Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-08
MISUSE OF RED CROSS

funds and property for the purposes
of war aid and war charity.
Solicitations except those author.
lied by an act of Congress or by or
under an act or proclamation of
the President of the United States |
may not be made in Illinois without
first having obtained license from
the state war board.
The Illinois legislature enacted q
law making such solicitation a mis-.
demeanor punishable by a fine not to
exceed $1,000.
There is no charge for granting
license. Responsible persons and
bona fde organizations will find 1t
easy to procure them. But in order
to weed out frauds and professional
money raisers, whose commissions |
take up most of the receipts of the
| enterprises, the state council has pre-.
pared a questionable which must be |
filed out and approved before a
license is granted
Each of the licenses is numbered |
and duplicate is kept on file by
the license committee, of which L. J.
+. Ward Is chairman. Richard Mil.
Ter, assistant secretary, is in charge
of the license bureau.
Miss Alice M. Cox receives all ap.
plications for licenses at the offices
of the State Council of Defense, 100
West Adams street. Separate blanks
are provided for societies, clubs, as
sociations and corporations from
those which individuals are required
to fill out.
Organizations are required to state
when they were incorporated, and for
what purpose, the names and ad.
dresses of the officers and complete
statement of what war charity funds
are to be solicited the amount sought
to be raised, and the general plan for
raising it,
Then comes the requirements which
are expected to minimize imposition
on the public. Full details of how
many solicitors are to be employed,
and, Il they are to be paid. the
amount of the percentage of the re.
ceipts they are to get must be stated.
If any salaries are to be paid out
of the fund they must be specified;
administrative expenses must be
stated, the percentage of the amount
to be collected which will finally go
to the charity for which 1t is made
must also be given. II the accounts
are regularly audited, and by whom,
also must be told. The territorial
limits and the lengths of time the
license is to cover, the names of
other persons or organization solicit.
ing for the same charity and the
method of distribution are required.
Then II three references are salts
factory, the license Is issued. Solicit
tation without a license leaves the
persons making 1t subject to prose.
cution. The state council is author.
lied by statute to make rules and
regulations from time to time gov.
erning collections of money and prop.
erty for war charities within the
state and to revoke licenses issued by
; II for the purpose.
No license is required by the family
or friends of soldier or sailor In
order to furnish him with aid at any
time, nor is a club, association, cor.
poration, congregation, religious as.
- ISOLATION or corporation prohibited
from making solicitations among its
, own members (unless prohibited by
. the requirements of the military or
naval authorities of the United
States).
= Persons soliciting either money or
goods of any sort, therefore, should
be required to produce their license
issued under a notars's seal by the
| Aaa. at1 ~H ArA aet oil
questions involved have been salts
> factorily answered under oath.