The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
MINISTERS VOICE
APPROVAL Of WORK
Of Commission
Recommend Holding of Grea,
Mass Meeting in City Audi.
forum at Early Date to Fur.
ther Movement for Morality

a called meeting OF tho Ministerial!
sembly room Of tho Young MEMS
Christian Association building. Try
invitation OF the executive committee
Revs. J. r. Mastin. j. ]. Gravatt. h,
II. Melton l.. I. Wilson and n T,
McFadeu spoke. The executive com.
m4ttee recommended that. looking 10
the moral hettcrmeut Of the city.
mass meeting he held At an early date
az the city Auditorium. for the pur-
pose of considering the vice situation
and to take such steps as may be
necessary for = thorough and perma-
nent Improvement Of the moral condl-
lions in Richmond. The recon-
mendation was adopted and the COM
mittec on civic conditions was request
ed TO tnkae arrangements for the
meeting and TO fix the time. There
Was large attendance of the mem
bers, The following resolutions were
adopted.
I'VE, the members of the Richmond
Ministerial Union. having heartily APP
proved the idea OF a thoroughgoing
investigation into the vice conditions
in Richmond. have awaited with deep
interest tho results or the investiga-
lions Of tho Vice Commission. ap-
pointed by the Mayor. The revela-
uons made by the commission have
served not only TO prove. what Is
practically everywhere now racog~
nized the utter futility and folly of
the principle OF vice segregation, or
of giving protection OF any sort TO
social vice. but has confirmed us in
the conviction that the social evil is
50 threatening "a menace to ur civiliza-
tion that 1t must henceforth be dealt
with firmly and uncompromisinsiy.
aFA a ~ hat IA
work begun In Richmond shall not
prove to be a temporary stir. but
shall he the beginning Of profound
movement that shall arouse this en-
tire city TO sense of its peril and
its duty. and shall unite and organize
the moral forces of Richmond for q
ceaseles warfare against commercial
ICED vice arid for "a campaign of edu-
cation and enlightenment that shall
deal In the most far-reaching and COM
prehensive way with the entire sex
problem.
We recognize that this movement
in Richmond is but part OF nation
wide and "a worldwide movement of
the age to save our civilization from
the social rottenness and collap-s to
which the social evil inevitably tends.
Therefore.
tTtesolved. That this association,
hereby, expresses It's thanks TO the
Vice Commission and records its
hearty appreciation and approval of
the self-sacrihcing and painstaking
work in behlaf of public morals in this
city that has been done by the mem
bers OF the Vice Commission:
Further, That we earnestly request
them to continue their study OF the
entire field of social vice In Richmond,
and that we pledge them both our
hearty sympathy and our support in
their fearless stand for full and I'M
fettered law enforcement.
Resolved. That we feel that crt-
sis has arisen in our city. involving
not only the good rame of Richmond,
ture OF the city, and that in the
name of the public good we call for
an open ana searching investigation
into the reTorted conditions of vice
protection, and we urge all good citt-
2ens to give backing and unauali-
fed support at this time q The eff
fort to stem the tide OF social cor
rtptio and to line up Richmond
with those cities that have decided
TO make war agai-st the social evil
No Ground For Report.
scare headed article appearing In
an afternoon newspaper Yesterday
that proposed mass meeting was
II covert attack nron the members
of the Council Inv at eating G. mint
tee produced much INDIGNATION on
the part If tho members OF the Min
isterial Union.