Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-03-08
WHAT WELFARE
BOARD REQUIRES
Conditions Insisted on Before En-
dorsement Will Be Given Work
of Charitable Bodies.
MADE CLEAR AT MEETING


Charity endorsement as 1t will be
applied in Omaha by the Welfare
board was explained to and dis.
cussed by that organization last
evening at it's weekly meeting in the
city hall. AS explained to the board
by X. L. Schneider. secretary, all
charitable organizations and those
engaged in philanthropic work, in
order to obtain the endorsement OF
the Welfare board, must meet the
following conditions:
/. Publish an annual report.
q Have accounts audited; II the
revenues OF outgo are over 5000 an
nually this must be done by a public
accountant.
3. Each society. after every board
meeting and at the end OF the year,
| must send 20 the Welfare board a
roster OF all meetings. together with
the individual attendance and records
and the names OF the individual d.
rectors or trustees.
Must he Resident Directors.
=. All Incorporated DOuleS must De-
come incorporated with a resident
board Of directors. Organizations re-
sponsible to a national or international
body shall, without violation OF disci-
| pline. secure a local advisory commit
4 tee.
8. In the annual report. a. we'll as
| the financial statement. there shall
| appear the names OF the individual
contributors. together with the
amount contributed.
| s. Each society receiving donations
shall have system whereby the cash
value of such contributions shall be
made in the report.
Mr.. Schneider told the board that thir
system of charity endorsement was recog
nized as standard by the Russell Sag,
Foundation and other big philanthropy,
bodies in this country. He emphasized
and pointed out as significant that c. c
George. chairman OF the welfare com
mittee of the Omaha Commercial club
assured him that the club will give M
charity endorsement in the future with
out the Welfare boards sanction.
In Operation before May.
Secretary Schneider expects to hAv,
the charity endorsement system in opera
ton by May l.
Thomas ]. Mcclure, city prosecutor
who is In charge of the legal aid depart
ment Of the Welfare beard. reported tina
since the organization has been in exist
ence there have been sixty-eight case
In which actual legal aid and 100 case
In which legal advice and Instruction
have been given to poor people witt
Just causes but without means. Member
OF the Welfare board were highly inter
ested in the individual cases cited by Mr.
Mcclure in which money was oftentime
collected for the poor without even goin,
into court
The methods sometimes used BY losr
sharks in dealing with poor people who
in dire need of little money AT som,
particular time, signed papers and docu
ments freely without even knowing whar
they were putting their names TO, wer,
dwelt on by the legal aid head. Ignoran
OF the laws and the ways OF courts. tn,
desperate poor I'm tho clutches of loaI
sharks have signed away their wage
Tor many weeks after the loan was paid
Reports showing the employment phas,
OF the welfare hoard were read by Sec
rotary Schneider. OF the e9S application
Tor work since the board began opera
lions thirty-six men and women hav,
been placed in positions. He averred tina
the demand for workers by employs
utilizing the welfare board was on tn
Increase with the applications for EN-
ployment on the decrease. Board mem
bers were unanimous In asserting tina
the big employers of labor for their owl
good should prefer the welfare board L
the employment agencies.