Early career , for which Clark worked, published
Soviet Russia magazine, later turned over to
Friends of Soviet Russia organization In 1913, Clark began his career as instructor in government at
Princeton University. In 1917, he became research director for the
Socialist members of the New York Board of Aldermen. and secretary of it Free Political Prisoners Committee was
Tracy Dickinson Mygatt. Other members included
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn,
Lewis Gannett,
Harry W. Laidler,
Jessica Smith, and
Norman Thomas, as well as sociologist
Winthrop D. Lane. In 1920, he helped organize the Labor Bureau, Inc. (LBI), an independent professional group, with
George Henry Soule Jr., Alfred L. Bernheim,
David J. Saposs. The LBI acted as economic advisers and public relations counselors for labor unions. , where Clark taught Clark taught at the
Rand School of Social Science (a "property of the American Socialist Society") as a "specialist in municipal affairs." Fellow "noted lecturers and teachers" there included:
Charles A. Beard, historian (Bureau of Municipal Research);
Franklin H. Giddings;
Alexander Goldenweiser;
Benjamin B. Kendrick;
William P. Montague;
David Saville Muzzey;
James Harvey Robinson;
E. M. Sait;
James T. Shotwell;
Lester F. Ward;
David Starr Jordan;
Willard C. Fisher;
Ellen Hayes;
Vida D. Scudder;
Charles Zueblin;
Juliet Stuart Poyntz;
Dorothy Brewster;
George R. Kirkpatrick;
Harry W. L. Dana;
Morris Hillquit;
W.E.B. DuBois;
Jack London; and
Max Eastman among others. On October 1, 1923, the name of the paper was formally changed to the
New York Leader as a reflection of this new orientation. Pacifist minister
Norman Thomas, formerly of
The World Tomorrow, was named as editor of the publication. This effort to stabilize the daily newspaper's funding was unsuccessful, however, and the
New York Leader was terminated just six weeks later. In 1925, Clark wrote editorials, books reviews, and feature stories for the
New York Times through 1928.
Twentieth Century Fund , formerly the
Twentieth Century Fund, with which Clark was a leader for nearly a half century In 1928, Clark became the first executive director of the
Twentieth Century Fund (founded by Boston merchant
Edward A. Filene), a role he served until 1958. The fund conducted economic research and fostered public education on economic problems. Under Clark, the fund began its own research into controversial areas, "working on the theory that controversy is an index of a topic's importance and of the need for its objective study." Topics included: consumer credit, pre-payment group medical service, economic sanctions in relation to peace, internal debts of the United States of America, old age security, and labor cartels. From 1958 to his death in 1970, Evans remained a member of the fund's board of trustees.
Other efforts , which Clark served for New York in the 1930s In 1935, Evans became an economic advisor to the
New York City Housing Authority, which he served until 1937. Concurrently, he served as chairman of the board of directors of the
National Public Housing Conference. Concurrently, he served as chairman of the New York State Adjustment Board of the
National Recovery Administration. In 1937, he served on the panel of arbitrators of the
New York City Labor Relations Board. In 1944, Clark was a major co-founder of the
Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York, a non-profit organization that eventually provided medical care through 30 groups to more than 750,000 people in the New York City area. After World War II, he became a champion for world peace and offered his views for the post-war world publicly: We as a people know much more clearly now than we did when the last war ended what we want of the peace. We want no more Depression this time. We want work; we want to be able to buy, with the money we earn, decent food, clothing and homes to live in; we want security in illness and old age; we want our children educated; and we want at least some of the luxuries that science and machinery have paraded before our eyes—an automobile, a radio, household conveniences.
New York Times As earlier mentioned, in 1925, Clark wrote editorials, books reviews, and feature stories through 1928. From 1954 to 1962, he served as a member of the NYT's editorial board and wrote about social and economic issues. ==Personal and death==