The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-28
Y" Workers Were Human.

In answer to the charge that the men
We're not always treated courteously by
the Y. NJ, G. A., DR.. white declared
that perhaps there were instances In
which the charge was true. he said
that the '"Y" workers were human.
They worked under a terrific strain.
Perhaps they would meet thousands Of
men in a day with a smile and a pleas
ant word and perhaps they would do
that seven days In . week lor three or
four months and finally the strain
would tell and something would snap
and some man would not be treated as
he should have been.
Then, he said, OF the more thar 1000
men 1t was natural that there should be
some who were not all they should have
been, As fast as possible they were let
out and discharged and sent home.
"Some Of those who are critlcizing the
workers could have solved the problem
by going themselves and taking the
place of some of those we were obliged
to engage" he said.
criticized the canteen for charging for
| its supplies was well informed. He said
t at the canteen originally WAS no part
Of the "Y" work, but that it was as
sumed at the urgent request of the
government and that they took the
place OF the army canteens. The army
needed al of its men in other lines and
at the insistence ii assumed the work
that the government formerly did.
Prices Cheaper Than at Home.
That goods we're sold in Y. NJ. c. A.
canteens intended to be given away
| was true, he said. A case came under
his observation. Ii was not the fault
Of the canteen nor OF the soldiers who
make the complaint. The fault, he said,
was with some shipping clerk back here.
A manufacturing concern would put up
a lot of clgarets for the Red Cross and
another lol iCr the \. NJ G. A, The
Y. NJ. G, A. shipment sometimes would
! be turned over to the Red Cross and the
shipment labeled mot to be sold" would
be TUNED over to the eanteen to be
sold.
lie said he had heard of a Memphis
| man who said that he paid Is cents
for a package Of clGalets at a Y. NJ.
c. A. canteca. DIR. White said II that
ina o. ally oIler would prove a case Of
overcharEe he might nave a victory
loan bond Of Sl00 denomination. Whica
he deposited with Mr.. Stratton. In
| stead of overChai ginS. he said he found
that Fat.ma Cisarets sold here for ~
| cents n Al some places FOL % cents,
| sold at the c2nteen for 40. 90 and 81
| centimes, or s, 10 and Il cents; that
Cnmels, sold here for Is cents. We're
sold by the csnteen for 40 and so CEN
times, or : and IL cents, and that Pied
monts. sold here for 10 cents, were sold
at the ranieeh Tor 20 centimes. or 4
cents. ard that Clesterfieids, sold here
for Is cents. We're sold bv the canteen
for So centrmeS, or / cents,
DR.. White rstt 9 splendid tribute 10
the knights Of Columbus. the Salvation
Amy a4u tao Jewisn welfare Workers,
lie declared that everyone did his part
nobly and we'll THE reason we hear
so much about the y. Nj. 4. A." he
declared. is because II was so much
larger and its scope 80 much broader.
The first question the men would ask
unon returning from the front line was,
Where Is the "Y?"'"
he said THIS was to be expected, as
the y. NJ, c., a. had all told more than
1900 men and women, while all other
similar oraaRlssuon, exclusive OF the
Red Cross, had 500 and that the Y. M.
q. A had 1900 huts and all others
had So.
he ssld how the men we're provided