Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-12

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Senator pcurosc ana another 10y Con-
gresham Ware. But which is which and
who's who in the miN-up haven't the
least idea. Md ! don't care a rap about
politics.
"In each instance the factor that led us
/ 70 stir up public opinion was refusal Of
/ the public authorities to cooperate with
the commission I'm its cleanup work
he added. our plan is.to 20 first to the
Mayor or police head and give him lisc
OF places where vice is haunted in the
faces Of American soldiers and sailors.
We asI; the authorities TO close up the
. rIaces designated, as the only moral and
physical safeguard.
other Cities Aided
Usually the authorities Of cities
through which there are heavy move
mcrte of troOps--these cities, by the way,
arc the only ones being Investigated
are glad to give our representatives ,hc
fullest cooperation. The places COM
plaiucd Of are closed down and kept
closed There is an almost unanimous
desire on the part Of the officials to help
along the Government work i'm this dircc-
zion. and that's all there is to it. The
matter is given no publicity and the
Government ends are served.
There was no such offer Of cO-opcra-
tion in Philadelphia, however. There
was every antagonism placed In the way
Of our inyestiga tors. and the commission
! was forced. entirely because Of the un-
willingness Of the Mayor and the police
department to aid In the cleanup work,
10 call public attention to the situation.
You may recall Secretary of tho
Navy Daniels some months ago warned
Philadelphia Of it's dangers in this re-
spect. But, apparently, no attention was
paid to the warning. That was un-
fortunate for Philadelphia, for IT is not
the wish Of the commission ever to re-
sort TO publicity in the anti-vlCc crusade
work And publishing Of the vice report
. at this time procured for Philadelphia
a reputation that isn't at all cnviable.
For this you can thank tho public heads
and the Mayor"
Chairman Eosdicl> attention was
, called 10 several apparent errors In the
vice report which resulted in incorrect
addresses having been assigned alleged
. disorderly houses.
Those errors" he remarked. were
unfortunate. They were due entirely
, to faulty methods Of trausCrihnR the
! report 7 know that the police and
prctcNt TO belittle the entire report. And
note the Mayor rang in one alleged
schoohouse address that wasn't in tho
report at all. The steuographcr who
was responsible for the errors has been
discharged from the service because
Of her CarelCsSneS5.
But the cagcrncss OF the Philadcl-
phia officials to grasp at this flaw i'm
the report is typicai of their action
throughout the entire inquiry
Chairman Fosdicli then insisted that
virtually all Of the important cities OF
the country had already been investi-
gated and that in all Of them. except
the four mentioned, there has been no
publicity whatever covering the com,
missions findings.
Only this morning he added, 81
received reports of inVesiig iigators In two
cities, not 100 miles from Philadelphia
The authorities In each of them have
agreed to go after the places unearthed
by our agents and immediately close
them. There wont be a line Of publicity
in the campaign i'm these cities, be
cause Of the desire of the patriotic men
at the head Of each Of the cities 10 Coz
operate 20 the limit with the National
Government to clean UP places where