Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-06-18
WHAT is
OUR COAL?

COHE VVnkI
We have a goal. Unity of Mil
WauE eeans achieved.
We have a job. The labor that
must be performed before unity
is achieved
Therefore, the Milwaukee edi-
tor OF THE CHICAGO WORLD,
has. Designated June as Get
Together month Church IS,
civic organizations, and the men
and women of the entire com
munity, are urged to use June
to work for unity.
The first part of June. each
citizen is asked to spend one
hour a day thinking about the
problem. The second part of
June, each citizen is asked to
spend time each day working at
the problem.
Let us give an example, Mrs,
Brown, who lives, let us say, on
Walnut ST., decides to conscious
" turn her mind to the problem
of unityy for Milwaukeeans, from
two to three in the afternoon.
So, the first day, she is ironing
at this time, the older children
are in school, the younger ones
outdoors. The house is fairly
quiet AS she irons, Mrs. Brown
thinks thoughts like this:
'9W.hen my husband is laid off
what protection does he have?
He can get unemployment in
surance. Wes,, but that's not en-
ough for this family. But can he
get what he really needs? Ana
other job? No. Why? What is
wrong? If there are jobs avail
able, he should have one. If
there are no jobs available, then
maybe we would be better off
in the country on a farm, where
we can grow our own food"
You see what we. mean. That
is Mrs. Browns meditation for
the first day. And as a conse-
quence Of her thinking she makes
up her mind to Ind out of there
arejobs available. She calls in a
few Of the neighbors and says:
Let us nike a job survey"
zone of usi will interview the
manager Of the State Employ
ment office and find out what
kind of labor is most in demand;
what kind least in demand.
zone of us will interview the
local pastor and see what ne
knows of the job situation. One
of us will organize a house-tO-
house visitation in this neigh
borhood and find out where most
people spend their money-at
downtown stores or neighbour
stores. Then we will hold an
other meeting"
So Mrs. Brown and her nigh
bors did all this. They found out
many interesting facts. In her
neighborhood alone, maly of
the families spent $40 a month
at downtown grocery stores. Mrs.
Brown went to see the neighbor-
hood grocer. If this money were
spent at his store, could he hire
a colored clerk?
The grocer said, eff this money
were spent at my store, Mrs.
Brown, could hire a full time
CLERK and delivery boy for part
time work.
Now Mrs. Brown wasn't the
only one in the community who
spent her hour a day thinking
about unity Of Milwaukeeans'
! during June. AT the beginning of
! the third week in June, when a
! big community get-togetherr was
! held, Mrs. Brown told about fe1
project, and suggested a com
munity wide survey be organized
! to determine the amount OF
money that goes out Of the COM
munity each month. Then she
listened to some Of the other
ideas.
A man suggested that in view
OF the present unemployment
condition, that everal large fam
/ lilies move out in the country and
F! form farming community. He
suggested borro~sng an amount
of money sufficient to begin the
project, woiNing under the SUI
pervision of a State Agriculture
Agent, and putting the farm on
a paying basis so that the loan
could he payed off. He asked
that anybody interested, meet
at his home to make further
plans.
There are many other sugges-
tions. One lady suggested that
a rooming bureau be set up SO
that young girls for jobs could
find housing with private fami-
lies rather than institutions
A community employment Of
flee was another suggestion.
Someone suggested community
home-management classes to
nelp WoHleH MAKE the best use
OF the money they have. Neigh
borhood recreation, outdoor sup
pers and song-fests and games,
was suggeted as means of
cutting ,down costs Of down
town entertainment.
The suggestions flew fast and
furious. Now, friends, is this
above picture fact or fiction? It's
up to you to answer that.
Remember June is the month
to get-together and plan COM
munity unity.
We have the goal. Unity Of all
Milwaukeeans
We know what the job is. That