The San Francisco call., 1906-08-28

1 $l05 was paid Nieto for meals, yes
terday the meals served at Nieto
kitchens were only S7S.S5. On August
1 meals served at Desmonds kitchen
amounted to 1872; the Desmond meals
yesterday came to only S1055, a diff
ference of $917.
Chairman Phelan of the finance COM
mittee stated yesterday that if any
fraud could be shown in the issue of
meal tickets that suit would be instr
tuted to recover money that may have
been wrongfully paid out.
Pending the arrival of funds from
the East, the work of rehabilitation
has been brought to a standstill In
vestigation of individual cases is still
going on. but yesterday for the first
time in many days not a single check
was drawn against the rehabilitation
fund. Unless the money be received
soon from the East there promises to
be an empty cash cupboard at Cough
and Geary streets.
The cry for that money grows in
loudness. The call for it was first
made in June.
Early in June, it will be remem-
bered, DR.. Deyine went East to get the
Eastern connections to running smooth
ly. The first meeting of the old finance
committee after his return to San Fran
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proceeded to explain about the Wash
ington fund. He said that it was avail
able and would soon be turned over to
the San Francisco committee, but that
the National Red Cross wanted to
know the purposes to which the money
was to be applied.
DIR. DEVINE'S REPORT.
According to the official minutes of
that meeting DR.. Devine said:
Il attended a meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the National Red
I Cross in Washington while 1 was there.
I learned that there was s1,S00,000 in
the hands of the committee, which will
be available for this (San Francisco)
committee and will be transferred
when requested.
MY request was that the entire fund
should be available on the draft of this
! (San Francisco) committee. Secretary
Taft said that while that was an easy
way to escape their responsibilities,
they had some responsibilities, and
they thought it would be rather bet
ter that definite statements of the pur-
poses for which the money was desired
should be forwarded and considered by
the (Red Crosse committee before the
entire sum was actually transferred.
That is to say, they had a certain
/ feeling Of responsibility for the fund,
!
would communicate to you the fact
/ that this money was there and avail
able for any use when this (San Fran
cisco) committee had a desire for it."
LARGE SUMS WITHHELD.
The Washington meeting to which
! DR.. Devine referred was held almost
three months ago. But still the funds
do not come. The feeling of respon-
sibility" may have something to do
with the delay, but the heads of the
several departments of the Relief Cor
/ it is impossible to get a quorum of
the directors of the National Red Cross
together before September. Then, they
say, the money will be turned over to
the local committee.
The Red Cross is custodian of the
/ 81, SOC, 600, the amount named by DR..
Devine At New York there is $500, 900
which is still withheld, while there is
! $500, 900 in Boston, this last being
known as the Massachusetts, fund for
! the relief of San Francisco
/ Since April IS the sum of s2,344,-
45S.95 has been expended by the local
relief authorities out Of the funds sub
scribed for the city. OF this 1897 7,0s5.5S
has been expended in the purchase of
! $3.50, 1880 has been used in housing
the homeless; s117,929.46 for the relief
/ of the sick and wounded; S206, 1899 for
sanitation, including the assistance
given the Board of Health; $29,463.S3
for clothing; s43,e56.71 for labor, about
/ one-third of which was required to
cover the expense of administration and
/ the balance for the care of the camps;
/ 100000 for rehabilitation; while $751;
1888 went to defray miscellaneous ex-
penses.