New-York tribune., 1921-09-22
I1edOux Limits
Days Crusade
To Free Meals
Accompanied A by Detectives,
ssMr. Zero" Tours Parks
and Lodging Houses and
Feeds Hundreds of Idle
Plans for Winter Relief
Meets Bishop Marrning To-
day to Discuss Opening
Church Hall as Shelter

An uneventful day was spent ycster-
day by ,Urbain ]. Ledoux, friend Of the
hungry and jobless.
True TO his pledge to the police, "Mr.
Zero" made no effort to stage q spec
tacular stunt as . feature Of his feed-
ing cf the unemployed. combining his
crusade TO the peaceful disbursement
of meal tickets.
Starting from the home of W. Kirk
patrick Brice. at 11s East Fifty-fourth
Street. just after 4 o'clock in the morn
ing, Ledoux first visited the Seamen's
Union headquarters, at Front Street
and Old Slip. There he found more
than q hundred members of the union
gave ticket good for coffee and"
at Jacks Restaurant, Il Bowery.
Two Detectives Follow Him
Then the originator Of the modern
auction block left for Bryant Park.
where two hundred additional unem-
ployed were given meal tickets, these
good for all the beans, coffee and bread
they could eat ct Blake's Restaurant,
Thirty-fourth Street and Eighth Ave-
nue.. Throughout the day he was 10.
companisd By two detectives, neither
Of whom interfered with him 40 any
time.
Blaks's Restaursnt wa the next
stopping place, and wAen "Mr. Zero"
arrlved there he found 22E hungry men
awaiting him. These were given the
necessary credentials and the walters
were kept busy for the next hour
carrying food.
In the afternoon Ledoux cot out
again TO dispense food. He started at
the Bowery Y. NJ. c. A.. in East Third
Street, and after q short stop. during
which he gave meal tickets to fifty
men, he left for the Salvation Army
Hotel, nearby. There he talked with
Major Winehell. himself an expert on
unemployment, and gave meal tickets
to forty or more men.
A return visit to the Seamen's Union
headquarters. where he had been
earlier in the morning, completed his
rounds for the day. He promised the
discouraged sailormen that he would
see them before 6 o'clock this morning
and provide them with food.
Plans Winter Cxmpaign
During his conversation with Major
Winchell at the Salvation Army Hotel
Mr.. Zero" revealed his plans for the
feeding of the hungry during the
winter. BE intends to establish CEN
ters throughout the city, and asked
whether ne could cooperate with the
Salvation Army in helping to finance
the feeding of men at all their centers
in the city. He will discuss this quss-
tion this morning with Major Under
wood.
Ledoux also plans to take over the
headquarters Of the Seamen's Union
and equip its kitchen for relief work.
The chief complaint Of the mon quar-
tered there yesterday appeared to be
that ship owners were giving Ameri-
cans preference in the matter Of en-
ployment and that it was difficult for
aliens TO get work.
Offered Backing
IA tho home Of w. Kirkpatrick Briee,
who is said by Ledoux to be his backer in
the work he is doing, it was said yes
terday by Ledoux that he had received
numerous inquiries from prominent
persons in the city, who sought to aid
him. Among these was Malcolm Ross
McAdoo, brother Of the former Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, Of BAT Madison
Avenue. Mr.. McAdoo, who is con-
sulting engineer, sent q personal rep
resentative to Ledoux for the purpose
Of arranging an interview.
Ledoux Will confer to-day with
Bishop William T. Manning, whom he
- TO meet at the Synod House for the