The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13
NAT TERs
ARE PURELY LOCAL.
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soLENBERGER ONLY GIVES PER
SoNAL VIEW. 1:
Former, President of National Confer
gence Of Corrections and Charities Elk
plains That Organization Never De-
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clares Opinions Questions Are Dis
cussed, but Never Decided. Z. /;

Colonel G.. E. Faulkner, :superinten-
dent of Washburn. Home, and former
president of the National Conference Of
Charities and Corrections; calls |atten-
tion to the fact that the conference is
not q body which declares opinions, but
simply disseminates information, and,
that it should not be understood as taxi
ing any position with respect to the re-
view Of the work of the Salvation
Army by Mr. Solenberger. He said
to- The Journal yesterday: ssss$5
3 Conferences Are Open. :.
emo misunderstanding Of the char
.acter and purpose of these conferences
as public schools should. be permitted
to hinder a full recognition Of their
their deliberations? TIE publication 81
brief synopsis of: a. paper concerning
certain methods Of the Salvation Army.
has brought the criticism that the pa
per was misleading, and our good
friends Of the local Salvation Army or
ganization have interpreted it as an I'M
kind. thrust directed steward them,
selves, instead of being a discussion on
broad, national lines. !; The National
Conference Of Charities and Correction
is an open. forum to encourage study
and discussion, but: it never makes fnd-
cedllre so provides. ia : + s@ u, I ~
Mr.. So1enberger presented his views
as a student, and not as an official
speaking. in any representative way.
The paper was discussed by represent
tatives of the Salvation Army present.
Each state and each city has its
own problems For this reason it IS
be permitted to local, workers who be-
come experienced in their fields Of s.ef-
fort. and are better qualified to judge
Of their problems than are superior Of
fcials who are distant from them. We
have here in Minnesota an excellent
state conference Of Charities and Cor
rection which. possesses the confidence
of the general public in an encouraging
degree.
@F Makes no Finding. III
Like the national conference, the
state conference will make no findings
upon any points of: difference between
those who are endeavoring to do the
works Of. charity. This state confer
ence is open as a. convenient forum
for the discussion Of the problems Of
the cities. If there are any. disagree
| ments between the Associated Charities
of our cities on the. one hand. and the
local auxiliaries Of the Salvation Army
on the other hand, let these differences
! be set forth and discussed in our CON
! ference school, in the hope that by and
thru such friendly and sincere study
1 and comparison. ofs|'policies and meth.
DDS, the best may be adopted. ., = =
| "Speaking for myself as a member
of the executive committees Of both
| the national and state conferences, and
member of the board Of directors OF
the Associated Charities Of Minneapolis
I pledge an open mind, an open heart
and an open hand to the representative
of the Salvation Army in the joint ef
fort necessary to make our mutual en-
beavers most effectual for good.
Organization too Rigid.
Because Of the fact that, unlike the
! Associated Charities which has a SAex
! ible organization, the Salvation Army
4 Is controlled from a distant center In it,
main policies and methods, there seems
I to be a need that it's leaders shall bt
i asked to concede larger discretion to 10
4 cal auxiliaries. This would recognize
/ the distinction between the system al
suited to English policy, and that which
4 is peculiar to the numerous independent
4 states Of our :, American common
i wealth. H. IL -. :. = L. IL = =" > =;