The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-09
DENY ROW WRECKS
CAMP FIRE GIRLS
Trouble l. Blamed to Faction
DIR. Gulick'S leadership
Defended.
MISS PARKER SILENT

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tionnl hcadduerteis Of the Camp Fire
Girls Of America. i6i Erin avenue
taa' tho strife in tho organization was
not serious enough to menace its future
b Ire trouble. IL was said. grew out of
friction between I'r. Luther NJ. Gulick.
hcad Of the organization. and MIS-
Grace Parker. his former financial sec
Rotary.
Ut. Tuouas Vt. HaIlict IF tive New
York University. member Of thu c'H'-
tnttt.c appointed to Nestigat" an"
unaur!al nffnivs of tive association. SAID
Tin, statement that tn"r' = - serious
su'it i'm the Organization IT. untrue. l0'
dissatisfied faction Is very small Io'
charge made that four of The meihn'rS
Of pr. iulick's family are on tn" payroll
is false. Mrs. GulirN received a salary
of siOO , month from January 10 pt-
,uber. In 1914. and for q month ode Of
her daughters drew a salary of $40 Or.
Gulick's salary is 5000. no more tl3n
IS usually paid In similar ORGANIZATIONS
ITO the reports circulated that dis
honesty has been found IN the manage
ment of tn" finances | can onlN SHN th't
hey ar, untrue.
THE association was running uu-
wisely into debit. A. soon ~ ~. Quick
discovered this he rcorgauized the Of
Ace force. employed 80 business man
aver. and economies have been tuStl-
tuted which have placed the association
on , ,horoughlv sound financial hhs'
His pnlicy from the beginning has been
TO make TN, organization s~clt-suprort
,r- and not permanently dependent on
gifts. This policy has been criticised ny
some as being commercial CUR com
mlttcc investigated thle point with IN
greatest caro- aud has given its unan'-
nous Endorsement of this policy Our
report gives much detailed Information
which viii soon 10 made public.
members uf the board Of directors
arc. with q few exceptions. entirely in
sympathy with the general policy If br.
Gulick and vii Civ, him strong ana
neart, support. My whole feeling IN re-
gard 20 the matter after serving 40
member Of the investigating committee
- that the trouble is duo to a few mis-
chief makers who were moved by per
sonal feeling Resolutions were prepared
hv them and circulated among different
' tamp Fires iu n, vicinity ~ New York
and A few elsewhere fpr signatures.
These were signed 10y many wno did not
understand the facts
The resolutions TO which ~. Blll!ct
alludes vcre Sert by Mss Grace COT
ton. chairman of the Hrooklyn guard
i,n,. to tho National Associatou and 20
tho Organizations in bridgeport, Mount
Vernon. tho oranges. Manhattan AVID
staten Island d~cmnudI0g a Duson f"r
the y.,lic, adur;cd by no National Nsso-
ciatiou. NhicI. ~" resolutions aid
aimed to make the Organization tris'o-
cratic by limiting the membership and
putting applicants on tho waiting list
TO be- chosen ~ the = r"ctofS
TIN - not g local but a sition.l
affair" sa!d Miss Cotton Yesterday.
,4N,ty. -, .i,,- ytts NO. t.kpp into tho o.
ganlzatlon as financial secretary hut a.
IN. national secretary. she did not
l,v. complete control Of N" orCani2a-
tion's finances and some persons wee
put, on tn. payroll by Dr Gulick with
out her knowledge"
Miss Cotton also objected TO tn" coz
tract botwec IN iuil,f ard -" 'inl
Fir, Girls putitt'nr company. Mont
, of the members of the camp Fro Girl'
ar. connected with that company sh'
said "Mrs. ,;ul,ck has been g"t',il
royaltics from seven articles mtnuft.
rlr.d hos this COMPANY. at the head OF
which d. a man named Goldman, and no
body can make th. Camp Fire iusignta
!, except tho Camp Fire Girls Ou'nttiui
Company
Il am happy TO saS that ! rcslguo,
long before any trouble was EYER
, Thought Of" said Miss Ida Tdrbcll for
mcTlN honorary It"-r10Sld"n "i tN'
association. II had no complaint about
tho association. but Simply resigned hc
|, cause wa, tired of being dummy a.
rector. Vhich was all my position
amounted to. attended only one meet
ing Of the Camp Fire Girls. Their" wat
certainly no trouhle then rr GuiI''
would he the last one to attempt to ruI
the organization on any but the ,~tri"t"s
basis. He ard his VII. gave up every
\ thing FOR the organization far size,
] salary was necessary to entertain at all
and they were constantly entertaining
Miss Grace Parker and Mrs Frederi,
r.. Pratt resigned ON account of lack 81
sympathy with Dr Gulick- methods
and a number Of their friends followed
their example Miss Parker refused Il
make any statement Yesterday.
Juliettc Low tc~l"Erpphed to TUF : CN )
from savannah YESTERDAY:
In your paper of today YOU puhllsl
article headed Leaders Break on Gi'
y scout Finauc. rlau.' You have confuse,
y Girl Scouts Nith another organization
~ founded Girl Scouts, modelled dfio0
HOY Scou, organization ! alou" finance
Girl scouts national organization.
I have not dcccpted q siuLlc suhscriptioi
o from tho siris nor their iead,r., nor TN
public Cir Scouts trc not rivals a.
q Camp xiv" Girls th' are fl'eOdli. IN
ie not affiliated with camp Fir. Girls il
n training or finance"
r rr~1 Dyxrnrv0r rrau NrNr nrny 4,