The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-13
PRIEST AGAIN RAPS
CHARITIES INQUIRY
The Rev. ". b. Farrell of
Brooklyn Attacks r. r.
Reeder in Pamphlet.
FIGURES TO PROVE FACTS

Tns Rev. William n. Farrell Of the
Roman Catholic Church Of So. Peter
ard Paul. Brooklyn. has issued another
esmphlet scoring Charities Commissioner
Kins.bury for the alleged animus be-
hlnd the present Strong investigation,
hi, mainly devoted to attacking II. II.
Reeier. an expert retained by the Chari-
ties Department. for an interview pub
l,shed recently In Q morning newspaper.
Let me gently brand e." writes
rsther Farrell Of this article. "as a gra-
,nitcis. insulting. false and malicious
attack on the children's institutions. In.
tended 10 help On second Deputy Commits.
s,orep i)oherty's great work Of defamins
them all over the world. He says, The
r,bsidy system. - now administered In
N.r York, In unsound in principle, Il 10
n,schsevous. n Il charity for revcnuA'
in 1918" the priest continues. "the
e<y paid all the children's institutions
Tor their services In caring for city
va-d S~2.3s4,Si3.63. The institutions
expended in that year S. sos. s65.47. St.-
St2,is1.s4 more than they received. and
provided and kept up tho plants besides.
Mr.. K.nksbury has increased the cost Of
his department ove a million dollars
in two years with very little increase In
population. and no better care and food
supply. II indeed IL Is as good a. IN
lsi3"
Father Farrell. who 10 supervisor of
cha rites for the Roman Catholic diocese
Of Brooklyn. points out h a Mr.. Reeder.
AZ miperintendent Of the New York Or
p,an Asylum. expends about &63. 600 each
year to maintain eco children. AT the rate
OF over $50 a week for each child. Ac-
coriing TO the pamphlet, the city pays
the institutions mat Mr.. Reeder criticlses
s9So a week for each inmate.
"Mr. Reeder." Father Farrell says
further. poses as an expert on teachers
and Is the superintendent. Of course. of
his own school. He has been severe on
some OF the nuns teaching In the lower
grades because they have not yet at
tained their State certificates. But in
guiry at the Department Of Education
IN Albany produced the Information that
Mr. Reeder also has no State certificate
"fIe says. Instead Of children looking
for shelter We have "a situation In New
York city where the shelters are looking
for children Children are sent TO the
institutions by the Charities Department
o, the courts. else the institutions do
not got them. They cannot pick and
cloos, as Reeder does
Tie priest adduces facts TO refu;e the
u~v.st!Eator's assertion that hLS coll
leagues on the investigating committee.
~ ludwig Bernstein and Brother
tIrrahss. headed institutions which
We, not subsidized by any public money.
James Mct;urrin. n lecturer for the
Columbian Assembly. said at the reRu-
Dec Wu1'hly meeting VI the Holy Name
a.,'r tn Nh" Church Of the Epiphany.
Tn'rty-sccond street and Second avenue.
- night that the charities inquiry was
rrGrr IN" direction OF a man who was
h2I-ht w ia the Catholic faith and
We rnossn. according to- the words of
''nir >sioner k~ingsbury himself, as til.
oit 'l4u who could cope with Catholic
OPPOSITION.
81 -h"Uld like 20 know tie connection.
'as speaker said, between the forces
tai are operating behind the Mcroce
ard th- other agencies operating TO dis
,-clit Catholics in New York. WHY
s.1lild these agencies be put in the
hands Of kingsbury and his cohorts 70
d'srredi' those who have been dolng NOR.
10y lEman alienation than they" The
tine has come for Catholics 10 asser,
then selves"