Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-02-22
Y. M. {. A.
Working TO Counterfeit Stories OF
Soldiers Returning From
Europe.
Association Defender Raps Work oil
Red Cross and Salvation
Army.
Noted Editor Charges That Rookie
Teller Control Injuries the
Y. VI. q. A.
MONEY USED FOR PROPAGANDA

The Y. NJ. G. A. is making des-
perate efforts through the press and
picture shows to clear its war rec
ord, but the returning soldiers day
by day are adding to the stories
which everyone knows have put the
Y. M. c. A. in bad light, and to
make matters worse some OF the
appointed defenders have attacked
other organizations. At meeting
held in New York City last week
Rev. DIR. f. M. STEERS, Presbyter-
ian minister, opened the campaign
of defense for the Y. M. G. A., and
in his speech assailed the Salvation
Army and the Red Cross. Referring
TO the Salvation Army he said:
an running down these stories
about the Y. NJ. c. A., l have had
some unpleasant experiences with
other organizations-wit other re-
ligious organizations 1t is painful
TO, think that somebody is going to
profit by the criticism of somebody
else. l do not like to say this about
the Salvation Army, but have no
alternative"
The reverend gentleman thus in
fers that the Salvation Army is en-
couraging the attacks on the Y. M.
e. A. for self-profit, but fails to note
that every soldier returning from
France Is. enthusiastic about the
eeIf-sacrificing work of the Saliva
lion Army. DIR STEERS then takes
a fall ont of the Red Cross by say
ing: ~.
"You have all seen beautiful pic
tures of Red Cross nurses tending
the wounded under fire. In France
Won do not see Red Cross nurses
near the front. The Red Cross
nurses were back of the front max
ing chocolate: but the Y. M. G. A.
men were at the front, and on one
occasion a Y. NJ. G. A. worker saved
the lives OF fortv~one soldiers
iY.hnped Il, n ,sItetif hoe. = -.
Arthur Brisbane. the leading
American Editor. comments on the
statement 81 Edwin u. James, the
noted corraspondent. in which
lanes said that he found there
were too MANY Y M. G. A. Secre-
taries in the big cities and too few
ont where the soldiers were, ana
writes as follows of DR.. STEERS de-
tense.
s'Taking everything into consider
alton we think that the Y. M. G, A.
would do we'll to retire the Rev. Dr..
s+iers from the oratorical firing line
and get a defender who can make
a defense of the Y. M. G. A. that
will anneal more strongly to the
common sense of the American peo-
nile And indeed the Y. M. c. A.
does need some intelligent defense.
n has lost ITS ponularity with the
naonIe and has Iost the good win
ana the resnect in which II was
FORMERLY held And while we are
ahont II we might as we'll saw
hIuntlv that the v M q A organi-
1afIon NOT only needs a defense. If
a. has one IN make but II needs a
tboroneh bonsecleaning
SsThe trouble with the v M.
r is too mnch Rockefeller The
neonie believe that the organization
has heen Observation-Disclosures thev
have too nuch raason 10 believe 60
M Moi Who &c the effective head
of II is a RockefelIer man. and The
RocTafeljer Eonndation and the
PockefeIIer Ef1ciencv Rurean lave
nnt the Young MEMS Christian As
sociation on q basis where N % q
husinasss and NO Longer . benevolent
institution The RockefeIIers have
nut this honest and henevolent in
stifution. ON cash-;n-ad vanca basis.
and the hundred million dollars and
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