The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-06

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York's unemployed. The Salvation
Army also has at least tacitly COM
piled with this tactic.
The four new deaths in New York
from exposure in the present cold
spell brings the total deaths this week
in New York from this cause to seven.
More than so workers in the entire
United States have frozen to death
through lack of funds or facilities to
protect themselves from the zero
weather.
Wednesday night saw the cold
wave in New York somewhat abated
but still severe. More than 600 job
less and destitute men, women and
children were waiting to be assigned
to quarters at the Municipal Lodging
House. Suddenly two police patrol
cars were driven up to the curb.
Though guilty only of unemployment,
the line of applicants became "sus-
poets" before three police officers
and committee"
Police and Committee"
This committee" included Edward
E. Mcmahon, superintendent of the
Municipal Lodging House. Other
members were Deputy Commissioner
James w. Kelly, of the New York De-
partment of Welfare, and James j.
McArdle, secretary to Borough Presi-
dent Byrne, of Brooklyn. The SILVER
ing line of men, women and children
extended from the lodging house, near
the East River, to First Ave. and
oath st.
Sentenced To Jail.
Superintendent Mcmahon acted as
"spotter" for the police. Each APP
plicant for shelter was closely ques-
toned.
Frightened by the presence of the
police, many applicants fled.
The patrol cars were finally filled
with unemployed workers, all charged
with the crime of walking the side
walks of New York looking for work
in vain. Fourteen of them were found
guilty" by Magistrate Smith in
night court and sentenced to IA days
each in the workhouse.
To Hide Conditions.
The deputy commissioner of the de-
partment of welfare sat on the bench
beside the magistrate while the SEN
fences were imposed. He said the
raid on the lodging house marked the
opening of a campaign to drive I'M
employed workers out of the district.
The IA defendants were formally
charged with vagrancy.
Information was obtained at the
Salvation Army headquarters on E.
.14th st. yesterday that an effort is
being made to conceal the widespread
and growing unemployment by ban
ishing evidence of it by the use of
force and wholesale arrests.
"If the police didn't act in this way
it would be impossible to accommo-
date all who applied for shelter" an
officer of the Salvation Army said.
Follows Conference.
The raid Wednesday night was
made only few hours after Col.
Edward Underwood, of the Salvation
Army, had called on Commissioner
Bird S. Coler, of the department of
welfare, to discuss ways and means
with him. A statement made public
at the time of the conference said
Underwood merely urged Commits
sioner Coler to enlarge the capacity
of the Municipal Lodging House,
where 800 men, 23 women and three
children are reported to have slept
night before last. Coler, however, is
said to have remained silent on this
subject, whereas he assigned his
deputy commission to organize a po-
lice raid against the victims of I'M
employment, for whose benefit the
lodging house and the department Of
welfare supposedly were established
IF you want any information you'd
better go to Commissioner Coler,"
McMahon said. II might tell you one
thing and he might turn around and