The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-02-06
RED CROSS SCANDAL
PREDICTED BY COLER
Commissioners Says Organiza-
ton Rockefeller Controlled
Needs Inquiry.
SEES MANY. HANGERS on
War Work Highly Praised.
But Later Activities Assailed
From Many Points.

Bird $. Coler. Commissioner Of Public
Welfare, speaking yesterday before the
4 New York NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Society
Fat meeting in the Hotel Aston. said
'the time is going to come when there
will be an investigation into the after
war activities of the American Red Cross
THAT viii show conditions to be just as
bad as in the United States Shipping
#Boa I'd
ASKED later for an explanation of this
sremaIS MIR. Coler described the Red
Gross rs trying TO make itself into a
welfare organization for the whole
United S tttes. under the control of the
sRockefene. V Foundation" The hangers
aon" in ii. lhe declared. are duplicating
the work tof many existing agencies
"just for the sake of doing something"
He characte tized the situation as "one
sof those disc uses that come after every
awar"
AS instances, of duplication locally he
fcited that the Red Cross is starting
Meath centres and engaging in similar
lsocial service prk that already is COW
9ered by his own department and the De
partment of He; Nth. He put the cam
paign for the sale of Red Cross Christ
xnas seals in the useless" category.
Our records show perpendicular
drop in tuberculosis, gases he said. yet
they were yelling . short time ago to
buy stamps so that beds Could be pro-
Svided for the tubercl losis sufferers. The
4fact is there are not enough cases to fill
sthe beds we've alrea. ~ got. It's another
Cease of crying for bl lsiness when there
tisn't any Take my ord for it. one half
1.-THE charity business in New York city 10
plain, everyday fraud
Praise for Work in War.
But don't get a wrosg impression OF
my opinion of the Red ross in general
As said this afternoon. it was a splen-
did organization and diu wonderful
work during the war. AMT Il is a fine or
ganization to have on res nrve for great,
emergencies. It's war actiN ites. however.
are over and the boys il served have
gone back to work. SO have the regulars
in It.
But the hangers-on DON'T want to.
They're looking around developing
new. outside business. The camp fol-
lowers don't want to lose VIII at they got
around the camps. They tried 10 in
terfere with us, for instan re. in the
'Ilu epidemic last year / re written
sthe national heads not to lie t them in
9ferfere with us in case of a q epidemic
sxagain Congress ought to get after
Them"
" Mr., Coler related tina. during the cpl
ydemic referred to the Fed Cross Of
fered the Welfare and Health Depart
p1nent nurses double the pay the city
WAS giving them TO work for the Red
across visiting homes and taking care
Fof the sick in them.
They're still buying our help as fast
rs we develop them" he continued. In
fact, the educational qualifications for
Nour nurses are so high we cant make
Astl1em as fast as the Red Cross weans
+them away"
Mr. Coler said Red Cross interference
Tin municipal matters has reached such
Tan extent that only recently SAM
tarium in an upstate county sent him
"a bill seeking city check In return for