Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
ing OF DEVASTATED p,,rone.

lnk ul devastated Europe.
~. Our Mayor In recent public
proclamation called upon all citizens
to have their building, repairing and
jobblng done now to help relieve un-
employment. The Mayors COMMITTEES
should heartily endorse tho Mayors
stand and do everything possible 10
induce home owners, property owners
| and real estate agents 10 encourage
and stimulate property repairing and
lpainting now
"3. Home owners throughout the
city should be called upon TO repair
their sidewalks, thus giving employ
mcnt to both bricklayers and helpers
who are ut present out OF work. And
the condition of many Wilmington
sidewalks warrants their repair im-
medatcly.
! "a. Consideration should lie given
TO building OF additional schools now
when building costs are low. The new
schools arc needed----the community
knows they are ncedod---ao they
should be built now. giving employ.
ment 10 our building trades workmcn.
%. The program of the street and
Sewer Department should not come 20
n stop now Work On the streets
should be continued
20. We are taught TO realize that the
government is The People and the
people are The Government We feel
that the United States, as a nation.
is not going TO permit It's workers TO
ntarve when II has millions of dollars
worth Of war supplies IN warehouses
lat storage points throughout the
country. These supplies cannot be
marketed az anything like what they
cost and the longer they are stored
the more they depreclate I'm value
land marketing them even at low
Iprices has materially affected the
market and stopped employment IN
industries which manufacture the
supplies. IL the Mayor of Wilmington
land his committee could recommend
10 the President OF the United States
that these supplies now depreciatlnp
IN value IN the warehouses he dis
ltrlbuted to the needy this winten the
American people would feel they are
lrart of a nation that wants no han.
lgry. no unciuthed, no destitute The
details of this plan could be worked
out by experts experienced In thl.
work, but IL such q distribution wer,
TO be made In Wilmington, we know
OF no more appropriate agency thar
lour Mayor and Council
Miss 3. II. Mullen, secretary OF tn,
Associated Charities, spoke az lengti
of the work of that organization ant
the calls made upon Il for asistanc,
by the needy OF the city. She said IN,
savings OF many families have noe
been exhausted and yet there ar,
many who will not ask for charity
but will go hungry first. However
when men see their children crying To-
food they viii do most anything. Sh'
thought the work OF finding Jobs foi
the unemployed and tho work Of pro
, viding help for those In want shout,
be kept separate and distinct from
each other, for they are different kind
! OF problems. She said there are mer
with families who nre working bu
who earn such small pay that the,
cannot support these families. and thi
class Of bread winners must be take,
into consideration She said the Az
soeiated Charities has about 3s
families on its lists now and n
costing them about $4,000 a month
Their funds are not sufficient. sh
claimed, to enable them to get througI
the winter.
Bishop Cook thought they shoul
raise money for the relief Of tho need
and he said he would be glad to d
Ianything he could to help the com
mittee. He thought the sooner the
got 20 work the better, and the ques
tion OF fuel and clothing should ais
be taken into consideration.
Mrs. G. w. Dorsey spoke OF the wor
OF the Sunshine Society and wha
that organization has done and ms
sured the mayor that that societ
would do all it could in the work.
Mr.. Warner Sees Improvement.
A. ID. Warner said there has bee
some improvement i'm conditions an
reduction in the unemployment. an
he thought good cheer has its effe,
generally He said, however. IL
necessary 10 care for the distre,
which viii be upon the city I'm n
near future. lie said there win be i
real business revival for sometim