The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-10
RIoHMoNp vLRaINIAN-w WEDNESDAY,. sEprEMBER 1o 1919
fRANKLIA'S USEFUL
AND VARIED CAREER

RANKIN, VINO as director OF WIT lodIl
organization of the treasury depart
! ment had charge of the great organi-
cation which managed the Four Lib
erty Loan campaigns of the great war,
as well as the campaign for the Vic
tory Loan floated following the signing
OF the armistice, has assumed charge,
In volunteer capacity. of the every
member canvass of the nationwide
campaign of the Episcopal church.
/ Mr.. Frankln's enlistment In the
| nation wide movement to muster the
! full resources of the Episcopal church
for national service in the after-the-
war reconstruction, adds one more
/ notable recruit from the ranks OF
! leading men Of affairs in New York
! and eisew here who have joined hands
with the clergy in the promotion of
| a practical. efficient religion to meet
the demands of the new era It Is a
movement Mr.. Franklin declared yes
| terday which, while not sacrificing any
! OF the spiritual aims of the church,
seeks. by coordination OF effort, an
economic business administration. and
a recognition of the real fellowship
OF man emphasized by the war, to
bring religion and the church into the
closest touch with the spirit of the
times
Mr. Franklin will direct the canvass
| of the eighty seven dioceses OF the
| Episcopal church In the United States
for the unique and unprecedented at
| tempt on n given date,--November
! 10th, in the diocese of New York
where a special every name campaign
Is being waged, and December 9Th
throughout tho rest Of the country
to have every person whose name is
IH trx fv1 irf rf
the church personally visited and
urged to a reawakened interest in
church work and the responsibilities of
Christian citizenship in coping with
the problems which the nation faces.
To the discharge of this important
self-assumed task, Mr.. Franklin
brings long organizing experience in
both private and public affairs. A ma
/ tive of old Flushing, he was educated
in New York in 1885, entered the
service OF The banking firm Of Spen-
Ger Trask & co. There ne remained
for twelve years until in 1897 he ac-
ccpted the position OF manager of the
bond department of the Guaranty
Trust Co. OF New York, and two years
later he was made vice president in
charge of its investment department
which was largely developed under
his management
When the Investment Bankers as
ISOLATION wa sorganzed in 1912. Mr.
Franklin was made a member of its
! first board of governors and success
SiNclE served as vice president and
president of the organization. during
which time he was also actively con-
nected with the management of n
, number of large corporate enterprises
With the entrance of the Unit cd
States into the world war Mr.. Frank
{ lin was called to Washington by Secre-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo to assist
In the work OF distributing the First
f. lAbertY Loan, and ultimately he be-
came director of war loan organization
I in charge of the Liberty Loan and War
! Savings committee throughout tho
country. He served until the Victory
. Liberty Loan campaign was brought
! to successful conclusion, resigning
June is. 1919.
The special feature of his work In
/ organizing the Liberty Loan drives
which Will make his services of the
utmost value to the nation wide and
every name campaigns of the church
Is that Sis brought him into intimate
touch with loan committees in all
parts of the country He has probably
as wide a circle OF acquaintance as
any man in America among the earn
est men and women whose patriotic
! energy and zeal made the national
loans SO successful At the height of
these campaigns. Mr.. Franklin had an
/ organization Of over two million men
land women enlisted in the work. while
! more than twenty million people be-
! came purchasers Of the Liberty Bonds.
! Mr.. Franklin was loath yesterday
| 10 discuss his plans for the big lob he
! has undertaken.
| ut seems to me" he said. that the
work here is similar To what was done
in Washington in organizing for the
loan campaigns In thopsa e-aTrpaigns
! we made the federal reserve district
| the unit Of organization; but, In this
campaign ii is plain that the diocese
will have to be the unit. / believe in
| the utmost measure of home rule in
connection with such work
The job of the Central office is TO
help out in organizing the diocesan
committees, advising and supplying
speakers an dinformation, but in each
diocese the chosen leader ought to do
tho active directing in accordance
with local conditions. | see no rea-
son why enthusiasm cannot be created
for this splendid movement precisely
as it was for the loans
The people will always respond
where the cause is good, and I can see
nothing that la not only good but
necessary to the welfare OF the whole
people in church movement which
seeks to inform the mind and awaken
the conscience of the people for ma =
| tional betterment."
Like the scores OF other prominent
! laymen who In this movement are
sacrificing business interests to pro-
mote the success of the campaign, Mr..
I Franklin is earnestly in favor of a
larger participation by business men
in the work Of the church. He said
yesterday.
~ think one of the greatest mis-
takes made in the administration OF
the churches is In leaving their fnan-
cial affairs in the hands of the clergy.
They are called to higher duties than
that of raising money and money is
the last thing they ought to be com
PEELED to think about. 1t Is a shame
to have clergymen going about con-
| stantly with hat in hand, begging for
funds
| The business OF the church ought to
be run by business men, and l believe
II IL can be arranged that in every
discese and parish of the Episcopal
church throughout the land there
shall be layman, successful bust
ness man. entrusted with the task of