The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-25
JOHNSON TELLS
OF ARMY WORK
Report Shows Progress Of
Salvation Corps; Aid
Given to Girls
MANY HELPED T0LEAVE
Army Heads Helped Out Girls
Who Could Not Meet Ex-
penses by Earning

a report lust completed ty COM
mandaut o. y. johnson ny 40, local
Salvation Army ..tps. shown that
during tho l1H n.r1I ...r th. Army
has provided lodnrs fur ~ prrsuu.
7b per cert OF whom hnyo been
young women
The report also shows th1t frcc
trauHf fortntlou was prov ldqd fur sI
pursOuH 40 Of whom woro young
women Obliged lg I'tto tho rIty bc.
cause they were unable iu pay tho
prevalent price. Tor room rent out
% their ,1ruiura som, of Do, youuE
women who have been rlguu ludgiut
10y thc Army hNo br,u upcomulO.
dated IN the present salvation Army
building at lgU West second. OthouB
hnvu bron taken care OF iu roumg
rented and paid for by the Army
throughout the city whio 30 uirls
have been giyon temporary accom-
OdltiunH in the homo NJ the local
officers A. tho present tmo, com.
mgndani nud Mrs johnson arc car
Ing ftr young Eirl who camo 10
them after u desperate but futile
search for a room within her mcanA
Helped Many Leave.
These facts according 10 the
members Of the Tulsa Salvation
Army advisory board. Indicate plain
ly the need of funds to enable tho
Army 10 meet this problem In "a sys-
tematic and effective way. The pub
lie appeal tC hC made by tho advis-
Org board bctwcon October ( ana II,
Will IN nsludc fund for this purpose.
The ultimate aim Of the board Is tho
erection Of "A modern young woman's
boarding home such az has lust been
upcnHd In oklahoma city.
CommandIut Johuson's report was
seni several days ago 10 Thomas j.
Hartman, president OF the Tulsa ad-
visory board, who has made the gol-
lowing public statement ON the facts
and figures revealed.
This report shows clearly tho ur-
gent needs Tor creator facilities In
Tulsa for the housing Of young wo-
men Of limited income and | am con
WINGED thaat there is no better way
TO meet tho problem than through
the salvation Army II the people
OF Tulsa will provide the army with
sufficient funds they will find "a
way To give these girls clean room,
three meals a day and fine christ
ian environment for something like
.s . week. As coon as possible we
want to put up Ia Tulsa
young woman's boarding
home TO he managed by The sal
walton Army but the need Is immcd-
iato and II there is To be delay I'm
this project we want TO provide some
other way OF meeting tho demand
while the proposed building ls being
considered and provided for" he
said.
81 know OF no movement that IL
better deserving OF the united sup
port OF Tulsa citizens than this, and
i know OF nosmovement that is more
entitled 70 the energetic cooperation
Of 'he civic bodies. the Acmricop
Legion and other fraternal orRanlza-
tions, II should be understood that
the girls who are cared for by tho
salvation Army In this manner are
not made objects OF charity ON
the contrary they are piancod on an
Independent financial basis and lib
Grated from tho necessity Of supple
mentirg their wages from questi
able sources. We sNnnt Il said OF
Tulsa that a young woman Is able
TO some here and live a pleasant ANA
life no matter how
meagcr her income may he. This Is
n movement also which should in
'ercst the womcn'r clubs and partic-
ulhrly the women voters. They
should get behind this movement as
q unit
l. G, Long. president of the Tulsa
Ad club is chairman OF he city ii
nance committee which win lead the
sppcal FOR funds In October Tho
other members OF the executive cont
mittce are. George H. Iccvos Alva
]. Niles, j. Burr Gibbons, RalpN
Talbot n q. Hcnthornc, W o.
Buck, Newt. II Graham, Horace
Hagen, Allan V Davenport Lee Lev
eiing, Or Il, V Smith, Mayor T. -
Evans. ], NJ Reed, t. a. Ross and
1pIp Rnuprr