The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-31

I Capt. Tnomas White. a former commander of Emerson Liscum post, protested to the Democrat to- day that he and the members of the post had always been known as honest, that they had signed the contract with the. promoters with full knowledge, and that the pub l licity being given the management of the affair was an attempt to "crucify" himself and his fellow members.
 | Resents Story
 MT Green this morning expressed indignation over the article in the morning paper, obviously constru- ing 1t as reflection on the Cham Der of Commerce as well as on tue item in yesterdays Democrat.
 The dance next Wednesday night according to MT Green, is being handled by firm which. at one time was established in Newark, N. J. The firm has an office on Bank street, he said, and em- ploys a battery of telephones" in its soliciting. The Spanish War Veterans, he said, signed contract which gave the out of town firm full control of the sale of tickets but enabled 1t to keep for itself such items as the program and the checking privilege.
 Last Saturday, Secretary Green, launched bold attack on the tac- tics employed In general by out of town promoters and agents who leone to this city to manage dances, entertainments and similar events for local organizations. He claimed that local organizations were risk ing their good name and their standing in the community by sign
 ing contracts with out of town agents, who would walk away with a good portion of the proceeds
 In a lengthy statement, Mr Green pointed out that the Chamber of Commerce had been at work on the problem for long time and had found that misrepresentation and fraud were sometimes resorted to by various promoters" and agents.
 Veterans Story
 The statement issued by the Spanish War Veterans, come from Miles W. Deane and Albert Port | bhoIS uSSoL dihS tO tiio ihot bAbso paper. The statement follows:
 There has been considerable un- savary publicity in the press for the last few days regarding a benefit entertainment and dance sponsored by Emerson H. Liscum Camp, United Spanish War Veter- ans. In last evenings Demos crat particularly there was one statement that is an out and out falsehood. This statement is to the effect that the proceeds of this affair are to be used to send dele gates to convention. This state- Il ment IS deliberately false and mis- \ leading. The delegates to our II conventions have always defraycd all their own expenses and would not dream of asking the camp to | pay for such, a junket out of it's Il meager funds. The object of our entertainment Is to raise some l funds to replenish our de- | pleted treasury. For more than q year our members were deprived | of almost all government aid and l the Spanish War Veterans have never appealed to the public by selling flowers, etc. Our only means of getting money Is from our annual dues, and by holding u dance or some form of entertain ment that will provide us with some fundns with which to take care of needy comrades and their families as far as we nre able. Our members are getting along in years | (our average ago Is 62) and we find 1t very difficult to sell tick cts ourselves, so we engaged q young man whom we have dealt with before to manage the affair. The entire business Is under our supervision and our contract with this young man was entered into by the camp with full knowledee