Show SAYS CONDITION IS MUC OHlER Superintendent Woods Believes Situation With Regard to Unemployed Improved DIFFICULTY NOT YET OVER MANY DESERVING MEN ARE GIVEN WORK M 1 M lr Woods superintendent of ot the thu Salt Lake Charity association who Has fias had charge of of the free employment mr reap reau rea at 71 East Fourth South South street is of the opinion that the most acute stage of the distressing prevails with reference to lack of em employment employment is but that thiat the situa situation situation tion Uon is not by bf b any means beyond the critical point I believe said Mr Woods that we have passed the worst of it but we weare weare weare are not by any means out of the woods yet Since the office has been opened we ve have hav registered the names mimes of more than married men I would esti estimate estimate mate that there are dependent upon these men a total tot of 2000 Married men only are taken Into consideration by US u at this time and in this connection connection tion Hon N Of the number registered reg we have placed and I 1 should say that fifty have obtained work through their own efforts We Ye have therefore approximately app names on our books and nearly that number of men anxious for employment We Ve have closed the reg registration until Monday londay in order to give us time to classify the applicants and to arrange other data We will reopen the books Monday Should Notify Bureau We Ve encounter some difficulty In checking the names properly property because of the failure of 01 those who secure work on their own account to notify us to that effect It would be a help to t us if It the applicant would let lel us know if he gets work through other means than the efforts of the association The employers have been extremely considerate and have aided us materi materially materially ally any in our work If JJ Is our aim to find work for our own people those who make their the r homes in this city first and the employers have given us rea rca reason reason son to believe that they are as anxious as we are to take care of our home bomb people first leaving the transients as asa asa asa a secondary consideration consIderations In addition to finding employment for the number of men stated Mr Woods has also als found places 1 lace for lor ap approximately approxImately approximately proximately women The superintendent has in his pos possession possession possession session a reliable check on the condi condition tion of the families of the men who ap apply apply apply ply for work In gathering this information mation matlon he has been greatly assisted by volunteers from the various churches who after investigation report to him the degree of need or distress If It any in which the family is found It is the th aim to give employment first to those who need ned n ed it most Every Dollar Counts While I believe the situation is easing up considerably continued Mr MI 11 Woods I 1 do not look for a complete c restoration of the good times that pre preceded preceded preceded ceded this crisis for many months to come We constantly urge the work workIng workIng working Ing people to harbor their resources and to save every dollar they possibly can in order that they may continue to maintain their independence and consequently cons their Mr Woods will confer with General Manager Joseph S Wells of ot the street streetcar car company In the hope that tha t in the work Incident to the construction n of the new barns and shops preference will be gi n to as many of the descry deserving descryIng ing men on the associations ass books as asis asis asis is possible Mr Woods has been engaged in the thc work which now enlists his attention for thirteen years nine of them in this city cit He has been with the Charity association since Its organization tour four our years ears ago |