! not appear so radical. Even should
the war stop, now, large gifts TO
| charity would be needed for several
years to help the impoverished peo"
| pies and charity at home Wlll call lOr
more and more. Even a little feder-
alton will help us TO meet these CANS.
! 1.-THE manufacturers have not yet
! made much use of the chamber or
| Commerce but have formed the Manu-
| facturers' Association and have a cen
| trail employment bureau to help the
! manufacturers get labor and to help
the worEmen find employment.
1.-The Chamber of Commerce should
| take definite steps to help along these
| lines, not interfering with The manu-
! facturers' bureau, but helping the
retail merchants to find clerks, helping
the fruit growers to find pickors in
tho season, etc There is definite
| need along these lines.
| I'm the matter OF transportation the
| opportunity for united action is i'm
| perative. The large factories have
their own traffic managers ami they
! are very busy men. The small fac
tories and merchants cannot do this
but their need is often pressing. The
! Chamber of Commerce should be able
to give this help, either as part Of
the regular work of the Chamber or
as an extra service supported by those
who benefit from it. And this trans
pOrtation dcpartm ent since it does not
| represent any one interest will have
many opportunities Of taking up mai
ters with the railroad which the fac
| tory men would hesitate 10 take up.
AT the present time q further duty
| would come to this transportation de-
partment, that of acting with other
chambers of commerce and boards Of
! trade in nearby cities, to make more
efficient the auto truck business. Pres
! emit figures show that auIo trucks
| throughout the state handle about so
per cent. Of their rated capacity.
we with a few others. have our
! phone listed under the name "return
| load" SO far this has not had
| have been helped. An active CAM
paign must be waged to educate the