New-York tribune., 1919-06-19


SO unselfshly for it's success"
At the final meeting of the drive
held last night in the stadium of City
College, 18th Street and Amsterdam
Avenue, Police Commissioner Enright
declared that the Boy Scouts were the
| best insurance against crime in the
country. He pointed out the tre-
| mendous power for moulding
| possessed by the organization, and
said it would be of great value in pre-
venting the forming Of bad habits. He
| declared that there were in New York
| City to-day 1000 drug addicts, and
| that rs per cent of them were between
the ages of eighteen and twenty-five
| years.
Final Figures To-day
1t was announced that the final fig
ures Of the campaign would be given
out at a luncheon at the Bankers Club
at 1 p. m. to-day. Other speakers at
the stadium were William H. Edwards,
Martin Vogel, assistant treasurer of
the United States, and Ralph Meyers,
the twelve-year-old Boy Scout orator
Jack Adler presided.
Earlier in the day William H. Ed
wards summed up the situation opti-
mistically and explained that the peo-
pie of the greater city had awakened
to the immense value to the nation of
such an organization as the Boy Scouts.
1--WE have gone over the $500, 900
mark already and the day is still
young" he said. reports coming in
from all over the various boroughs
show that the people have finally risen
to the occasion and are giving it the
support it merits.
'People have been slow to respond.
1 suppose that was due to any number
of reasons. We have had lot of
drives recently, and the public as a
For that reason the task of arousnc
them to the necessity of a movement of
this kind was, a particularly arduous
one, but now we see them clamoring to
get into the movement.
"The best indication Of that is the
report of the Rainbow Division, which
came into the Manhattan canvass COM
mittee only this morning, showing that
the men of influence and atf1uence in
the community were only too ready to
embrace the cause. This Is also true
of the various business establishments
from whom We had not heard. They
are sending in checks and every mail
brings in windfail of donations from
every possible source"
Whirlwind Finish
Among the widely known individuals
contributing through the Rainbow D-
vision Of the Manhattan canvass COM
mittee were Vincent Astor, E. H. Gary,
Percy Strauss, Mrs. Charles w. Dustin,
Mention B. Metcalf, H. NJ. Crane,
Dwight W. Morrow, Charles E. Hughes,
Paul D. Cravath, Frank M. Patterson,
George D. Pratt, c. NJ. Newcombe and
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. Many other
names were added to the list before the
close of the campaign last night and
several wealthy New Workers. notified
the committee that they would send in
checks.
Reports received from other bor-
oughs during the day showed the same
whirlwind finish In many instances
citizens who realized that the cam
paign was nearly over came forward
without waiting to be solicited
Brooklyn's total took decided
bound overnight, and it was predicted
that it would exceed the membership
quota which the Kings County organ
ization volunteered to raise. Individual
subscriptions were coming in more
RAPIDLY, and it was believed a more
substantial contribution would be made
toward the fund than was thought pos
sible.
In The Bronx practically the same
situation prevails as in Brooklyn,
while in Queens it was announced by
Clarence M. Loves that his borough
had attained it's quota, but was not
slowing up until the end of the drive.
Richmond was progressing in the right
direction, practically the entire adult
population having enlisted in the Boy
Scout movement.