The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-14
ONLY CITY CAN HANDLE
 SITUATION

| Mayor Clifford B., Wilson failed to appear, as expected, at a mass meet ing of 400 unemployed men last night
 at the Metal Trades council hall to discuss the unemployment situation. Seward B. Price, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, was present, however, and explained the tposition of the Chamber of Commerce regard ing municipal finances as related to unemployment relief, and closed by l stating that the handling of this sit
 uation for the next six months is a wholesale job and the only one big enough to do it is the city oS Bridge port | Following MT. Price. NJ S. Treat
 of the Central Labor union; Timothy Flanagan; business agent of the Car
 PeId Penters' union; Mr Perry qf of Fair h1 | Levitt, organizer of the World War | Veterans and Representative Dennis
 ad dressed the meeting.
 MT. Price also stated that no per
 son in his right mind would answer
 the question as to how and when
 the unemployment situation will be
 cleared up, it was too big a ques- l ton for any individual to solve. | He clearly explained the attitude
 of the Chamber of commerce. toward
 various bond issues which have been
 under discussion recently and. drew | a. clear distinction between the one
 account which was tied up by an in | junction sought by several members | of the Chamber of Commerce and | the other injunction which tied up
 the city due to the efforts of Edward | Mooney. MT. Price stated that it
 was MT. Mooney's Injunction which prevented the charities department l from getting funds from the deficit appropriations and not the first in | junction.
 He made denial that there was 1 any connection between the two in
 functions and that the Chamber of l Commerce was in any way responsi- | ble for MT. Moneys injunction. He said that the chamber favored using | the contingent fund for relief of un- | employed, the levy of a special tax | and the issue of $105,O 900 of park de- | also reminded that the chamber, recognizing the need of unemploy-
 ment relief, fvored the issue of | $300,00O short term notes as recon mended by the board of aldermen Replying to criticism that manu-
 lecturers were responsible for the present depression, MT Price stated | that this was untrue, as the manufac- | turers are in business to make money | and they are not making any when | their shops are closed and that many l of the factories in this city were in as l bad shape as the audience.
 Chairman Treat was the next speaker and looked at the situation |
 are now in the midst of a fake de l pression brought about by the manu- | facturers to force down the Ameri- | can standard of living and that when | the factory owners have gone the limit, jobs will be plentiful The | manufacturers will then be in a posi- | ton to dictate the terms. He advised | his audience for the present to get
 the charity list and keep out of the | soup line.
 | Representative Dennis endorsed l MT. Treats statement declaring "The quicker we do business with Germany, | Austria and Russia the sooner our people will get back to york; In
 reference to the local political situa- ton, he said: ''The political situation | is rank. If they would cut out the
 jealousy in politics they could provide employment"
 l Perry of Fairfield blamed the pres
 ent situation on the bankers, and | Flanagan, the profiteers.
 1 Steinlauf, one of the most active
 radicals in Bridgeport, recommended | that resolutions be prepared to be
 sent to Congress, demanding 1 chance to work. He held up the French revolution as the result of f'go- 1 ing too far with the people,"
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