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In 1921 Mr. Hoover, as chairman of the President’s Conference on Unemploy- 
ment, made this statement: 
“There is no economic failure so terrible in its import as that of a country pos- 
sessing a surplus of every necessity of life in which numbers, willing and anxious 
to work, are deprived of these necessities. It simply can not be if our moral and 
economic system is to survive, * * * 
What our people wish is the opportunity to earn their daily bread, and surely 
in a country with its warehouses bursting with surpluses of food, of clothing, with 
(ts mines capable of indefinite production of fuel, with sufficient housing for com- 
fort and health, we possess the intelligence to find a solution. Without it our 
whole system is open to serious charges of failure.” 
We fully agree with this statement. We are convinced, moreover, that a par- 
tial solution of the problem of unemployment has already been found in the three 
bills which have been passed by the Senate. They are essential parts of a sound, 
unified program of action. The principles involved in these bills have been 
subjected to rigid criticism for many years and have been very widely endorsed 
by economists, business men, bankers, and social workers in all parts of the coun- 
try. Tt would be inexcusable for this country to go through another winter— 
possibly another winter rife with all the misery, unrest, and crime that go with 
involuntary unemployment—without taking the moderate and soundly conceived 
measures of prevention for which provision is made in the three Wagner bills, 
(Signatures to the petition:) 
Charles B. Ackley, 521 West One hundred and twenty sixth Street, N. Y. City 
nlergyman. 
John Gilmon Addy, 1460 East Tenth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., clergyman. 
Harvin Ely Adriance, Englewood, N. J., clergyman. 
Peter Ainslie, Ten Hills, Baltimore, Md., clergyman. . 
Chester Aldrich, 126 East Thirty-eighth Street, New York City, architect. 
George W. Alger, 1165 Fifth Avenue, New York City, lawyer. 
7 Ny, Lante Allen, 600 Lexington Avenue. New York City, National Secretary, 
r. W.C. A. 
George Reed Andrews, 289 Fourth Avenue, New York City, clergyman. 
Lynn P. Armstrong, 508 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., clergyman. 
Henry A. Atkinson, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York City, general secretary, 
Thureh Peace Union, and World Alliance. 
Jules 8. Bache, 42 Broadway, New York City, banker. 
Benjamin W. Bacon, 244 Edward Street., New Haven, Conn., professor. 
Charles S. Bacon, Boston, Mass., president, Chandler's Store. 
C. J. Baldwin, 74 Olivia Street, Derby, Conn., physician. 
Imogene S. Ballentine, 221 Deems Avenue, West New Brighton, N. Y., teacher. 
S. P. Barackman, 12 Tenth Street, West New York, N. J., clergyman. 
Charles C. Bauer, 1115 Fifth Avenue. New York Citv. vice chairman, League of 
Nations Association. 
William Bauer, 634 Catherine Street, Syracuse, N. Y., clergyman. 
Jay J. Baum, 264 Snydam Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, accountant. 
Augustus F. Beard, Norwalk, Conn., clergyman. 
Ivan H. Benedict, 515 Blue Hills Avenue, Hartford, Conn., clergyman. 
N. C. Benson, Frederica, Del., clergyman. : 
Esther G. Black, 700 Ford Building, Boston, Mass., stereopticon bureau 
manager. 
ad M. Bolden, 105 West One hundred thirtieth Street, New York City, 
clergyman. 
Homer N. Borst, 1815 Graybar Building, New York City, associate secretary, 
Association of Community Chests and Councils. 
W. Russel Bowie, 804 Broadway, New York City, clergyman. 
Ernest Brennecke, 168 West One hundredth Street, New York City, clergyman. 
Mrs. H. A. Bridgman, Shirley Centre, Mass., christian science practitioner. 
George A. Bronson, 453 Seventh Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., clergyman. 
Arthur J. Brown, 1235 Park Avenue, New York City, clergyman. 
William Adams Brown, 1105 Park Avenue, New York City, professor. 
Henry Bruere, 216 East Eighteenth Street, New York City, banking. 
Alfred W. Budd, Derby, Conn., clergyman. 
Percy 8. Bullen, 51 University Place, New York City, editor. 
Mprges E. Burton, 135 East Fifty-second Street, New York City, secretary, 
.W. CA. 
Charles A. Butts, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., editor. 
S. Parkes Cadman, 64 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, N. W., elergvman.