Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-28
BOTH SIDES HEARD
Inquiry Into Methods of the
Associated Charities.
REVIEWED BY COMMISSION
Citizens Attack the Organizations
Plan of Work
DESIGNATED AS MERE TRUST
Friends of System Defend It-State-
ments Made by President Jen-
nings and Others
REVIEWED BY COMMISSION
DESIGNATED AS MERE TRUST

Prominent residents of the District
spoke in favor of the Associated Charities
1T public hearing given by the special
committee appointed to investigate the
methods of that organization. The hear
ing took place in the District building
last evening. For more than three hours
the work of the association was under
discussion. and although several citizens
of the District spoke in opposition TO its
methods and work, the great majority
of those present gave 1t unqualified In
dorsement, stating that instead of CEN
sure it should receive the highest praise
Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford,
chairman of the commission Of inquiry.
called for order and announced that
those who wished to make complaints
against the Associated Charities would be
heard first and aiterwa. DIS those who
desired TO speak in its defense.
Miss Virginia Hammond arose as the
first speaker for the opponents OF the AS
ISOLATED Charities. She declared that not
the ASSOCIATED ChariLes, but It's metnods
were open to criticism.
Voices Criticism Made by Others.
J. II. Adrian, the next speaker, said
1t was not the intention of those who
made donations to the association, he
sad, to have the money spent. in salaries
and office expenses.
Joseph Strasburger said that too much
money was spent by the association for
running expenses and that the money did
not go where it was expected to so by
those who gave it. He criticised the fact
that the secretary of the Associated
Charities received more than 500
month as salary; that the telephone bill
of the organization for last year VAS
s61S and the printing $500. He said
that many people in the District regarded
this an extravagant use of funds which
were intended for the relief of the poor.
Denominated as Trust.
John B. Mccarthy was the principal
speaker against the association. The
Associated Charities" he said, 'is
misnomer. There is no association
about it. The members represent only
themselves They have formed an as
ISOLATION, or trust, and since l first
spoke on this subject / have found that
not one cent of the money given the
Associated Charities reaches the poor.
] have a suspicion of this 'uplift' and
civic betterment' and that kind of
slang. In a few years, however, we
will get smart enough, so that when We
have a few dollars to give away we
will give Ii to the poor direct and not
to secretaries and associations. 1 I'M
derStand now that part of the money
given to the Associated Charities Is to
be used to send charity delegates to q
convention in Elmira, Saratoga or some
other city"
NJ. /. Weller, president of the Citizens
Relief Association, the next speaker,
said that the only criticism that could be
made of the salaries. paid by the AS
ISOLATED Charities was that they were too
low.
Others who spoke in favor of the Asso-
ciated Charities were John Joy Edson
Hennen Jennings, Judge De Lacy, w. C.
Rives, Rev. John Van Schaick, F. L. Sid
dons, DR.. George NJ. Kober and 1. g.
kimball