The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-24
MAYOR EXPLAINS
DRIVE FOR JOBS
300 Heads Of Families
Unemployed School
Census Shows
KIWANIANS TO ASSIST
300 Of $pavinaw Water
Bonds Are Ready for
Approval of State

a school census reveals that 900
heads Of families IN Tulsa are with
out employment, Mayor r, u, Evans
told the Kiwunls club at Hotel Tulao
Monday noon. The mayor urged
Kiwanians 10 assist iu the move
ment TO create Jobs for the unom-
ployed, In accordance with tho
movement started by the general
committee of tho Associated Em-
ployment agencies. Even though
the Job Will not last longer than on"
hour, 10 viii he OF como benefit. tho
mayor advised adding that prefer
cnce Will be shown tulsa laborerH In
distributing tho Jobs.
At tho last meeting ~ reprcsen-
tativos OF five employment agencies,
II was decided TO place n special tel
cphone In the mayors office, over
which calls may be deceived from
persons who have work to offer,
As soon as such Information ~ re-
celvod by this clearing house" II Is
communicated 10 tho five agencies
and they I'll the order from their
waiting lists.
There may be some who question
whether II is proper for the city to
take part In such n movement, hut 1t
seoms to me II II such an important
matter that II deserves the support
of ovory agency" the mayor stated.
There are approximately 1000 per-
sons out Al employment In Tulsa,
and IL sho6ld not DO said of us that
we failed TO help thom. II II pos
Hible that members OF the klwanis
club have already Joined thls move
ment TO furnish odd Jobs for the un-
employed, but II they have not |
hope they Will Immediately take
II up"
All Are Deserving
Virtually all of the 500 unem-
ployed heads OF families discovered
by school census are dcserving.
They are trying TO keep their chill
dren In school. and II Ia Imperative
that they be given assistance"
Frank II. Reed, president OF the
Kiwanls club, assured Mayor Evans
that the club ~ actively behind the
movement to assist unemployed, and
asked members To increase their In
forest In this project.
Mayor Evans informed tho club
that 2.7O0 oi the Spavinaw water
bonds have been signed by the may
or, city auditor, city treasurer, coun-
~ attorney and county clerk ana
are ready for the attorney generals
approval. There are yet 4.100 bonds
before taking them to Oklahoma
city.
'Tho Spavinaw water project u
not assured until the attorney gen
eral has approved tho bonds and the
3O-day period OF inoontestibillty has
expired" tho mayor advised. 1T II
possible that someone might, during
those 80 days, try To tie up the
project by an injunction, which
necessltato further delay In start
ing work and In bringing Spavinaw
water 10 TULSA.
THE legal processes through
which these ionds must pass before
they are approved are tedious. and
II may appear t2 some that the de-
lays so far have been unnecessary
But we have not lost n minute. and
within the next forty days--45 days
at the most---wc expect the bonds
TO be ready for sale. This hope N
based on the contingency that no in
functions will be flied against the
bond issue. n suits should he filed
II Is impossible 10 make an accurate
prediction as TO when work would
be started"
The 400 bonds mentioned by the
mayor have boen delivered by the
Western Bank supply company to
the city. ana part OF them have al
ready been signed by city officials