The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-30
RELIEF COMMITTEE OUTLINED PLANS
 ID PROVIDE WORK
Suggestion That Unemployed Be Put to Work on City and County Improve
 mentS Is Made

Plans were outlined at a meeting Of the emergency relief committee held yesterday at noon at the Cham her of Commerce toward providing work for the unemployed on various municipal improvements.
 Suggestions along this line were made by w. D. Nesbitt who stated that many of the unemployed were ready and willing to work at any thing rather than accept charity and ttat vast improvement in the city parks and streets and perhaps much other needed municipal work could be done in this way. It was sug- gested tha tthe committee agree to appropriate a certain part of all the money collected in the campaign to be turned over to the city for this purpose.
 Suggestion was also made that a committee consisting of business men, headed by a good constitutional law yer should take up with the city the matter of exercising their authority in case of emergency to use money not contained in the budget. IL was stated that this could be done and arrangements were made for a com plete Investigation of the legal status of the matter,
 Taxes Held Up.
 It was also planned to see if some arrangement could not be made by which taxes now held up by lItiga- ton could be paid thereby giving both the county and the city money needed for improvements so that they could employ many men out of work. Other plans Were discussed and their consummation was left 10 the discretion of the committed
 Jay Smith, vice chairman of the committee. presided and reported on the work done. He stated that three oe the clubs which had partially completed their work would make their final reports before the close of the week. A resolution was adopted asking the Red Cross to pro- vide an experienced executive sec retary and pr. Morris Newfield rep resenting that organization, express ed assurance that this would be done at once. The executive secretary will systematize all the relief work and would be in charge of checking up and making the investigations need ed.
 InstaIIment Matters.
 Mant Hood was elected chairman in charge of negotiations with install ment furniture dealers. He will at tempt to straighten out matters where person has been paying on fur niture but is unable to meet past due payments just as is being done by Jerome Tucker In rent cases. Fine results have thus far been obtained in these negotiations, it was stated.
 report was made by H. A. Porter Tn charge of supplies and distribution T. J. Crftenden spoke in favor of giv- ing part of the money to the city Tor use in municipal Improvements.
 meeting will be held in practical Iy all the large stores of the city this afternon at 5:45 o'clock at which time the employees will be addressed by four-mfnute speakers on the needs of the campaign. Practically all stores have agreed to close 15 minutes earlier in order that the meetings may be held without delay to their employees, T. J. Critenden, chairman. or the four minute men reported.
 Practically all the churches In Bir- mingham will hear a sermon on the campaign Sunday and the members will be urged to aid in taking care temporarily of their less favored neighbors.