The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-24
PRIVATE CHARITIES
BODY INCORPORATES
Commissioner Kingsbury Saws
Men Unfriendly to Him
Are in Movement.
CITY MONEY MAIN OBJECr

A new association has been organized
In an effort to direct the expenditure g,
the money which the city approp..u,,.t.r
charities. Avowedly the ASSOCIATION.
called the Associates Of Private ,...
ties, Inc, intends TO try to g,. .
financial aid from the city fol r.....
charities. When John A. kus,H...
Commissioner of Charities. Wa ASH.
last night whether he thought a.. .,...
Citations chief purpose was to Il ta.. n.
administration, he said.
We'll. l wouldn't go as far as 20 ..,.
that, but IL Is interesting to note, l.,
many men unfriendly to my adm.us..,.
ton are on the associates board
Among them are -. e. Potter eN,.u.
tive secretary OF the ndw assl,.i,..,
whose withdrawal from the dlr,..orsnp
OF the board of ambulance serv.y, vg,
brought about last June by Comm!ss uns-
Kingsbury: the Rev. William B Far.
rell OF tho Church of St Peter and $,
Paul. Brooklyn, who recently had q con.
troversy with Commissioner Klugsbury.
which was carried on by means OF letters
to the newspapers. and who attacked
Commissioner Kingsbury's administration
hotly. Or. Royal $. Copeland and VIII.
lam l. Spiegelberg both OF whom wer,
on the board of ambulance service. bu'
there II Michael 3. DrummOnd. who wa.
Commissioner of Charities until tho an.
pointment OF Mr.. kingsbury and who
might not like some of the things tina,
Mr.. Kingsbury has said about the previ-
Gus administration of that department
Frank J. Moss. president OF tho Oph.
thalmic Hospital, Is also an incorporat0r
OF the new association. He IS now ~.
torney for the State committee which 4.
investigating the Municipal Civil Service
Board, which has branched out into an
Investigation OF the Charities Department
using methods which Commissioner
Kingsbury characterizes az unfair
Other incorporators are Edward c,
Blum. Macomb @. Foster. president n,
Knlckerbocker Hospital Emanuel Cattle.
Edward NJ circuit. Thomas Hughes ke.
ley. Edward Lauterbach. Herman A. Metz.
the Very Rev Francis J. O'Hara. Arthur
s. Somers and Abraham s. kavaragN.
superintendent OF the Methodist Episcopal
Hospital
Or Potter refused 70 say p word about
the purposes OF the new association. VIII m
was quietly Incorporated last July. hut
Charles H. Hilles, head OF the New York
Juvenile Association. formerly President
Taft's secretary. and vice-presldent ~
the associates. said the association might
be regarded as the outRrowth of a com
m!ttee OF the New York Conference NJ
Charities and Corrections.
The associates represent the different
elements interested in private institutions
and was Incorporated to put sluaroly M
to the city the question of whether =
wanted institutions under private md
sectarian control to he deprived Of city
aid and eventually displaced by city 'n-
situations. a movement for which Is IN
cubating he said
I'VE want to snow first" said NJ
Hilles. that the private institution 1'
deserving. and then make a stand 'or
their needs. Every one Of these 'ns'''l
tions Is spending more and moro moro,
upon public charges. and they have ""
right 10 receive aid from the city"