New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
Navy Will Be Asked TO Pro
vide Mattresses and Blan-
kets for Those Compelled
TO Sleep i'll Churches
Tents May Also Be Used
5000 of Them VIII Be Made
Ready To Be Set Up by
NIethodists, if Necessary

The Army Quartermaster Depart
ment is prepared to cooperate with the
Mayors Committee on Rent Profteer-
ing to make homelike the shelter Of
fered by the Methodist Episcopal Cen
tenary Committee to evicted tenants, it
was announced yesterday. Material
also will be obtained from the ware
houses of the Navy Department, it was
saids to aid in utilizing church build
ings as apartment houses.
Captain c. A. Goldsmith, U. S. N.
lretired), who has been acting for the
Mayors committee, was assured by
Major Asplum, of the quartermaster
base here, that two thousand army cots
will be made ready to turn over to the
committee az a moments notice. The
order authorizing this loan was issued
from the office of General Burr, head
of the personal storage and traffic de-
partment, after Captain Goldsmith had
communicated with him.
Seek Blankets From Navy
The army warehouses contain
neither blankets nor mattresses. Cap
tain Goldsmith is confident that these
can be obtained from the navy, and
will make application to-day.
By noon tomorrow. Captain Gold
smith said last night, accommo dations
Tor between three and four hundred
evicted tenants will have been provided
in the Methodist churches Of Manhat-
tan and The Bronx. Through pastors
of the churches and She Mayors COM
mittee, scores of dispossessed families
whose postponements obtained in the
courts expire tomorrow, have been
notified of the quarters provided for
them in the churches.
Twenty-Five More Churches
twenty-five additionas churches we're
surveyed yesterday by Captain Gold
smith and representatives of the Cen
tenary Consmttee In each instance,
the pastor assured the Investigators
Of his heartiest cooperation. By the
end of this week accommodations for
5000 persons can be provided, if neces-
sary.
quarters exceed all expectations, the
Quartermaster Corps is ready to loan
5000 tents, to be erected on the prop
erty controlled by the Centenary Com
mittee.
Details of plans for housing home
less in the church buildings were
worked out yesterday. Ropes will be
strung across the interiors of the build
lngs and blankets hung, thus separating
the families. The smaller rooms in the
buildings will be used first, one family
TO room. While no cooking will be
permitted, except in premises having
fully equipped kitchens, provision has
been made for the heating of milk for
children.
Churches Inspected
The following churches were looked
over for housing possibilities and are
prepared to accommodate victims of
rent profteers: Five Points Mission.
SO Madison Street; Blinn Memorial,
Lexington Avenue and 1850 Street;
Grace Church, 131 West l04th Street;
Jane Street Church, II Jane Street,
Brcoklyn; Madison Avenue Church.
corner Sixtieth Street; Metropolitan
Temple, so Seventh Avenue; st. James
church, Madison Avenue and 126th
Street; Sixty-frst Street Church, 229
-tas olAJy-nrSt SUroet, aShlnGtOn
Heights Church, Amsterdam Avenue and
l3od Street; Willis Avenue Church, cor
ner dist Street; Beekman Hill Church.
5iy East tlftieth Street; Church Of the
saviour, 1l1th Street and Lexington
Avenue; Church Of All Nations, 10
second Avenue; Jefferson Park Church,
4Vs East Fourteenth Street; Cornell
Memorial, 231 East Seventv-sixth
Street; Mott Avenue Church, Mott Ave
1qe and l50th Street, Peoples Home
'nurcn and Settlement, 553 East Elev-
enth street; fremont Church Wash
lngton Avenue and 18th Street; West
Side Church, 461 West Forty fourth
street Hadley Rescue Hall, 293 Bow
cry; Wood Memorial, 81 East 118th
street, and Park Avenue Church, cor
her hlghty-sixth Street.
Asked to Meet Hrsch
The Municipal Court judges, who
nave Jurisdiction over the landlord.
tenant disputes, we're invited by Chair
man Nathan Uirsch of the Mavor's
Iom mmlttee to meet with him on
" ednesday to discuss the rent situa-
THE work Of the Mayors Commit
zee nas revealed the feeling Of unrest
"hicn the rent Increases have aug
mented,' the invitation states. "This
unfest must be quoted unless we are
70 witness scenes Of violence"
me meeting VIII be held at D. m.
IN Room 1926, Municipal Building.
" Ns.s