The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-13
WOMAN DISCUSSES
LOCAL ORGANIZATION /
FOR RELIEF OF POOR.
Mrs. Alice B. Bailey, Mandan, Is
Speaker At Devils Lake
Convention

Devils Lake, N. D., Oct. 13.-(P-
Community organization should serve
as the keynote in city planning for
poor relief, Mrs. Alice B. Bailey,
Mandan, juvenile commissioner for
the sixth judicial district, told the
annual meeting of the North Dakota
League Of Municipalities here Tues
day.
Fred w. Sheffield, Fargo, and F.
G. Kneeland, jamestown, also spoke
on Tuesdays program which brings
to an end the tWo-day session.
Coordination of effort with its SUBJ
sequent avoidance Of duplication,
Mrs. Bailey said, simplifies and places
on a business basis the intercity
problems of the municipality.
"The basic requirement for social
work supported by the public through
taxes is the highest possible eff
ciency," she said.
administrator Of public welfare
has about reached disaster propor-
tions in many localities. The strug-
gle seems to be reduced to the SIM
pie elements Of food and shelter for
the unemployed and their depend
ents. The heaviest weight falls on
the cities. Added to their own load
we have the steady migration from
smaller towns and communities. To
stem this tide taxes the wisdom and
strategy of, relief agencies.
Wide Planning Needed
wide range planning therefore
takes the center Of the picture and
it is to community organization that
We look for the actuality that brings
results. If the nation itself recog-
nizes the need for national organiza-
tion, how much more so Is this true
Of the small locality"
Mrs. Bailey suggested that city
planning for poor relief include the
organization of q citizens committee
or social service exchange, or coun-
Gil Of social agencies, to be composed
of representatives Of the various
community groups.
The organization, she added, should
center in central or executive COM
mittee, with a city-county tie-up.
Recommendations made by Mrs.
Bailey included:
Survey of the unemployed, using
the machinery of the local election
boards: establishment of bureau for
registration Of unemployed, and IN
conjunction having firms list possible
needs; formulation of plans to pass
work around by rotating jobs; stinau-
lation Of club women's campaign to
give day work to women whose fami-
lies are dependent; creation OF
clothing center; formation OF q bu-
reau or committee to secure stand
ard prices for food supplies; forma-
ton of a plan whereby local bakers
could be interested in distributing un-
sold bread to needy families.
Jobs Can Be Made
She suggested further that work
BIZ made" such as road work, re-
pairing city streets, sewer repair,
garbage hauling. cleaning up dump
lots, snow shoveling, fall plowing OF
garden space for use next spring by
dependent families, cutting down
hills. filling up sunken areas, and ar
ranging to have dependent families
secure winter supply of coal at near
by mines.
Sheffield discussed requisites IN
laying out an airport.
"A good field" he said. lis an ad-
vertisement for any city and the
slightest improvement on the field
seems to be known in aviation circles
for miles,
Airports, he said, have been found
to be as much an asset as park
system, drawing numerous visitors
on Sundays.
Qualifications for airports should
include, he added, the location OF a
site near the city: a site free from
obstacles; and level ground.