The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
Jobless and Homeless They
Appeal to the City Off
Gals in Vain for
Support
DECLINE TO BECOME CITIZENS
More Than Score of These Men Who
Have Been Refused Work in the
City Demand That Police Care for
Them are Told to "'Get Out

We have got to have place to
sleep and eat is the new appeal of
the Glass F. aliens and they are carry
ing their complaint to the police de-
partment. Five of these men appealed
to the police department this morning
and demanded that they be given work
They were put through the usual ques-
tions and all Of them had the same
complaint. I'VE don t want to be citi-
zens of the United States and we are
going to go back to some other coun-
try sect out" was the only com
ment Of Chief 0 Hare to these men and
g Get out" was echoed through every
corridor of the city hall where the men
appealed for aid The men were told
frankly that Kenosha had no place for
them unless they were ready and will
ling to declare their intention to be-
come citizens of the United States.
There were blanks at the police Office
that the men could sign but they SHE'D
at the blanks and let the idea that
they did not want citizenship sink in.
Twenty-Five of the men have applied
to the police for shelter in the past
few days declaring that they could not
get work in Kenosha and that they
wanted care from the city. The num-
bers were being rapidly increased to-
day on account of the general tenden-
cies of Kenosha concerns to let out the
men who are not citizens and who do
not desire to become citizens
There was conference between the
director of the Federal Employment
Bureau, members Of the Common Coun-
ell and the police officers this morning
but it failed to bring any solution for
the trouble Director Huber frankly
told the police not to send the men to
his bureau unless they brought with
them the formal declaration that they
were going to make their residence in
Kenosha and take upon themselves the
duties Of citizenship. cit will do no
good to send them to me' said Di-
rector Charles Huber, "Kenosha fac
tories will not employ these men I'M
less they are citizens or show willing
ness to become citizens. 1t is useless
for us to try to place them. We are
placing soldiers who have been in serv-
ice Of the nation and we are doing an
excellent job of it but we have no
place on our list for Glass men.
These fellows made their beds when
they refused to help America and the
world il the hour Of need. Now let
them sleep in them"
One Of the men who appealed to the
police this morning was shown to have
$1,000 in certificates of deposit and
other securities. He was Russian and
did not want to become citizen Of
this country.
The men have been thronging the
court house to make declarations but
as many Of them have refused to ac-
cept the responsibilities of military
service they are being barred from
and there is going to be
no alternative for these men but to
get out.
Police officers declared today that
they would make no effort to find work
for them or to supply them with places
to eat or sleep. "Let them find them
themselves and we do not care where
they go" was the universal response
of every man in the force.