Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 139, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 October 1930 — Page 9

OCT. 20, 1930.

A Personal MessagemW VDh • - • . ‘ ■ •' ' * . ... . ; IF your name is on the Pay Roll; if you have a job—any kind of a job—at a polished desk, be* hind a counter, or at a factory workbench... then this plea comes to you from twenty thousand men and women right here at home, who are able to work, eager to work, and can find no work to do. No ordinary derelicts and destitutes are these folks. Many are skilled workers, proud of their honest place in the community. But now, with no work ... no wages ... how shall they bring bread to their families? How shall they keep a shelter overhead? What of the bitter cold months of winter? And if sickness comes—what then? You answer! For YOU—the fortunate jobholders—are the only ones who CAN answer. Many business men of Indianapolis are doubling and trebling their subscriptions to the Com* munity Fund. And among the larger industrial plants the response is heartening. Workers, from their limited incomes, have gladly given as never before. And now comes the opportunity for you, the individual subscribers, to GIVE MORE FOR A GREATER NEED. Some say, “Oh, this is a temporary situation; things will get better." Certainly! Indianapolis is not industrially bankrupt. We’ll pull out of it. But an empty stomach is a mighty poor economist. Workers and their families can’t live on futures and pollyanna platitudes. They must have help NOW, in the weeks ahead, if we are to prevent misery and suffering; if we are to check social unrest, disease and crime. * •. Already your Community Fund has expended $53,000, beyond its 1929-30 budget—gone in the hole to help those who MUST be helped. Here are comparative figures for just one of the Fund’s relief agencies They tell the story of a pressing need. THE FAMILY WELFARE SOCIETY FIGURES First Ten Months Comparison Individual Families Money Spent > 1 ' T Helped for Relief 1928-292,214 S 56,828*00 1929-30 . . 3,117 $101,903.00 ■ This startling increase in relief appropriation has been a direct reflection of current unemployment. The Committee for Stabilization of Employment, sponsored jointly by the Community Fund and the Chamber of Commerce, has just completed a report which gives the first accurate estimate • of how many people are out of work in Indianapolis. For 1930;* March 31. 4*348 April 30 10,267 May 31...... 15,425 June 30 16,440 July 31...,; 14,249 August 31 26,000 - . . . *. . . . ...... . / • Read those figures again, bearing in mind that Indianapolis normally employs 153,000 persons. The situation is bad. No getting around that. And this coming winter will bring the heaviest demands in the history of the Fund. But the Community Fund can give only as YOU give, It has no magic purse, no secret source of revenue. And so will YOU, and YOU, and YOU GIVE MORE FOR A GREATER NEED! Remember, please, that the unpaid worker who will call upon you in the next few days is one of 2,520 who give not only their money, but TEN DAYS OF THEIR TIME to this cause. He doesn’t like to solicit, but it is a job he has pledged to do, and he is doing it well. Give him a hand, and a subscription! Indianapolis Community Fund (This Advertisement Contributed by a Friend of the Community Fund)

. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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