Evening star., 1923-01-12
PLAN TO SALVAGE
WASTE MATERIALS
Salvation Army Social Serv-
ice Center viii Also Give
! Aid to Unemployed.
90 ALREADY ENROLLED
New Building Will Be Dedicated
February IL With Address by
Commissioner.
90 ALREADY ENROLLED

Salvaging waste material with
waste labor and helping men who are
temporarily down and out to support
themselves is the basic. principle of
the new Social Service Center build
ing of the Salvation Army. at 102 b
street northwest. which will be for
inally dedicated on February IL, Lin
coins birthday. according to state
ment issued today by Adjutant George
Paxton. who is in charge of social
service work among the men in
Washington.
This building. which will contain
facilities for helping the men TO re-
pair Old materials to be usable again,
is really an elevator in motive. said
Adjutant Paxton. we take them in,
give them clothing, board and room
free of charge until they find that
they can better themselves. then we
gladly let them out to take advantage
of any opportunity that comes their
way. In, Up and Out is our motto"
Forty Already Enrolled.
The home will have an executive
staff of eight and foreman for each
department of the salvage work. The
new building will accommodate sixty
five men. but Adjt. Paxton thinks
occupy the home when. it is opened,
on February 10. after three days OF
open house. to which the Washington
public is cordially invited. Already
forty men have enrolled for admis-
sion to the industrial building.
Our work will include collecting,
either by direct solicitation or In re-
sponSe to telephone calls, old papers,
magazines. clothing and furniture,
said Mr.. Paxton. The men will then
sort the publications in the baling room
and prepare them for shipment to
nearby paper mills. The men viii
clean. repair and press all articles of
clothing, which will then be placed on
sale at IL nominal price to the poor of
the city.
The same is true of the salvaged fur
niture; it will be repaired. vanished
and sold at low prices. All funds SO
collected will be used to defray the ex-
nenses of the institution. The men who
do the work will be paid what the So
ciety considers appropriate for their
services. The plant includes a fine
laundry, shoe repairing shop. carpenter
shop, cleaning and pressing room and
extensive woodworking shop.
Rudolph to Speak.
Commissioner Rudolph will make the
opening address at the dedication cere-
monies February Il and will raise the
American flag on the building. Com
missioner Estill of New York, who has
charge of the Salvation Army activities
department east of Chicago, and Mrs.
Estili will come to Washington for the
dedication
They will be accompanied by Col
Richard Holz, chief secretary of the
eastern department; Col. Damon, field
secretary, and Col. Z. J. Parker. who
is directly in charge Of social service
work in the eastern department of
the Salvation Army. Brigadier Welte,
assistant to Col. Parker, also will be
here for the ceremonies Brigadier
David Stitt of this city is in charge
of the program for the affair.
This building, or, rather, group of
three buildings. Is the first of several
to be built in Washington by the So
ciety to replace the old, unattractive
buildings which have hitherto housed
the headquarters of the Salvation
Army in Washington.