Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-08-12
Members Object to an Editorial
That Appeared I'm This
Paper.
Insist That Committee Wants
to BE Fair aud just to All
Creeds.
SCHEDULE OF DOUBTFTL TASTE

Just as the Kentucky Irish Ameri-
can was about to 60 to press last
week It received communication
from II. X. Cole and Charles w.
Allen, Chairman and Secretary re-
spectively of the Charities Endorse
ment Committee. The communica-
tion referred to an editorial in this
paper a week previous. The article
was headed Oversight or Ignor-
ance" and called attention to the
omission of several worthy Catholic
charitable institutions from the list
indorsed by the Charities Endorse
ment Committee.
The Kentucky Irish American
based its article ON matter that ap-
peared in the daily papers. There
was no hint that the matter was not
authentic. The names of a number
of institutions were omitted and no
explanation was made as to the
reason for the omission.
In the communication received last
week some light is thrown on the
subject. In the first place the
Charities Endorseemnt Committee is
an organization composed OF three
members of the Board of Trade and
three members of the Commercial
Club. In the introduction to the
bylaws the committee states that II
was felt that there were a number
of questionable charities operating in
the city and concerning which the
public deserved to be more fully in
formed. The committee sent out
blank applications for Endorsement
and these blanks contained many
questions regarding the work done in
the various institutions. Many OF
these questions are decidedly dis
tasteful, and there is no good reason
why they should be answered by
anybody. The communication to the
Kentucky Irish American says:
"The committee had complete
list OF all of the various organiza-
tions and institutions in the city
whether Catholic, Protestant, Jewish
or non-sectarian, and mailed to each
of these the information schedule
and bylaws of the committee. In
all cases where the answer was not
prompt the schedules were mailed
again. In several instances the
schedule was returned to the COM
mittee with the statement that the
questions asked were the business OF
no one except the institutions, and
that the help and Endorsement OF
the committee was not desired. In
fact, one of the institutions named
in the editorial answered in this
spirit"
Later on the committee proceeds:
you will see that II was neither
through oversight nor ignorance
that a number of Catholic institu.
tions do not appear on the list oil
indorsed charities"
This committee Is made up oi
Fred w. Keisker. Charles F. Huhlein
and Charles w. Allen, representing
the Board of Trade. and II. X. Cole
Or. Henry r. Tuley and Bernard
Selligman. All of these gentlemen
are reputable business and profes-
sional men and are, evidently trying
to protect the Louisville public from
being held up by fraudulent col.
iectors and fake charities. At the
same time the public is thoroughly
aware of the good work done by the
Little Sisters OF the Poor. the Sis
ters of the Good Shepherd. the Sis.
ters OF Charity at st. Vincent and St
Thomas Orphan Asylums, and the
Sisters of the Ursuline order who
conduct st. Joseph's Asylum. Taking
It for granted that they declined tc
furnish the Information asked fol
by the committee, that should be NJ
reason for Withholding an indorse
ment when the members of the com.
mittee must be aware of the good
work these institutions have done II
the past and are doing now.