Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-28
SERVICE CITIZENS
TO FIND WORK FOR
C|TY'S UNEMPLOYED
Civic. Labor and Financial In
terests Welcome Help of
Association.
DR.. 0DELL WILL DIRECT

A loh FOR every az cmnloved man and
woman In this city. without regard &C.
faith on labor views. is the object of
pn unemployment bureau that the
Service Citiz,nS. through DR.. Joseph
". odcii. director of tho Service Citi-
Fsns Assoc atlon, assumed the drec-
tion Of today. The decision was
reached at a conference held in the
ulico uf Mayor Harvey. which was
attended ~ Dr Odell. John c. Saylor
for the Central Labor Union. James
v. stein, for the Manufacturers AS
eoc|atlun, and a. Eugene Savory for
the employment branch OF the Ameri-
can Lesion. An office. probably in the
old postoflce Rnilding. at sixth and
hine streets, wlll be opened as specdi-
IS a. possible and the work of finding
'ohs for the unemployed will be car
fled ON In cooperation with the Fed
tral Labor Bureau.
Immediately after the conference
Mayor Harvey called Commissioner
jence. ir caarge OF the Federal Bureau
a. Wal.irstun. 90 inform him of the
decision reached and seeking an early
conference with him relative 10 franz
ing lccal plans.
THE Service Citizens decided 20
undertake the work" said DIR. Odell.
nftc, the conference. "upon the condi-
tion that there should be no discrimi-
nation between Catholic. Protestant or
jew, between Republicans or Demo-
,rAss af between union and non-union
labor oar covering board in the
:. rNice Citizcrs i comroscd of mer
who arc both manufacturers and who
nrc ,orncCied wi.h labor and Of all
relgious faiths"
The service that we hope 10 rem
der continued Or. Odeli, lis tore
than n placement. We want to Gre
ate public sentiment IN favor of new
muhic.l AL sntcfIrises. Tor examp.c--
many q the children in thu, public
schools are On part-t.me stndies. That
is because there are no. the facili-
ties for them attending school on fun
time. / know that schools can be
built more economically today, based
on our experience in arranging for
tho construction of buildings worth
$1,000, 600 throughout the State. than
VIII hc possible few years from now
To build new schools would not only
solve the part-tlme problem, but would
The members Of City Council and the
Board of Education should immediate
~ face the question OF municipal bond
issues as a patriotic duty.
Df. odell suggested that the Board
OF Education should can mass
meeting Of citizens TO discuss the situ-
ution and learn the wishes and view.
point Of the citizens
According 20 the best information
uhtninable. there are between I2 .Ooi
and $4,000 men and women out OF en-
rioyment In Wilmington today. Nam
81 them have been without work 10
nearly year and the small saving
accounts. have. according 10 saving
hanks. been used 10 provide an ex
istencc Tor them.
DIR. odcll was pleased with the spiri
of cooperation displayed by all OF tn
varied interests represented at tn
mayors conference. While the matte
Of the Service Citizens taking direr
tion Of the work has been suggested
II was not until today that the mayo
put the issue souarely up 10 DR. Ode
and received his consent 10 undertak
the work.
Where the Office will be located IA
not been determined upon finally. c
the plan OF operation. DIR. Odell wi
confer with Commissioner Jones an
working plan viii be evolved fror
their discussion. Because OF the Fed
sfal cooperation. Il is likely that N
once win be at Sixth and King street
although DIR. Odell has offered N
third floor Of the Library Building, {
Eighth and Market streets. for n
bureau. There has not been any cor
alteration given 10 the personnel
the new bureau, and possibly will ns
he untn after Dr. Odell talks II
business over with Commission,
Jones.