Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-17
CHARITIES OPPOSE IDEA
OF LIMITING TAG DAYS
Action of Representatives Is Virtual
"PnssinE OF Buck" To Director
Myers.
REJECT COMMITTEES ADVICE
Twenty-Thrcc Enterprises Noted
Sums Hanging From 500 10
$1,000 i'm 1919-Nictliud Con-
dcmncd ms Cndiguificd.

Rejection 10y accrcdaied repreSeutu-
tivcs OF charitable organizations ut
Richmond. which have followed tag
day methods OF raising money ia the
past, OF the recommendations or the
committee OF tag days. which Mas APP
pointed about three !uonthS ago uy the
eRacnMouu tounCii O. social Agencies,
featured an exciting meeting Of the
council in the auditorium ~ Inc \ W..
Z. A yesterday afternoon.
Action OF the council amounts 10
passing the buck to Colonel William
NJ. Myers. Director OF pubhc SAFETY,
who had requested tho Council of So
cial Agencies 10 decide ON the matter
and make recommendations 10 him re-
latiVc 10 rcdGc!ug the number of lu-
days. in FAR a. seemed praCticahic
ciai STABILITY al amy worthy charitable
organization
Work Goes Tor Nnnght.
IN ~, ace q; the strenuous oppus =
iioD TO tuo report OF the comm ttcc
which recommended thc -r"upUE OF
certain organizations undyr one head.
reducing the total number Of tag dag )
from twenty three 10 nine, the council
Colonel Myers, in effect, that the re-
suit of the careful Investigations OF
the committee and the tremendous
amount Of work involved has gone for
nauGht and that there Is no relief in
sight for the general public Of Rich-
mond In tho constantly increasing NUM-
Rev, II. = { Maelschlan. .. n, was
chairman OF tho committee on Tag DAYS.
Other members gc bT MaclaGhlan's
i. Harnisan, Rev, j. J. Schercr. Jr. u.
d; Mrs. 81 George Cooke. Mrs Roy
n. Fianua gan. Miss Louis" Price Judge
J. HoEe Kicks and Or. H. H. Hubs
The report o tho committee showed
that amounts wary NJ from 5000 hy
the Instructive Visiting Nurse Associa-
rn-a nv IN - "a NJ t-s
Church, were raised last year ia the
twenty three tag days which were held
II Richmond
Investigations hy tho COMMITTEES also
brought out the fact that the number
Of tag days had increased from five IN
1919 TO twenty-three IN 1919.
Childrcn's >ocirt. Exception.
oppos ton 10 the report or the COM
seatatives Of organizations. White and
coiored. which had been grouped with
other organizations doing similar
work in the community. one notable
exception was the rrprcSe ntatiyc OF
the Ch!ldreu's Home society OF Mir
stnia. Or. W. } Mayb,c who stated
his personal conviction mat The tag
day method Was an undisnihch way OF
appealing for aid for worthy charity
and that people were weary OF con-
slant appeals.
The night against the plan suggested
by the committee % grouping crsaml-
zaticns doing simlA- work under one
genera! ttGG, WitN one taS DAY LOT stt0
group. was led by representatives Of
The Federation OF Mothers clubs and
Parent T sacher Associations whp ai-
vanced every possible argument against
the proposed rlans ami cft"otualiy
blocked every move lookjn- toward
adoption OF the report OF the com
mittee at the meeting Yesterday
Consideration OF public sentiment,
which has been growing stronger aach
year, against the alleged ''Supsrilu;ty
OF tag days" IN Richmond. featured
the final recormA ndatiors OF tho re
jccted report OF the committee on tag
days.
List Of Rcconmc ndntion>.
These nnal recommendation were
TO the effect that in recommending
the reduction OF the number OF tag
days from twcnty-thrcu TO nine. Il;
would bc possible TO secure more gen
eral support from the newspapers Of
Richmond Well as from tn. general
public for the organization for which
tho appeals were mad. and that the
tag days would then become in a
way community enterprises
we believe that in the long run"
the report concluded more money VIII
be raised by the nine tag days pro
yidsd for above than by the present
system, OF unlimited tag DAYS. IN which
no one is interested except The or
ganiZation selling tho tags.