, 1921-09-23
COORDINATION OF ALL
CHARITY WORK NEEDED
FOR THE BEST RESULTS

we. Casper feeling the business
r~-prr=inn which has been rampant
n all sections Of the country. n
scores OF worthy fArlilies In his
city requiring the Charitable sup
port Of worthy organizations rsrc.
there Is a ~concertnd move afole 70
c~entralize all chiditabie work unlcr
enc head. in orde- that all nes1y
people nay be properly taken saEe
Of and no worthy ease overlooked
Realizing that the Facilities OF the
Red Cross enable tina organization
10 handle the work with more us
r,atch and with 4 g. eater degroo OF
accuracy than co1id be obtained ~
many organizations were sepRctr y
working for the same purpose,
there is a general ordination L 81
cure the ~seryIses ~ the Red Sross
10 concentrate a. work OF tbs hid
With heavy demands being made
m the Red Cross at h time Tor
Assistance Of various kinds from
Casper people. there has been com-
parafiveiy little surplus to turn over
to outsiders who have come here
from all sections or the country.
IN many cases stranded.
often cases Of this kind have been
taken IN by other organizations and
the Red Cross has ecn condemned
for not giving the amount OF relief
that some organization or individ-
nal thought should have been given
out.
Realizing that there r many
worthy families who need assistance
hut being unable TO distinguish be
tween those who are really in need
and the professional aims taller. h
Red Cross has adopted. in its home
service division which is under the
direction of Mrs. Kittio b. Payne,
here. the policy that has proven sue
oessful by all charitable organiza-
tons OF taking a history OF the case
Of the Individual Or family. giving
tentative relief and then Investigate
ing the case to Geo whether or not
.he person who Is getting assistance
Is worthy OF permanent aid.
In 1any cases. individuals believe
that the history taking feature is
rather OF personal nature but in
most cases when they arc acuuaint-
ed with the rules along this line
they fall into the spirit OF the thing
and aid the Red Cross workers in
arriving at a determination in their
case. In a majority OF the cases
whore exception is taken to ques-
lions which are OF personal nature
It is afterwards found that h par
tics were not worthy OF the assist
ance OF the Red Cross
There seems to b a total lack
OF understanding among certain
people. here of the functions of the
- $780,. - She arnnfgnf nf rnllf-
inc work that must be handled and
OF the thousands OF cases that are
by this organization. II
Is only the case where something
rrises which Drevents the Red Cross
from giving immediate and full re-
lief hat mn to light.
II this respect. there Is n case
in Casepr at this time in which
many organizations. including
church, clubs and others are all
working for the Same purpose.
The parties concerned arrived
here recently from Montana and
their case was reported to the Red
Cross. Mrs. Payne gave it her per-
sonal attention visiting the family
and providing them with certain
of clothing. An effort was
made to get the head of the family
a position but it IS understood that
he failed to put in his appearance
at the Red Cross office TO take the
position thai had e secured for
him.
In some manner other kindly dis
posed people In Casper were ac-
quainted with the plight of h fam
lily and many plans were laid to go
10 their aid. When the Red Cross
checked up the work 1t was found
that much of the relief work was
being duplicated for this one family
while Casper peo-la in equally
strained circumstances were receiv-
ing comparatively no relief, except
through the assistance Of the RED
Cross,
When the Red Cross workers at
tempted to secure information from
the head OF the family which is re-
ouired by the rules of the organiza-
ton he refused to dfvulse the de
sired information. stating that his
family was not in need of assist
ance from that organization.
In studying the case h work
which is being carried on by organ
izations and individuals here is
found to be duplicated and much
or the effectiveness of relief work.
ers is lost because they did not
know hat else was doing
the same thing.
It is for this purpose h a the plan