Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-08
WORKER SPEAKS
I'm DEFENSE Of
! Y. N. c, 4. MORk
Kev. J. L vaaee ehews u. u. c. 4.
Deserving II 0nly HisheSt
CONSERVATION.

Rev. J. L. Vance OF the Oak Grove
United Presbyterian church spoke
on the subject Of criticisms which
have been directed toward the a.
sociation for It's war work. to the
IS workers present at the campaign
luncheon q the Y. C. A. this
moon. He spoke from the personal
experience Of years war work
with the, association.
1.-THE criticism has been made
that the Y. M. c. A. never gave
anything away said Rev. Vance.
ss'The fact IL that they gave every
thing away-their entire service,
the use Of the several thousand Y.
u. c. A. huts. honorary member
ships to the men In service, their
programs. including concerts. lee
lures, movies. The only thing they
did not give we're the articles sold
In the canteens, and these cantsenj
the government asked the Y. II. G.
A. to handle.
8 Did Not Pro6teer.
The speaker pointed out the false
ness Of the accusation Of profiteer-
ing which has been made against
the Y. NJ. c. A., showing how in
stances Of such profteerins could
Always be traced to unprincipled
individuals. in isolated cases, and
showing the rarity of these occur
S1ences.
The one instance when gift to-
bacc0 was sold by the Y. M. C. A.,
he pointed out. was due to q con-
fusion In transferring the tobacco
from the army to the, Y canteens.
The mistake was rectiiied immedi-
-ately on being discovered. and the
army assumed the blame. It &C.
Cured ia only single instance
aud covered 4 period Of but 10 days.
's He told Of instances OF the con-
sfusion in French and American
money which led to misconceptions
In the minds Of some OF the men,
citing An instance Of . doughboy
who claimed to have paid 25 cents
1t the Y. N. c. A. hut for q paper
that he, could by from the French
1t . fourth a. much. The actual
price he had paid was IS centimes,
eQual TO an American scent piece.
Il later developed. said the speaker.
I II was shown that the Y. M. C. A..
MAS aware that criticism wouls
come to It through the operation Of
the army canteens, but that this
work was taken over ct the express
command Of the government and
General Pershing. because army
men could not be spared to run the
canteens and because the Y. M. C..
A. was the only organization strong
enough and big enough successfully
to operate these stations.
ANY criticism which 10 directed
against the Y. M. CA. can be over
come whom the real facts are
brought to light, Rsv. Vance said
IN closing. Its tremendous un-
dertaking and the success with
which It carried out the war pro-
gram Of providing, for the men
should recommend 1t for the heart
lest support. ~
Total Passes e1a,DO0,
The total to date for the cam
paign fund passed the $4,000 mark
today, with half the campaign time
gone. Division A still retained tho
banner for the champion division,
with $946 as the days total, and q
Grand total Of ~. 647 r. e. Nsher'
is majoring this division. The
champion team for the day was d.
b. Bergquist's team, with a report
OF II subscriptions and $lo1.
Ladies' Of the Broadway Presby-
. terian church served the luncheon
and piano music added to the pleas
ure Of the meeting.
Following Is . tabulated report
Of the daily total and the grand
totals:
!, AMOUNTS REPORTED TODAY.