Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
PERFECT PLANS FOR
RELIEF OF NEEDY
AND UNEMPLOYED
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mine the best way to raise funds TO
meet the local situation and secondly
TO supervise the proper distribution
OF any moneys that may be secured Tor
the relief of the needy and TO see
that the charity working societies ana
organizations do not operate in such
a way that their efforts viii overlap
one with the other.
The chairman OF each OF these COM
mittees was named by Mayor Leroy
Harvey who presided at yesterdays
meeting. Each chairman viii have
the privilege OF selecting his own
committeeman and each may name
ma many as he deems f,t for his re-
spcctive committee.
The mayors appointments were;
executive committee. Alfred ID.
Warner. president OF the Chamber OF
Commerce.
Chairman unemployment committee,
DIR. j III. Odell. the Federal commits
sioner in charge OF the United States
Employment Bureau TO be established
here and also director OF the Service
Citizens.
Chairman emergency relief committee
Col. George A. Elliott. well known
attorney and considered by many as
one OF the most philanthropic citizens
in Wilmington.
MIR. Warner reserved acceptance OF
fffatf hN
could have conference with Mayor
Harvey on the proposition.
The mayors call issued last week for
Yesterdays meeting brought together
very representative company OF IN
fuential and distinguished men and
women. Many of those he had in
vited. however, were unable To at
tend because OF previous engagements
or pressure of personal business.
Governor William ID. Denney was one
of those present and he spoke during
the meeting giving assurance that he
viii cooperate in every way within
his power and in every way he can
| TO make the work success.
Mayors Earnest Plea.
Navor Harvey called the gathering
10 order and told of the purposes OF
the meeting. In straight forward
/ and very forceful manner he pictured
conditions "a they are and az they
viii be unless there is a speedy re-
| vival OF business generally which he
cannot forsee. He made very
earnest plea for the cooperation Of
all interested citizens and showed by
/ his remarks that he has keen ap-
preciation ~ the situation confront
/ ing the city and very deep interest
in seeing that everything possible be
done to avoid just as far rs possible
/ all the suffering that can be avoided
and which may result from the fact
that SO many bread winners In Will
mington are out of work.
lie said the conditions are not local
but national and are the aftermath Of
4 the World War. He spoke OF the de-
| yelopments at the national conference
or unemployment recently held in
| Washington and explained that he
| had called the men and women to-
gether to see what they thought was
the best way to proceed here to
bring the much needed relief He
said the situation here is alarming
and that ne felt was a moderate word
to use in describing It. He estimated
that. including the wives and children
90 the men who are out OF work here
| together with the single men and
women who have dependents, there
are at least $4,000 or 10000 people in
Wilmington who are in need. To
make things worse. he said. fuel is
very expensive. He declared that il
did not take much OF an Imagination
10 understand that when a man with
a family sees his little ones cold and
hungry they are in a frame of mind
where desperation is almost inevitable
lie said Wilmington has established
a reputation for responding most liber.
ally to every call made Of il in the
past. Among those most in need now
are the former service men and thii
he considered most distressing cir.
cumstance. He said this city has an.
ticipated some of the work recon-.
mended or suggested by the nationa
conference and he explained what ha,
/ htb1 W AAtt NANa ANA1AthNN ~
the situation.
lie said the emergency committee
has two things to do First TO do al
il can 10 provide jobs for the uIiem-
p!Qyed and second To coordinate the
work OF the different welfare aEencie,
80 there would be no overlapping ol
conflict. in fact 80 that every dollar
that can be secured will do the mos
good. He told his auditors that i
they could hear some OF the tales tha
come to him and IL they could Sc,
some OF the poor and destitute who
make personal appeals to him the,
would appreciate what il all means.
The mayor said it may be necessar,
TO raise an emergency chest and h
declared this is no time to conside
the merits of the differences of opinion
between capital and labor. Whining
ton is called upon TO do something 70
its own people who are hungry an
cold. he said, and who will be worse o
when the real winter weather sets il
He spoke of what is being done /
other cities for the relief of the needy
this information having been gathere
by him by making inquiry of sewers
city executives in different parts {
tho country. All the answers Shove
Il fba. 90 "a ahead of fa1ps