Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
MAYOR HARVEY CALLSI
CONFERENCE MONDAY
ON UNEMPLOYMENT
Municipal Organization of the
Forces Helping to Relieve
Situation.
BUREAU IN OLD CITY HALL

Establishing permanent offices in
the old City Han. Market street. below
Sixth for the Wilmington bureau of
the United States Employment Ser
vice was completed today, and the
bureau will be transferred thereto
from the headquarters of the Service
Citizens Of Delaware, Eighth and
Market streets. on Monday. The new
Offices consist Of one large room on the
first floor and three small rooms.
whose partitions were finished today.
Temporary equipment will be used
unti furniture now in transit arrives.
Dr. Joseph II. Odell, director of the
bureau, has received a telegram say
ing the Commonwealth Warehouse
Go. shipped furniture from New York.
STATIONERY. blanks and forms have
arrived.
The temporary offices remained
open until noon today, and many ap-
pications fer employment were filed
this morning. An aged applicant was
greatly perturbed. thinking elderly
men would not be registered. but Miss
katherine Smith. who is organizing
the bureau. told him persons ire
spective OF age may apply for regis
iration.
Two hundred and thirty persons. in
Guiding seven women. filed applica-
tons yesterday. and % men were re-
ferred 60 employers who had need of
their services. One woman desired a
position as cook.
br. Odell says many applicants have
been placed. but he does not know
tho exact number.
Henry G. Parker. adjutant for Della
ware Of the American Legion. which
viii pay his expenses. Joined the bu-
reau's staff today. DIR. Oden requests
other organizations TO furnish workers
Tor few months.
w. II. Harkins, a brother of Harry
J. liarkins. manager of the Hotel du
lent. win join the bureau staff on
Monday. lie will be assigned to out
eide work. possibly interviewing em-
ploycrs.
hr. odeil has received the following
communication from Miss Clara
Southwick. executive secretary of the
Consumers League OF Delaware:
AT the october meeting of the
EXECUTIVE Council of the Consumers
League OF Delaware, attention was
called TO the fact that a free and neu-
iral employment service is being es-
tsblished in Wilmington by the United
states Employment Service, but under
your direction, as director OF the Ser
vice Citizens. As our Executive Coun-
ell has long recognized the need OF
such a service in Wilmington. and as
We especially welcome its establish
ment at this time Of acute unemploy-
ment, IL was voted that we offer 10
You any cooperation in this matter
which the League may be able TO
give"
Mayor Calls Conference.
Mayor Leroy Harvey has sent the
following communication to DIR. Odell:
As you have doubtless read in the
newspapers, the Conference Of un-
employment, called by President Hard
ing. has recommended that each city
organize TO meet what may be the
greatest emergency during the COM
ing winter in the history of the ma
tion. The mayor of each town is
charged with the responsibility OF
forming an emergency committee. In
exercise Of this power / summon YOU
10 attend. a meeting in sthe Council
Chamber on Monday. October 10, at
$50 y. m. to discuss the situation and
TO act on President Harding's sug-
gegtion. ! do not wish to emphasize
unduly the gravity of conditions,
which J believe are already well un-
derstood by you. may say, how
ever, that, according to figures OBJ
tained from the best available sources.
from 1000 20 5000 men in Whining
toa are out OF work. many OF them
idle FOR several months. These, with
their dependents, certainly constitute
an alarmingly large percentage of
our population. Moreover, coal is
about Si4 per ton. or more than twice |
as much as ever before in periods of |
depression. Please weigh these facts |
carefully and come 10 the meeting
prepared TO help solve the problem"
Others have been summoned to the |
mayors conference as follows:
W. G.. Taylor. James l. Ford, Bishop |
philip Cook. Bishop John J. Mona
CHAN, Rev. J. W. X. Sumwalt, Rev. |
g. T.. Candee. David SneIlenburg.
Harlan q. Scott, William Coyne. Ed |
mund Mitchell. Josiah Marvel, Chas. |
~. Ten Weeges. Rev. F. NJ. Kirkus, |
Adjutant General J.. Austin Ellison,
J. Writ Willis, X. w. Kramer, John
Z. saylor. Lammot du Pont, Sena- /
tor 7. 6. du Pont, p. 5. du Pont. Will
liam du Pont, II. +. Scott. b. +. Shaw. |
thas. A. Patterson, Chas. Topkis.
George A. Elliott. Alfred ID. Warner.
Howard NJ. Ward. J. b. McManus.
Philip Burnet, John S. Rossen. p. ]. /
Ford. Dr. J. IA. Odell. II. Fletcher I
Brown, Wizard A. Speakman, c. ID. !
tarretson, James T. Skelly, William
4. Budd. Mrs. y. S. du Pont. Mrs. c. /
y. Miller, Mrs. Chas. Wollaston. Mrs. /
Donald Ashbrook. Mrs. G.. w. Dor
ssy. Alss u. Ethelda Mullen. Miss
Emily y. Bissell Mrs. Otho L. Now /
land. Mrs. w. X. du Pont. A III
Johnson, X. ID. Kemp, Chas. II. Grant
land. John J. Monaghan, Chas. C. /
kurtz. Df. $. G. Elbert. DR.. ConweIl
Ianton, Charles Warner and William
~. Megcar.
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