Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-06
DISTRIBUTION OF
FUND QUESTIONED
WIDESPREAD CRITICISM is HEARD
IN ENGLAND OVER PRINCE
OF WALES FUND.

Correspondents" ~ IN" A>>"'i'i'" 800
London. Nav Il. Widespread criticism
il heard in England over the adIninl>'r"
Ition of the Prince of Wales National
Relief Fund. which now amounts - -,
.Un.WN. About \ third ~ this has been
expended thus far.
The criticism comes from Two sides.
The Workers National committee ON
plains that S7.OOu.Wm has been spent ~
relieving dependents of soldiers and Sai
lors. and only Sl.O00.000 for the relief Of
civil distress, which the committee de
~clarcs was the principal object of the
fund. ON the other hand, families Of sol
dicr> and sailors complain that there
are unreasonable DELAYS ia making al
advances aud payments. and that the al
miniStratur> If the fund have taken no
notice nf many eases of genuine distress
The Workers National committee j.
understood t. have the backing Of the
trades unions. has asked the executive
committee of the fund for a full state
men, Of receipts and expenditures. to
gcthcr with an explanation of the policy
which has been pursued ia the admin
iStration of the fund"
In Glasgow. a serious situation has
- - hi'hEH - n = -
DAYS ago sby the local branch If the re-
lief fund If the executive committee.
stating thar the fund would not contin
ne Ia pay the weekly rent of 1000 dr
~pcndanS. The Glasgow secretary al the
same time stated that this action was
taken against the wish Of he local com
mittcc. which had ia good faith made
promises Ia the soldiers relatives which
il was now unable to fulfill.
The defense of the general executive
committee j. thus given ia the TIMES:
The committee admits that the local
administrative machinery for the paw
mcnt ~ allotmrntS aud allowances j.
not vet working smoothly. I.ut this work
was undertaken only a. relieve the IN
prcccdcntcd strain which the war had
imposed upon the army pay department
and the committee hopes that before
long the fund will he entirely relieved
of this charge upon it.
AT the beginning of the war, the ar
my pay office had on lis books only 1870
soldiers wives The number entitled To-
separation allowances j. now close 10
l.0O0.OO aud they are paid weekly. The
number Of households granted relief by
the fund has been over -On.Wnn. - far
~ ~ ~ ~ 80 ~ iifH' nus -
j. being recovered from the war office.
Substantial sums have been granted
for the temporary relief of Wounded sol
dicrS and sailors. aud for the provision
~ employment and training for the par
italy disabled.
Grants from the fund for the relief of
the civil population are made solely on
the recommendation Of the government
committee 81 the prevention aud relief
IL distress. of which the president j.
Herbert Samuel. president If the local
government board.
Unemployment. ~ everyone knows. "
much less serious than was antiripatcl
md ID has not been necessary ~ make
any very heavy demands on the fund for
the assistance nf eases of distress among
the civil population. - long ~ the
govcrnrr"nt'S demand for labor on gov
ernmenl work remains mSatiSfed. il
would be impossible Ia regard without
grave anxiety the continued reliance If
men AMI women nn relief funds. The
committee therefore urges its local com
mittccS 10 Scrutinizc carefully the cir
cum>tancc> If all applicants for civil ~
lief.