The New York herald., 1922-07-24
GARLAND'S $SOO,O0O
TO HELP RADICALS
Cape Cod Heir to Million and
Foe OF MOnogamy An
nOunceS Plan.

Charles Garland, the Cape Cod young
man of % whose MARKHAM antipathy to
inherited wealth and whose disregard
for monogamy have won him distinction.
purposes turning over 100000 of the
once scorned million left him by his
father TO the newly organized American
Fund for Public Service.
Walter Nelles, counsel for the fund.
made this announcement yesterday In
this letter to the newspapers:
"I am authorized by Charles Garland
of North Carver. Mass. to make the
following statement from him:
81 am trying 10 use the inherited
wealth toward social uses for the follow
| ing reasons:
"T believe every person is an integral
part of society ana the interests of one
individual can not be divorced from the
interests of other members OF society
without all having to pay the price for
| 1t in the end. From this It follows that
! / must strive to use whatever resources
/ have TO the advantage of all.
with this object I intend to turn
over to the American Fund for Public
Service the sum Of $500, ,000.'"
The sum Garland intends giving would
seem to be the entire fortune left him
last year, minus the 100000 he set aside
for support OF his wife. Mary Wrenn
Garland, and her two small chilrden.
However. since Garlands father died the
money Is said to have increased by a
couple of hundred thousand because of
rapid advances in value of certain securi-
ties in which 1t was invested. What has
become Of the earnings OF tho foundation
legacy Is not told.
| Garland will have some difficulty, II
was said. In making the transfer. Per-
| fof ~ xryil1
said it obliged Garland to bequeath GER
tain portions Of his inheritance to stated
descend ants, provided there should bf
any. Whether the 100000 he has SET
aside for Mrs. Garland and tho children
covers these requirements could not pt
4 learned yesterday.
Garland is said to have been inter.
estsd in the aims and aspirations of the
Fund for Public Service by certain oi
its founders who share his economic
and part of his social opinions. None
however, shares his disbelief In the ne
cessity to general welfare OF the com
monty accepted tenets of monogamy. II
was because Of Garland's insstence upor
bringing into his Cape Cod farm house
to share the place with his wife, young
art student of Boston. Miss Lillian Con
rad. Soon Miss Conrad left Bay Emo
Farm and Mrs. Garland. who had qui
the place with her children. was reunited
with the young non-conformist
The work the fund will try to d.
may be foreseen by scanning the per
sopnel OF the incorporators and the boart
of directors. The incorporators arr
Norman N. Thomas and Lewis Gannett
associate editors of the Nation; Prof
Robert Morss Lovett of the Universit,
of Chicago. and Roger N. Baldwin. al
rector of the American Civil Libertie.
Union.
The directors are Prof. Harry y
Ward, of Union Theological Seminary
James Weldon Johnson. OF the Nationa
Association for the Advancement of Col
ored People Rabbi Judah L. Magnes
Prof Scott Nearing, of the Rand School
William H. Foster, secretary of tn
Trade Union Educational League OF Chi
cago: Miss Mary II. Mcdowell, Of tn
! University OF Chicago Settlement, ant
the incorporators.
Mr.. Ncllis, explaining the objective
. of the fund. said;
Various persons desiring to give o
bequeath money to public causes hav
expressed the desire for the establish
ment Of a fund controlled by person
who will not be conventional In thei
conception Of public service and VIII
will give preference to new and expert
mental agencies"