The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-13
CHARITY WORK OF CITY DRIFTING AND IN SERIOUS
 SHAPE, SAYS MRS. ORR
Since Final Closing of Associated Charities All Work Now Falls Upon the Churches-Suggests Plan for Cooperation Among Charity Workers-Co Commissioners
 Express Their Views
By RICHARD F. LUssIEH

, could be directed to furtter relief Of the needy. Tn fact the el sire admin istratiOn work Of this Organization could be left in the hands ,pf the police department with the sssi stance Of e few experienced welfare workers Re- ports could be made GO a competent sec retary and the matter of financing the
 work would be lef; =F to ehe board of directors. I would naturally prefer that the city take over the entire work Of administering charity hEt I do not think we are ready for sch a radical change of policy al the present time.
 Anyway. I believe that lt is good for the substantial citizens Of the city 10 i feel that they owe it Go the city Co contribute liberallv to Ind support Of
 the poor and needy Our motto would
 be constructive charity.
 What do you mean by ttlst7s queried l the reporter.
 T mean an intelligent e'fort 10 solve
 the problems of the poor replied Mrs-
 Orr. "and also a change Of attitude from the cold blooded card index char lity work of the past We should have
 department for dependant mothers.
 where such unfortunarss could be placed in the way or ziding them
 selves. We should avoid the pzuper-
 izing of the poor We should have a
 system of permanent reiles in that ths
 oh ldren of the poor as they come on l in years be placed fn the way os se-
 curing positions. taught trades and oth-
 erwise become an asset 10 the family
 and the communftT. We should also
 work for Legislation that gould rlniEn erring husbands who destrt their fam lilies and for mothers per sions. An or
 dinance should also be pissed to pre-
 vent the locating of per sons wftrout
 means of livelihood lu Birmingham
 every autumn Tn the past this has been found a great source of annoyance in 'that many families mov@i to this cfrT Iat the approach Of cold weather and
 then sought the support Of the Asso- icisted Charities In fact more Of fhess newcomers received rel-f than the genuine cases of the ne I'd of home
 folks"
 Well. when do you expect to get
 this new organization stzrte67- | T do not know was the reply. T
 do not even know If thsre is e7zuEs ! interest left to form such an orgzni~n-
 ton as I have outlined. Fur I will say that it is a black eve Co this r4ty that all charitable work is a. end and th1s unless the nsIghbors or the churches step in the poor may sras-ys- Ho-ever. I earnestly urge tfe zswSpzpsrs re cal attention 10 this iarentab1~ srata
 of affairs and this may awaken the sc- cal conscience to the end that inc Eoca work of taking cs-- Of the poor ara n -edy be carried on-~
 And that ended the Ettervsew Te~ statements Of Mrs Orr covered fn a wide range the sit-stson as r is now ! in Birmingham in regAr1s tS shs ~r~k ! os distributing charity. In 4&rx Mrs. ! Orr practically puts iw up tn the icnurches Of the sity to Ess tox@Fh~r ard torgsnizae for ths p1rp.oEl of 4olrE ehe
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