El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17

WAR CHEST for FL PasO. If provided systema ticaly,
n It should solve many Of the problems before the
people Many communities have adopted the ~war chest"
idea and are pleased with wOuld not give It up under
any consideration
FL Pasos County Council Of Defence and Rotary club
are considering the plan Sentiment for 1t IN Rotary
although definite action has yet been TAKEN and the
members Of the County Council Of Defence believe IN the
system although details yet remain to be worked out
Under such system, the and charity needs Of
community made simple and, what IS best the burden IS
not thrown upon few-IT IS EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED
The needs Of the country appeal to all alike In
the Y n C. A. campaign people OF all creeds were asked to
aid they aided Then the Knights Of Columbus cam
paign On; It was made "a non-sectaran work and
everybody hepedor should have helped The Jewish vel
just deserving, for there Jews who
solders-as large in proportion that Of any other
qous denominations represented in the war Jews CATH
OLICS AND PROTESTANTS ARE FIGHTING FOR THE
SAME CAUSE; IS THERE ANY REASON WHY ALL
SHOULD NOT BE SUPPORTED BY ALL The PEOPLE?
As speaker said at Rotary Thursday with America
at war for democracy and all the religions represented IN
great army the Protestant who would let religious bias
keep him from helping the Knights Of Columbus fund IS
40 American and the Catholic who would let the old re-
gous prejudice acuate him has place in American life
and patriot" That is the way all Americans
feel about if PROTESTANT. lew AND CATHOLIC ARE
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM-THEY ARE AMERICAN
SOLDIERS-AND IT IS THE DUTY OF ALL REAL
AMERICANS TO GIVE THEM EVERY HELP POSSIBLE.
Under the chest pan there would be haphazard
method OF solicitation comnlttee-and this should
to rest rghfuy in the County Council of Defence
would consider the requests Of each organization expecting
20 solicit funds for work during the year and approve
the various requests on the community This would
cIude The budgets for the Y NJ C. A war work. the Red
Cross the Salvation Army work fund.- the Jewish vel
work. the soldiers welfare work the Knights of
Columbus As the home fires must be kept burning and
LOCAL CHARITIES MUST NOT BE OVERLOOKED, the
budgets for the Associated Charities and the Rescue Home
would have be added locally These would be totaled
and there would be added, say $4,000 for shrnkage IN
collections expense Of administration and emergency needs
such recently faced the city in caring for Texas national
guard recruits
It would then the duty Of the Council Of Defence to
raise this IN campaign Many plans have been
suggested but probably the best is the assessment plan
and the distcng Of the city IN blocks captain would
be appointed for every block IN FL Paso the captain being
resident Of his block 1t would be his duty to ascer
tain the earnings Of the various families the block and
each family would be assessed" certain percentage-t
Is made two percent mans income in cities Of
course the assessment cannot be collected but few
contribute and the burden would not be thrown upon the
few who expected help every drive that comes
along and who do So while many escape their Just burden
Of the
When family OF q firm IS given q card showing that
they have contributed to "he American Patriots Fund"
IT MEANS THAT THIS FAMILY OR FIRM HAS DONE
ITS PART As speaker said recently, "or dollar you
display Red Cross card but YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR
FULL DUTY AND SUBSCRIBE WHAT THE COMMIT
TEE KNOWS YOU ARE ABLE TO SUBSCRIBE BEFORE
YOU GET A PATRIOTS CARD IN A WAR CHEST
to put up and he fails to DO the public it
SUCH SYSTEM SEEMS THE ONLY EQUITABLE
MEANS OF CARRYING FORWARD WAR ACTIVITIES
In such drive, each Of the funds would secure ALL
that II asked for It would not be OF raising
fund hap-hazard think, and then approprating
70 each local committee would suggest THE
FUNDS WOULD BE DECIDED IN ADVANCE AND THE
PURPOSE WOULD BE TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY FOR
ALL OF THESE FUNDS. The committee would only have
% do with the spending Of the surplus which raised
those who oppose the war chest offer the argument that
they wish to donate MORE TO ONE FUND than to an
other. This is a view Of great war work As
would be the objection?
It's tue that SOME FUNDS ARE EASIER TO RAISE