El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-08
HOMES At COST
PLAN PROPOSED
A. Schwartz Offers Rotar-
ians Solution of Hous-
inc Problem.

The formation % an association OF
FL Paso business men who viii
! finance the construction Of homes
for the working people OF the city,
/ TO be sold or rented TO these people
( at cost was urged Thursday noon at
: the weekly luncheon OF FL Paso Ro-
: tary by A Schwartz, president Of the
! Popular Dry Goods company AR
I schwartz offered this plan as the
vism-
1t was city betterment day on Ro-
& tary's calendar and Mr. Schwartz was
called on by VIII Crombie, president,
as the first speaker to present his
views as 20 what is most necessary
/ Tor the general welfare Of Fl Paso.
have given this matter close
thought FOR months" said AR
{ Schwartz we have done many
i things for business and that is good.
But we haven't done anything for
the men and women OF the city who
work We haven't done anything for
the woman who likes 20 take a basket
s NJ 90 % para. we have no great
place OF recreation here where peo-
PIE can get fresh air and swim and
play. That is one thing.
Must Solve Housing.
another thing is that we have 70
meet the housing condition. This
ployes-i is keeping people away from
mere and-driving others who are here
away We haven't built anything we
are proud OF for q long time ercept
the court house and the jail II Is
one OF the finest jails in the country
and criminals flock here 20 get locked
up in it."
I'VE hear talk Of boIshevism.~ Mr..
ocnW artL said. we hear talk OF
Americanism and I am in favor Of it.
b d HHn HaaanaH y
red blood alone Red blood is all
right We needed IL during the war.
We won the war and are an glad.
but what We need most in the fight
against oolsherIsm is brains We
nave got TO study our employees as
have been doing for months and find
cut now they are getting along II
trey are not living as they should
lnen mere IS danger Of oolshevism
and lighting them wont prevent it
Must Give Them Amusement.
we must build homes for them and
give them some. place for amusement.
You men are all employers. 7 want
you and the other clubs Of the city to
cooperate in providing Something bet
ter here for the general public
have 20 men in my employ now who
want to buy homes and they have q
few hundred dollars 70 start with
But the process OF building a home
IS such that man must pay several
hundred dollars more for it than 1t
Need More Schools.
~. c. Roe said that now FL Paso
had voted a sufficient amount OF
bonds 20 insure good roads for the
county. IL should EeXt concentrate
upon the schools and vote sufficient
ponds 20 accommodate every child need
ing an education.
DR.. Ramey thanked Mr.. Roe for the
suggestion and said there are now
1000 more children In the public
schools than year ago and that 200
new ones have come in since Christ
mas He told OF expenditures being
made for improvements at Aov school, I
at Franklin school and in Manhattan
heights for a new school
Charles Andrews said Fl Paso
needed a municipal auditorium and
that = liberty hall stands in the way
OF such an auditorium"
Crombie asefs I'm Uu.7
President VIII Cromhle set 'em up I
TO cigars at the luncheon on the .
strength OF the arrival Of Viii 4
Crombie. IT.. at his home last night. Z
The Rotarians presented Mr. Cromhie I
with pair Of slippers and a milk 4
bottle.
The Khaki club quartet composed Of I
boys from the Eighth cavalry enter 4
tanned the club with SONGS r. FL
-ampton announced the poultry and 4
rabbit show 20 be held next Monday I
night at Liberty hall
TodaT's luncheon was held In the /
Parrot Grin at the chamber Of com
nerce.