Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-21
N 'NABB PLEADS FOR
PUBLIC WORK TO ALB
C|Ty'S NEMPL0YED
Asked Street and Sewer Direc-
tors 10 Start on New
Operations.
ENCOURAGEMENT is GIVEN

Ia a ringing appeal for immediate
sivps a. relleve the situation caused by
Unemployment IN Wilmington, John y.
NJ Nahh. Couue llman-e -elect from the
Thira Ward. appeared before the hi
frefuFs nl The street and Sever De-
partmens 40 their meeting this morn
inH and urged upon them the neces-
nIts fol rngaEinE as many men as they
lu salblN cau consistent with business
mrthuds and he protection of the
eltt'a interests. tie advocated the
olwning up 81 an tho new worE the
denaatmeni has planned and he told
tht memhtrs that th, people Of VII
mInEton a. whole undoubtedly
,ould siand back of them in this
movement,
AZ McNahh was Informed that IN,
department would Civ the suggestion
rIoun consideration. President
Andrew Johnson later stated that the
heaid Intends 10 give employment %
lhe mrn it possibly can and HAT
tUt rBNs money will be expended
A4rna thcs, lines wherever i Il found
uoHaHl, apd without waste or rre II
sautss
~ 81 Naha told Tho directors that
tUp1 have plenty 81 mon nov gul ~
though, + should b, spent inmedi ite-
lK % relieve the want that exists. Hc
de, laFsd be- 6 hrsiegcd almost CON
NtHuilN b. men out ot work who want
omniuA mcnt and arc willing ta 10
arYthlng in order io ~ giNcn chance
a. tarn snms money he said the tp-
paalH have been coming - fast that
h.e Nge q made m.sera bile He SoIght
uGIub action and he assured tn board
thaf after he takes his seat ia tttS
Council an h.ckering ard Quihhltng
al onl anpronria tlons IL ths street md
sewer department vii =, stopped. II
hv ran stop them and they Will he
mItcu their money a. fast a. they need
Spend your money nov when 80
man, men arp out ~ work Dc, Jared
Al MpNahh. IA believe ihe entire
population - the city viii sustain
tuuf action tn making an extraordin-
afN pnoft right now a. give employ
meut % the many men who ar out -
work hN increasing YOUR working
forces and opening up new projects
that have been planned. DO this work
tn any ward. for ! am not making a
special appeal for anything particular
IS ny oWn ward. The unemployment
situation - serious matter and the
en, should take steps 70 relieve the
conditions that exist tosiay and this
relief can eo made ~ your body Civ
.ne work a. q large number of men.
Encouragement Given.
4h, city treasurcrs report showed
nat ths city has IN hank 20 thc credit
81 the street and Sewgr Department
e the present time s83e 534.5s. This
NAV 81 expended Tor street work. In
addition tht city. under q new Law re-
prlNeH 4 certain sum from the state
Tor the improvements % the main
highways throueh the city. Much
street work has bccn planned and 4
vac hoped o. have many city streets
taArd this summer but delays of ari-
ous Kinds have occurred and the op-
sratiahs have hecn retarded.
M4 johnson explained. however
mat tht board intends 10 do All II
ean. ue admitted the unemployment
situatlon + serious one. and made
i clear that the directors want 70 help
ali they can IN any way they can. En-
playnent vii D., given % all the men
the deuartment can engage and use
with profit % the city and while the
present force De- adequate TOT the Woi =
noW ia hand they viii consider ad-
diiional projects, with view 10 TAX
ins on more men should me- work oe
started
A. Nj McNabh was leaving the
ronn a. Was asked where he was 60
inR \ am nos going a. look for
wofk fot myself. was HE quick reply.