The sun., 1919-05-03
six Methodist Edifices First Of
Scores to House Victims
of PrOfiteers.
TENTS ALSO TO BE USED
1000 Dispossess Cases Go Over
Until Monday and New
Ones Are Filed.

committee on rent profteering as tenn
porary homes for evicted families who
ar. victims OF avarious landiards. started
Yesterday a brand new line Of activity.
Representatives OF the Joint centenary
committee, including the Rev. Milford L.
Robinson, executive secretary OF the New
York City Society Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, met Nathan Hirsch,
chairman of the Mayors committee. at
III Fifth avenue. They told him that II
there was an overflow after the church
buildings were put TO use the committee
could have the land surrounding the
church edifices on which to pitch tents
for the distressed poor.
Mr.. Hirsch appointed Capt. Charles A.
Goldsmith. U. S. N. retired. as his repre-
sentative in the church housing scheme,
and Capt. Goldsmith Immediately began
tour OF inspection OF the churches to
d.termine which should be converted
into temporary homes FIRST. He selected
fur in The Bronx and two in Harlem
where the demands for housing accom-
modations are the greatest. and an
rounced that they were ideal for the pur-
poses designed by the church folks.
At meeting In the Hanson Place
Methodist Church. Hanson place and St
Felix street, Brooklyn. the pastors OF
sx,y-seren Methodist churches in Brook
rn and Long Island comprising the
southern district of the church, decided
10 follow the example OF their Manhat-
tan brethren and open their doors to
families made homeless by dispossess or
eviction. Bishop Luther b. Wilson. who
presided. delivered an address in which
lie pictured the predicament of families
unable to ind homes.
First Churches to. he Opened.
The Manhattan and Bronx churches
10 he thrown open first are:
Prospect Avenue Church, Prospect av-
enue and Macy place. The Bronx; ac-
,eommodations for $50. +. p. Dent in
charge.
Willis Avenue Church. 141st street
and Willis avenue, The Bronx; accom-
modatiors for about 500. The Rev. Mr..
Zniter in charge. -
Centenary Church. .issth street and
Washington avenue. The Bronx: ac-
commodations for about 100. The Rev.
DR.. Crespell in charge.
fremont Methodist Church. 17sth
street and Washington avenue. The
Bronx accommodations for about ESQ.
The Rev. F. L. Wilson in charge.
St. James Methodist Church, 12sth
street and Madison avenue; $50 to $50.
as required. with the use Of two large
sudtoriums II necessary. The Rev. c. c.
Marshall in charge.
Salem Church -fnAgre}. 102 and 101
West 1885 street; accommodations fol
800. The Rev. Mr.. Cullen in charge.
The six churches will afford sleeping
quarters for about 1,400.
II was announced last evening that b,
shutdown to-day at. least twenty-five
churches will be added to the list.
Most Of the 1000 'dispossess case;
which came up in the municipal courts
IN Thursday we're adjourned until Mon
day. therefore Mr.. Hirsch and the
clergymen believe that applications fol
temporary quarters in the churches will
not be made in any great numbers unit
the early part of next week.
Capt Goldsmith will have a talk will
the commandant OF the Quartermastei
Department. this morning when he will
present Chairman Hirsch's request or
lie part of the city for cots. mattresse.
and blankets with which to equip thu
churches. Although no official assur
auce has been made that the reQues
viii be granted. It is generally under
stood that Uncle Sam will let thu
Mayors Committee and the Methods
peachers have anything they wish {,
help out the poor in an emergency
Similar equipment may be obtained from
lie feet supply base.
Churches Turned Over Free.
Those dominies we met to-day wer
Ga I'll
They are turning over the church build
ings 10 the city. and will pay all tn
lighting, heating and janitor expense
themselves. One minister. the Rev.
L. Wilson OF the fremont Church-an'
tell you he's a good scout-said II tn
city can't get mattresses, II can use tn
cushions In our pews.' Those cushion
are a good deal softer than some mat
tresses I have seen. It just makes
fellows heart warm UP to those preach
ers the way they tell US to walk RICH
INTO their churches and fix things UP 9
that homeless folks>wili be comfortable
That certainly is pretty fine religion.
we have not received any assurance
that We will get the cots and beddinf
nut We are going to have them a.
right, and by Monday tho churches wi
be ready for the business OF sheiterin
the homeless. Sounds pretty fine. doesn'
u? Make no mistake about 1t, 1t
fine
We propose to use the small room
N church wherever possible and nc
me main auditorium, although in som
cases the ministers say we can have tn
aud!toriums too IL we want them. 1t
me intention to put families with snla
children in church parlors, Bible elias
rooms and other rooms. The big Sunda
tohool room will be divided on. Men wi
s,"ep on one side and women on tn
"'heT The cots are thirty inches wild
taa every person sheltered in a churc
VIII have one
We Inspected the six churches to-da
10 light. ventilation and sanitation
hese have been turned over to tn
mayors committee. They are d
fdapted for the purposes to which til
committee will put them"
capt Goldsmith was asked II ii
rooT families availing themselves OF tn
Metnodists' generosity would take the
IurA'ture into the churches, and he n
IAN the valuables they could tai
IN you could put in your eye and M
get blind,
1t was announced at the headquarters
0, the Mayors COMMITTEES that the Meti
puist churches in the city which ca
oe used for housing purposes will tai
care OF at least 5000 people.
Wants Security" for ChfIdren.
The Greater New York Tenants Leagu
nc; issued yesterday statement d,
u.sFlns the following notice was sent I
ne tenants at 764 East f61st street
81 Polonsky. the landlord
NOTICE TO TENANTS.
hereby demand IS Of each tenaI
security that their children do M