The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-01-18
Novel Means Employed
To Provide Work for Jobless

Washington, Jan. 14.-Novel means
are being employed by various cities
and towns throughout the United
States to provide work for the jobless,
according to reports collected by Col
onel Arthur Woods, head of the or
ganization charged with carrying on
work started by the recent national
conference on unemployment.
Summaries of these reports show
means used to be as follows:
Chicago has made house to house
canvass under the direction of % bat
TALON fire chiefs, to compel house.
holders to remove from their premises
all combustible material and refuse,
as fire prevention measure. This
campaign has created many short
time jobs.
Dallas, Texas, took church GEN.
sus of its population and each house,
holder was asked if some special odd
job, painting, carpentry, gardening,
or cleaning, could be furnished the
unemployed, and record was kept
OF the replies and addresses, with the
result that large number of days of
work were secured for the most needy
In Fort Wayne, Ind, advertisements
were published in the newspapers, and
the unemployed were asked to fill out
and send in blanks. These were turn!
ed over to the local employment
agency, and local industries secured
the help they needed.
Kearny, N. j., has an agent out
every afternoon, covering the town,
with several helpers, in automobiles.
They visit buildings under construc.
ton, look over streets being paved,
and call at all industrial plants and
railroad shops, offering the coopera-
ton of the local employment bureau,
anJ ascertaining exactly what kind of
help is needed.
In New York City, 1O3 social
agencies have cooperated in relief
work for the unemployed and have es-
tablished a central bureau of regis
tration to act as clearing house.
Pittsburgh contractors and employ
ers have been urged to keep one or
two men in each family on the paw
roll, and to hire to a large extent
those living in the city who have de-
denpents,
Each ward in Rockford, ILL.,, has
a committee with the two aldermen
as chairmen. These committees in
turn have organized precinct COM
mittees with member in charge of
each city block. Personal contact like
this has resulted in a very successful
campaign to provide jobs and relieve
distress, the report said.
Schnectady, N. Y, has taken care
of its own>problem by bond issues for
public improvements, and the city of
ficials are enforcing rigidly such or
dances as show removal, which is
done under city supervision and
charged on tax bills of all derelict
property owners.
sS Stlanta, has formed club of 500
citizens, each of whom has pledged
the building of dwelling to be rent
ed at reasonable figure( thus Civ.
ing employment to many, and also
helping the huosing situation.
Boston, has asked all employers to
increase the number of their en-
ployees by at leafs one, and as many
more as is possible.
New.London, Conn.,, runs special
entertainments in the theatres with
local talent. The unemployed were
allowed to sell tickets and retain a
good percentage of the proceeds.
Civil services rules are suspended in
Cambridge, Mass, so that many per-
sons can rotate in the same jobs.
Houston, Texas, maintains a gang
of laborers ranging in number from
200 to6O0 paying them $1.25 day
and if they have dependents, supple
menting this by charity. Employers
are urged to apply to the city for
labor, which is supplied from this
gang.
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