New-York tribune., 1919-04-29
" o,uls Asks I ,hlcrs
S)f Police lo (.urh
| nil'orn,cd l'c,llcrs
euders In Arm, az Navy
t.arh Neatly l'rauds, liz
sayss Men Who lmploy
lhem Called "soo,ics"
NtN infk imfNne
liashii,tiun liuphsi,

liilhtl.iou iNVVas
NAAlllNuruN, Aprll uA CNlpnel
Arthur Wanda, waalalenl lp thu secrp.
tAry uT War and formur New lulk
iolloo lemmlHsunvF, haa written to
ihp ohlul Of pullep Of evcfy city Va the
United NlNtes Naklng far epNpurAllpn
IN denNnu win the peNdler pNNhNnd
Ter Nnd street fNbnr IN the uniform nf
the army and navy ilis lpilnr rpada
" want ie take Np uspeeiNlly with
YnN the uNaallnN vt men pnnhandlNg
10 spryipe unlfepms YOU Nnov Nl the
AnHlps at lhe sirepl lNNW and pan
handling geme, N0u Nru dealing with
u daily ~ ia many phasea just As |
hah w lpnl with u "a lNllep ,ommla
sionpf uI tha oilY al Aew York
Although the decentralization OF our
army and navy hha mol pluHfeasul far
the supposedly daphafHpd soldier,
sAilnt aud marine IA uniform peddiuA
IA uul streeiH ia q problem 10 engage
our musl serious attention
''''ooiies' lIlamed for Abuse
"Nou know IA we'll aa how grateful
the country ia TO those who have
served It IN the military and naval
lorres, and how certain II is that no
dlaehArEod man has TO resnrt tn pan
haQdlng for living You know as
well as ! That the cnotles whu send
them out 10 da thus sort Of thing are
NplNs Simply to play upon the public
sympathy which the uniform arnuses
and Wlll eonlnue 10 arouse for long
Flanders heds ani IN the Argonnn,
aud on the hlls urouai Chateau
IhlerA who can neper eNme back and
lNN great majority II lhall pNls Whp
NFe iplNlhInR 10 eivIl llfe haye made
lhhl uhiIQim na ahetpd a. the nag II
apll, aud lhr Nullep fuiepa Nf the llnlled
aiNlpH euull de- 90 Ilnel lhlhg than
~ prulsN II
'li VIII he lnleteuius aud gratifying
lu YOU 10 know ihat so nor cent OF tho
men puWing nui OF The army and navy
80 alrnlghl from the domnhii1nl on
eaWpa lo their homea lhla lunvpa only
3l per cent to llngur around rpntrna nT
lhr drmphill1Atlon and la Tho arpof
fltiea A low Of thpeo may be phu
handling, but | Nm lnelined TO thiuk
lNNl WNNg' II not meat Of the men ia
Nuliorm that are peddlng Ia Che atrnela
HNNeg entered Ile serYlpp and ave pugn
frauds
IeaNfai Law lnYphed
Nlha ghef Nf pelee pf ono eltY dur.
lNe lNp lAal WnNih lnpk lhn bit In hia
NNN lpNlN NNd ~ twenty lNNg hNNpa
tleAYpN W., lpNN ~ Nll uniformed nan
NANllrla ms pNlipa Ni ihla CITY lsaua
Nll pNtlllNt llfpNaeal ANd lhA ehlpf lAli
NNNN l'p inlp tNAl hp fNHNli tlpl Ii
rpNAea w. pNeW dlaphAlenA anAipv
salpi aNl paflnA Nhu Hpplled, hul H.
liuhe lh NNiFufmt 'iheN hn aeul same
hndt Around Us the hrpheIpa which hnU
nrrn ulilisinH Alsrhhpeeh meh Va pAn
hhNdle aild redhle ia, ihem, And
tuinted uui the provisions uf Ihe lfed
ethl law applying tn The lmprupet ust
ut the uniform Thia hhppehed Ia the
eaurae OF one merninR That nlphl
there wAan't "A 'aerviee panhhndlet IN
town For Heveral weeka before they
mad been peat
~ YOU do not control the lAHunnce
Of peddling lleenaes IN your city, would
II be naking You too much To hiring
ttlA to tho attention Of the oihcinl whu
docs
II ahould very much appreciate your
help In this, and ahell he grateful for
any auggeatlona,'