Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-15
MISUSE OF RED CROSS

The State Council of Defense has
taken control of the solicitation of
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 a 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 a
law making such solicitation a mis-.
demeanor punishable by a fine not to
exceed $1,000.
There is no charge for granting a
license. Responsible persons and
bona fide organizations will find it
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 questionable which must be
filled out and approved before
license is granted.
Each Of the licenses is numbered
and duplicate is kept on file by
the license committee, of which Z. J.
z. 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 adj
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 IL.
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
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If any salaries are to be paid on,
of the fund they must be specified
administrative expenses must be-
stated, the percentage of the amount
to be collected which will finally &C
to the charity for which It 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 o.
other persons or organization solicit
ing for the same charity and thu
method of distribution are required
Then IL three references are salts
factory, the license Is issued. Solicit
tation without license leaves tn,
persons making It subject to prose
cution. The state council is author
lied by statute to make rules an,
regulations from time to time gov
erning collections of money and prop
erty for war charities within thu
state and to revoke licenses issued b.
: 1t for the purpose.
No license is required by the famil.
or friends of a soldier or sailor Il
order to furnish him with aid at an,
time, nor is a club. association, col
poration, congregation, religious as
. sociation or corporation prohibite,
from making solicitations among 1t
own members (unless prohibited b,
. the requirements Of the military o
naval authorities of the Unite'
!, States).
= Persons soliciting either money o
- goods of any sort, therefore, shout
be required to produce their license
issued under a notary's seal by tn
State Council Of Defense after al
questions involved have been salts
y factorily answered under oath.