Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-11
CITY HIDES VICE,
SAYS MRS. SCOTT.
True Facts Kept Unde,
Cover by Politicians
Declares Social Worker
CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE

Vice 10 moro rampant in the city =,
Philadelphia than in any other cl,y /.
the United States. declares Mrs So
ucl y. Scott. head OF the var.vo..
committee of tho Wmucu.4 Icagpo =.
Good Government Politician, -.
preventing the city from being clcar,.a
and unless the misinformcd ci,i,.,
does something our glorious city win
b" unsafe to dwell in. If Mr.. Fo,a,.s
told half of the things he knows !,
vice conditions in Philadelphia ~
city would he painted the blackest 4
the world said Mrs Scott today.
Mrs. Scott added that her inrorm,.
tion wao obtained from an nves,I.
gatcr who had disclosed vice rond,.
tions in Chicago, Boston and Nsv
York and had made minute invss.
LEGATION Of the conditions here wb,
conhdcd 10 her that vice in Philade.
plda WAS moro rampant than in aur
other city in tho country
And il is SO" affirmed Mrs ScoH
who yesterday addressed the openipr
meeting Of the Womcns League a,
Good Government in tho New Century
club, 12i South Twelfth street
Tho social workers know Il, and
in fact, the higher city officials an
versed concerning the true vice condl.
tions in Philadelphia, one OF these ON.
cials has employed an expert invest.
gator and has been acquainted with con.
ditionS, I expect him to make publk
his knowledge soon. and If he does not
Will promised Mrs Scott
II is a disgrace. n the politician
would only allow the social workers 70
toll half they know the city would h
startled,
There is a conspiracy Of silence er.
iating between these workers and IN,
politicians, and it is up to you and me
10 break this conspiracy. which isssend.
inE Philadelphia TO her moral graya
These social workers tell me condI-
tions, but only under the plea that they
be kept mdiscloscd But how can /
remain silent when I sec conditions al
around me that would inilame any de.
ccnt-minded person.? qucried Mrs. Scott
And the police Some of them are
a disgrace to the uniform. am toA
/ by persons who are willing to 90 into
court. if it be necessary to prove what
they have said, that in Il dance hall al
Seventh street and Snyder avenue thers
were fifty policemen in uniform drink
ing during a dance. They WATCHED
mere children being served with intoxS-
eating drinks. and did not offer any or
position TO young couples dancing In an
indecent style. The police cannot deny
| this. They know we have the goods
upon them.
"And the schools, why. the cond,
tons are such that il the teachers were
/ to open their mouths they would be dt
| charged instantly. Several times teach
| ers have come TO mo and told inc OF un.
/ sanitary and other conditions that have
startled me. But 7 cannot quote them
/ II Is just like tho grating politician
/ one politician knows that the other Is a
/ CRATER, but he can't tell upon him. n
Is born I'm them 10 graft mutually To-
/ SCthcr.' Mrs Scott asserted that She
was making no vague charges, but va,
only telling what she knew and coud
/ prove.
/ Mrs. Scott, in addressing the meeting,
told the women that Philadelphia could
stand wealth of reform. She partlca.
larly emphasized the fact that lv
women must urge an investigation q
! the public school system by an expen
investigator and that the fire laws ol
the city ought to he bcttercd
She predicted that If a fire were 70
start in the central section Of the city
, millions Of dollars worth Of properly
would be destroyed before the frenen
could get it under control. Mrs Scot
also urged the women to help break ne
conspiracy of silence" existing betwetn
the social workers and the politicians
and do their utmost to cnlighten lne
minds of the indifferent public" Which,
! she said was Indifferent because II na
noe know the conditions which the cny
is enduring. r'A