Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-08

ihv best urganized municipalities IN
the country. and that lt should no,
he said this winter that there had
o'rn any ona SO hungry and dis
trcssrd
pr. oden Gives Figures.
lr ndrl's remarks. because of the
hsures hc had Go present as head Of
'hc Employment bureau. We're very
timely and interesting The bureau
has been in operation one month and
during that time. 2.9lT men and wom-
en have heen registered. There were
many skilled mechanics who have NOT
registered although out % work. be-
cause they have hopes of obtaining
positions soon. As a CONSEQUENCE. DIR.
odeN believed that there are al least
o"o unemployed men in the city. most
"t whom however are unskilied.
't the ON registered 943 have
hcen referred 90 iohs and gs4 actually
placod. although mis- latter number is
believed 70 be conservative. OF the
number registered there were s4fs
men ot whom 5i2 have been referred
% jots and 46i placed. There were 44l
women seeking jobs and of these pa
nave been referred. % Jobs and 1as
piae 4. During the month $500 has
"ten spent in salaries and SSs7.4a IN
newspaper advertising.
br odeil said that the department,
vas about az the end "of It's string !"
mat he had three field agents going
about seeking positions Tor an classes
ot labor. and that many manpfactur-
ihs Establishments ware en,nlo,,i,,s
more help than they reallv needed IN
"iuer o. try and help ont some nesl,.
man or woman. lic. too. crnnha si, y,
''at y was either work or charity for
~ unemployta and reiterated Mr.
"AlN' : warning. that a hungry man
L dangerous man.
fheso people who are seekgr,, ,.,..,.
are not foreign ers." said Dr oaa,s
' '.'lds Snow that ~ per cent OF
w men ana woman striving 10 find
"''.N are Delaware people. IL i true
maj auring the war there wers many
"Ho came here because of the axc.ss
. .Hal,.oyment but they have gone h,cl,
Z" ~ ir homes ana those Who a. ).
"'f2 now are Delawareans. II u.o,,t1
: en- pity f after the nliio,s ,,.s.s'-t
,his city and the state has no,,~,.g 49,.
EUROPE g help support tn sistra.s.'s
u mat continent. that we Should -.
home 'U' own AZ
ihese men who seek ,,.ovl,
1. ON chsef executives 10 The. ni,l, -,
.a'.,'.- men. They are not charity
y. ~, out respectable men and WON.
4 ~
y, -. 'Npiy want an opportunity
. work Tor their living.
:, We nave been offered noncy g.
s'fihuiion with the work ~, -
nave refused al such offers w 80
!" ~ order 90 keep the b,,-o,,, - -
.'eih ne taint % pauperism T.t,aa
ieh Who come FOR Jobs wo,,la -.
'eine near II they thought h w.
.nse az charity. was
William G. Corey. president % -
flhanis Cub. was called mo-, -
60 ne the Grub of which he was an
80 Nouia BE- glad 20 do what y
ea 20 help the project along.
Nif' Marvel and Mr. Elliott suol..
Jam ar Marvel asking that the de-
aftfaent write letter to those resI,,.
'"hfrs whose pavements were ~,
ga asking them 20 help out an This
director Frank :. Sparks asked fbe
fsanlzation II they would helm -.
-'i'aftment In getting some OF tho
any owners 20 comply with the re-
inest. lie said he referred chiefly "a
ne baltimore A Ohio railroad Ubfcb
p ana the other directors said had
'een doing nothing but make promises
or six months. Mr.. Corey agreed Ia
ave a letter written 10 the company
'hcihls. asking them 70 take prompt
'cti"n on their sidewag, proposition.
Mf. Sparks mentioned a number n
'iners, whore siaev ali-s are needed |
'1ong them Park Commission. Po,rd
! Edncation senator Coleman =,
ont John ,. Raskob. George A.
elliott Samuel H. Baynard and Rod.
iey sharp Several o. these. IL was
.iateo, would az once get busy with
ians Tor grading and cinderinR IN t. |
afements before the cold weather set
n
After Pre- sident Johnson, had stated /
NAT the department would send let
ers % those places ~where improve- |
nents ~ the kind mentioned are lack |
~. Frank Pierson. street commits |
ionef, gave some data regarding side
walks
lie said that this was one Of the
most important meetings the depart l
neni had ever had. because OF the |
lrfngih represented IN the delegation /
'resent He said that the department 1
'aa man who inspected sidewalks 1
~ that during the past summer OF /
Nia notices sent out for owners TO
eialr sidewalks that 500 had COM
hed During the summer 264 sepa-
ate orders for sidewalks had been is-,
ned and some Of these were for sec
Ions Of blocks. The department nov
'ar Ssh men az work on. the street.
'ui this number viii soon have To b
~ because ~ the cold weather stop
Ing an street work.
The conference adjourned with the 4,
understanding that all concerned
sopld work an cooperation to find en-
.losment for as many men as possible
through the building Of new sidewaIke. |