American municipal progress . New York City Municipal LoDcixr, dinner applicants — 3000 MuNiciP.\L Lodging Housk , New York Street Recreation Pier — iioo beds. JUSTICE AND CHARITY 173 Employment System was introduced. The Employment Bu-reau of the Department of Public Welfare investigated appli-cants and gave preferential cards to heads of families and resi-dents of Chicago. Municipal and industrial employment wasopened up by a flood of letters and spectacular |)ublicity. TheMayors Industrial Commission indorsed and aided the of the letters a
American municipal progress . New York City Municipal LoDcixr, dinner applicants — 3000 MuNiciP.\L Lodging Housk , New York Street Recreation Pier — iioo beds. JUSTICE AND CHARITY 173 Employment System was introduced. The Employment Bu-reau of the Department of Public Welfare investigated appli-cants and gave preferential cards to heads of families and resi-dents of Chicago. Municipal and industrial employment wasopened up by a flood of letters and spectacular |)ublicity. TheMayors Industrial Commission indorsed and aided the of the letters addressed to householders was headed: DO IT NOW Give a Job. 175,000 men out of work. Many suffering in a land of of some way to help. Think hard. Think now. For thehonor of Chicago. WE WILL This work was supplemented by a Farm Employment Bureau,sending out 10,000 letters and advertising in the agriculturaljournals. City farming on vacant lands was also promoted. The mayors of Philadelphia and New York appointed com-mittees to spend the municipal appropriations for unemploy-ment and destitution
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