Evening star., 1937-07-04
By Joseph Marian.
THE steel workers strike in Johns
town, Pa, has given the crooked

SOLICITOR an opportunity 10
cash in. if possible. on the mis-
fortune of the strikers in that locality.
But this is no great surprise, as these
vultures are ready at all times to
commercialize on the adversely and
misery Of their fellow men.
prominent banker in Washington
received a telephone call the other
day, supposedly from member of
committee which had been appointed
to raise fund to aid the families Of
the strikers in Johnstown.
The appeal in which the solicitor
and children of the strikers are the
real sufferers and are certainly not to
blame for the actions of the men,
was very touching. He gave the i'm
preston that he was speaking in
behalf of a group Of substantial citi-
zenS who rather froWned upon the
activities of the strikers but who could
see no good reason why financial help
to purchase the necessities Of life
should be refused these innocent VIC
TINS,
Questioned As to why Washington
should be selected to assist in this re-
lief and why Pennsylvania should not
take care of her own, he went on to
say that the City of Washington has
always stood head and shoulders above
other cities in crisis of this sort
when an appeal was made to relieve
suffering in another city. eve made
similar statement in our first article.
All in all, it was a very pretty and
rather convincing speech. but our
banker friend refused to be taken
in" until he investigated further.
A hurried call to JohnstoWn re-
vealed the fact that this was the
second complaint, but that no such
appeal was being made from that city,
and, furthermore, that they could
take care of their own without out
side assistance"
WE THEN called upon Mr.. John L.
Lewis. and were advised by his
daughter, after careful investigation,
that no appeal was being made within
the ranks of their labor party. So
Just check off another "phoney."
We have subscribed to many maga-
zines and newspapers, including the
"Biglerville Buge" and the Cross
towns Budget" in order that lads,
ranging in years from Is to IS, might
have the advantage of a college edu-
cation, but We had never been asked
until recently to subscribe to any
periodical with the understanding that
portion of the subscription would be
donated to charity.
However, We came across two such
appeals this week, both for two per-
fectly legitimate charities, but not
members of the Community Chest.
Upon lnquirlng We learned that one
of these charities has given permis-
sion to use its name, as it receives
q certain percentage of the amount
Of the sale. The other charity states
1t has not granted permission to any
one to solicit in their name.
We therefore feel it behooves any
OF our readers who might be ap-
preached by one Of these statesmen to
investigate before subscribing, other
wise they might not even receive the
publica ton subscribed to. We look for
many of the 100 per cent boys" to
view this apparently new proposition
avariciously as means to CLEAN some
easy pickin's.'
The general public should be edu-
Gated to the fact that the charities
who are members of the Community
Chest are not permitted to raise
separate fund, other than for speci-
fc purpose, such as new building,
and then the contributor must receive
something in return, as ticket to
some sort of entertainment. We were
surprised to find that many contrib
utors to the Chest we're not aware of
these facts.
WE QUOTE, in part, very fine let
ter We received this week from
lady who mentions many so-called
charities" with which We are quite
familiar:
My husband and I were married
when he was still in college and right
so he had to secure work quickly He
trod the streets of Washington day in
and day out, with his diploma in his
pocket, looking for job-any kind of
a job He met with no success, and
we were in mighty desperate circum-
stances.
He answered an advertisement for
salesman one day. and received a
reply, asking him to call at - street
His job was to procure advertising for
different books and magazines. He
thought 1t was legitimate. and it was
TO a certain extent. But very shortly
we both saw where his boss was doing
plenty of charity chiseling,' but my
husband was doing just what he was
told to do, and receiving his commits
sion daily, which gave us an income
OF over S75 each week, and what his
boss did was none of our business. We
knew it was a racket, but, after all,
isn't everything a racket today?
AT Christmas time my husband
made as high as S125 a week for a
few weeks.
You started publishing your arti-
cles and calling the solicitor such
horrid names we were incensed at
hrst, but after a while it started us
thinking, particularly as my husband
was working on a boys camp propo-
sition that received about 20 per cent
of the money.
Your statement regarding the un-
loyalty of the promoter was true
He has resigned his position and
Is now working for manufacturing
concern and receiving not quite one
half the money he received while
working as solicitor, but we are hon.
estly twice as happy. I cannot sign
my name. but think you can believe
me sincere"
And she signs, AN ex-Solicitors
Wife"