Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-28
WRESTLING FUNDS
co TO WOODWARD
Municipal Project Explained
as Intended to Rid City
OF BeggarS.

A municipal wood yard, TO provide
employment for those who would
"rather work than beg viii be estab-
ltshed from funds raised at the job
fund benefit wrestling matches, to be
held tomorrow night ct washington
Auditorium.
George J Adams executive secretary
Of the District Of Columbia Committee
on Employment, explaining the mu-
nicipal wood yard project said: The
purpose Is TO provide q place
where, from O'Clock in the morning
until midnight. any man Whb WOULD
rather work than beg may find COM
Psnsztea er11p1oyTnens for not more than
The sole purpose If the wood yard,
Mr. Adams said. is to act as direct
challenge 10 the ''panhandler' from out
of the city With the wood yard in
operation. no man viii have an excuse
for accostinE pedestrians with the all
too familiar, Say. mister. give US
dime for Q cup Of coffee Mr.. Adams
said, adding that no pedestrian need
have any conscientious Scruples about
refusing such request.
Answers to this request. upon the
esta blishment OF the woodward, should
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how to reach the woodward in the least
possible time
In indorsing the project, the District
Commissioners yesterday issued the fol-
loving statement.
AT its meeting October a the Board
of Commissioners of the District of Co.
lumbia gave careful consideration to
the establishment Of q municipal wood
yard as proposed by the District Of
Columbia Committee on Employment.
It is the understanding Of the Commits
sioners that the purpose of this pro-
posed municipal woodward Is to pro-
vide temporary employment for home
less transient unemployed men at
rate of compensation and for a period
Of time sufhcient to obviate the neces-
sity Of such men soliciting money on
the streets. With this understanding
the Commissioners are able to state
that the proposed municipal woodward
has their complete Endorsement and
that the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment will cooperate with the Commit
tee on Employment to the extent of re-
ferring all men found soliciting money
on the city's streets either to the wood
yard or to a duly established mission
or lodging house"
Two locations are under considera-
ton. One is a lot bounded by Virginia
avenue and First and Second streets
southwest, and permission to use this
lot has been granted The other is the
square bounded by Sixth and Seventh
and B streets, the site of the uncom-
pleted Washington Memorial This To-
cation, permission to use which has not
yet been granted, is considered prefer
able because it is sheltered and in
closed.
100 Cords Of Wood.
The committee has 100 cords of wood
available now in Arlington National
Cemetery, where it was felled to make
wood yard, Mr.. Adams said, awaits only
the removal of this wood to the city.
It is estimated that the wrestling
matches will produce $500 if the Audi
forum is sold out by the promoter Joe
Turner, who is donating his services tc
| the committee.
In q plea for support Of the matches
tomorrow night. Mr.. Adams said:
1T is urged that every one who
Washington Of panhandlers attend the
wrestling matches on Thursday night
Persons who do not enjoy wrestling
are urged to buy tickets and give them
to friends and employees. Seats range
in price from 81 to So each, and may
be reserved in Joe Turner's ONCE in
the Annapolis Hotel 1119 H street
The Job Fund Show is much more
than a mere gesture of unemployment
relief. It will be the means of coping
humanely and legally with a condition
which rapidly is becoming most I'M
pleasant. 1t will be the means of
stopping panhandling in Washington
After the municipal wood yard is
under way the citizens of Washington
may cooperate still further with the
Employment Committee in its efforts
to eliminate panhandling. This CO.
operation best may be expressed In
willingness to say no for ever after
when accosted for a dime upon the
eity's streets"