PHILADELPHIA DISTRESS
WEALTHY CITIZENS NOT HELPING.
MAYOR EXPRESSES GRAVE FEARS.
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—-Copyright. Rec. S p.m. New York, Feb. 15. The Mayor of Philadelphia, Mr. MacKeny, stating that at least 250,000 persons in the city were without the bare necessities of life, asserted that the militia would be needed to preserve order unless wealthy citizens contributed to relief funds, of which there are few up to the present time, the great proportion being contributed by the working class. “It is the poor man who has saved the situation,” said the Mayor. “I am not an alarmist and am not over-em-phasising .the facts. No one wants to see martial law', but if the relief committee breaks down owing to the failure of the people to contribute it will be impossible for the police to contend with the conditions which will be created.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 February 1931, Page 7
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