Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-11-06
"Y" MEN RECEIVE NO SALARIES
Anyone Circulating such Storie.
Are lnjjurying the Big War Ac~
tivities Drive Next Week.

A bit OF mysterlOuSly circulated
German propaganda which should be
nipped in the bud, deals with suppos-
ed salaries paid war workers of the
Y. M. C. A., which with the Y. w.
C. A., National Catholic War Council
tx. of c., Jewish Welfare Board, War
Camp Community Service, American
Library Association and Salvation
Army, comprise the welfare agencies
included in the United War Work Cam
paign for $170,500,000 for the sup.
port of army welfare work.
"Y" workers are occasionally cred
tied with receiving annual salaries of
$1,000 and upward overseas. Anony-
nous scandalmongers frequently tell
of men who have gone into war work
because cts a good thing or II can
make more money than in what I'm
doing!" AS matter of fact, the army
Y. M. C. A. pays no salaries. It has
always been the pride of the ::Y"
that it's war workers are volunteers,
working for the good Of their brothers
in khaki Hundreds of men worth
hundreds of thousands OF dollars,
have enlisted in Y. M. c. A. work and
paid their own expenses. Y. M. G. A.
enlists good men whenever available.
All are employed, and sent out on the
same basis. Every man enl1sts to go
where he is sent, do whatever comes
under direction and supervision OF the
Paris Y. M. C. A. committee.
These men pay their own expenses
If possible. If not, being otherwise
of the right sort, their expenses-up
to a definite and not too liberal sum
per month-are paid them. The ny"
if necessary, pays living allowance
to the families of volunteers, on about
the same basis as the governmental
allowance for soldiers families. But
the Y. M. C. A. has not paid and
not pay cent of salary to any work.
er, any more than it allows the gen
erous contributions Of wealthy volun:
teers to make the slightest difference
to their service or status in and with
the Y M. C. A.
A Real Investment.
There are few enterprises so sound
| in their underlying values, so certain
to yield profits of the most satisfy
| ing kind, backed and Endorsed by such
| an array Of men whose names stand
for all that is safest and most con
sentative, that newspaper is justi
fed in recommending an investment
to it's readers. There is one such en-
terprise however, now asking fol
subscriptions, which meets all Of these
requirements 1t is the United Wal
Work Campaign.
| The enterprise in which the organi
cations participating in the United
War Work Campaign are engaged, is
the maintenance of the morale of oul
soldiers and sailors. It may be OBJ
jected that morale is intangible, anG
that investments in intangibles are
! not sound investments. But if there
is one fact, to establish which we are
| engaged in this war, it is the incon
| trovertible fact that only the intangi
BILE things Of life are real. We are
fighting for the preservation of thu
intangible realities, against a foe thai
denies their reality, that based it,
plan and programme Of world con
quest upon it's belief in the suficinecy
of material things.
Where on earth can one put hi:
money in anything that promises sucf
dividends as subscription to United
War Work Campaign guarantees.
The dividends are guaranteed ant
underwritten by the only institution
strong enough to write such a guaran
tee and make it binding-the spirit o
American democracy. The are divi
dends of happiness of the only sole
secure kind, the soul-satisfying hap
piness that come from the Consciens
ness of having made a personal sacri
fee for the sake of others.