Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
CLEANUP DRIVE"
.. BEGINS TOMORROW
1891 Campaign Gets Under
Way, With Three Pur-
poses in View.

"Clean up washington" will be the
order of the day throughout the ensu
ing month, beginning tomorrow.
Following extensive planning by a
large group of officials of civic organ.
izations, the 1881 cleanup campaign
will be set in motion tomorrow. 1t
promises TO be the most elaborate cam
paign of its kind ever promulgated
here.
The purposes of the campaign are
threefold: To prepare the National
CAPITAL for the elaborate programs to
be staged here in 1892 in connection
with the George Washington Bicen-
tennial, which is to bring thousands of
special guests to this city; to stimulate
business; and to provide increased en-
ployment.
All Urged to Participate.
All residents of Washington are
urged to participate in the general pro-
provement of their premises and the
refurbishing of properties.
The months campaign opens with
Paint week. Home week will begin
April 81 and continue until May 4,
when Garden week will succeed to spe-
cial public attention. Community week
will run from May IL to the END OF
the campaign, May ID.
The purpose of the first three weeks,
1t is announced by George j. Adams,
executive secretary of the Campaign
COMMITTEES. is to concentrate public at
tention on the painting OF houses, ga
RACES, motor cars and other property,
the decoration and Identification OF the
Rome and the creation and malnte-
nance of gardens. Community week is
calculated to focus public attentlon
upon the final cleaning OF vacant lots,
public alleys and private property.
Unemployment Decrease.
Touching on the benefit the cam
paign is expected to have on employ
ment conditions here, the committee
last night stated:
"a general survey Of the city indi-
Gates beyond the shadow OF DOUBT
that unemployment in the Nations
Capital is decreasing rapidly. Whne
accurate figures are dif1icult to obtain,
it is safe to state there is at least 40
per cent less unemployment today than
during the peak OF depression last VIM
This estimate is based on the total
number of unemployed persons whose
names were on file at the United states
Public Employment Service, 4S0 Louis
lana avenue during January Of this
year, as compared with the total num-
Der Of jobs which have been obtained
through the various employment
agencies since that date"
The committee reports that 1,400
persons were enrolled last month for
employment during the cleanup cam
paign at the ONCE Of the District OF
Columbia Committee on Employment.
told not to expect work until the CAM
paign actually was under way, Mr..
Adams reports, jobs already have been
found for $50 of them prior to the
opening Of the od1cial campaign.
improvement Apparent.
An Improvement has been apparent
for the past two weeks among such
classes Of labor as housemaids, buffers,
reports.
This indicates home owners and pri-
vate citizens In general are beginning
TO spend money on personal service and
on property improvement" the COM
mittee statement adds. This in
creased expenditure Is probably due to
the fact that the American citizens, or
at least the Washingtonian, is begin
ming to see signs Of renewed pros
perity."
During the past week the Cleanup
Committee distributed about 1000
copies Of q cleanup bulletin, contain
ing situations Wanted" column, in
which the names of IL unemployed
persons, such Is handymen, gardeners
and cooks, were listed. On the day
after the distribution Of this bulletin,
the committee reports, work was OBJ.
tanned for Of these applicants. The
entire IL now are employed.
All Fully Qualified.
Expressing the belief the most of
those out of employment are the I'M
skilled, the Committee on Employment
hopes that before the end of the clean
up campaign it will have been able to
provide jobs for the men and women
on its rolls who are not skilled or spe-
cially trained in particular kind of
work.
The Employment Committee points
cut that every person it sends out In
answer for calls for workmen has been
found to be fully qualified for the po-
gitiou he seeks to obtain