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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1957
Pages 1-10
Fake Charity Promoters Fleecing
Americans Out of Millions Yearly
BY LOUIS CASSELS
United Press Correspondent
Washington OP! Fake char
ity promoters are fleecing gul
lible givers of about $150 mil
lion a year.
That's enough money to bail
the Red Cross out of its financial
crisis. . . to put the heart, can
cer and polio drives over the
top. . . to provide hundreds of
summer camps for underpriv
ileged children.
These and other causes which
want more public support are
among the victims of charity
racketeers who pocket about
three per cent of America's total
contributions to philanthropy,
according to the National Better
Business Bureau.
The bureau, which has local
offices in more than 100 major
cities, is taking the lead in an
effort to teach Americans how
to make sure that their contribu
tions go to legitimate charities
instead of to heartless parasites
who prey on man's desire to help
the unfortunate.
Edward G. Mergardt, vice
president of the bureau, said one
of the most vicious things about
the charity rackets is the fact
that their existence tends to
make Americans cynical about
all charities, the worthy ones
as well as the fakes.
Know the Charity
"No one should stop giving to
charity just because some pur
ported 'charities' are unworthy,"
he said. "If you give intelligent
ly, none of your money will be
wasted."
The basic rule for intelligent
giving, Mergardt said, is to
"know the cause you're support
ing." If a n appeal sounds
worthy, but the sponsoring or
ganization is unfamiliar to you,
investigate before reaching for
your checkbook.
One easy way to investigate is
to write or telephone the near
est Better Business Bureau. The
bureau looks into every new
charitable solicitation that' is
called to its attention, and can
usually give you prompt advice
on which appeals are suspicious.
Beware of solicitors who call
by telephone, give you a tear
jerking spiel, and offer to send
a collection agent to your home
or office right away to pick up
your contribution. This is a
favorite technique for racke
teers. If you get such a telephone
call, insist that the "charity"
send you full details of the ap
peal by mail.
Demand Details in Writing
Many promoters, who are con
ducting purely fraudulent opera
tions, will balk at putting any
of their sales talk in writing,
or sending it through the mails.
They know that this exposes
them to prosecution for mail
fraud or for obtaining money
under false pretenses.
But you can't assume that an
appeal is worthy just because it
comes to you through the mails.
Some of the biggest racketeers
operate on a national basis with
mail solicitations. Their "letter
head" charities often bear
names decepitively similar to
those of high reputable organiza
tions. Sometimes they have an
impressive-looking list of spon
sors." .
Some of these outfits manage
to avoid fraud prosecutions by
actually turning over part of
their take to the charity they
purport to; represent. If the ap
peal is in the name of a boy's
camp, for example, the promoter
may keep himself clear of the
law by sending a dozen boys to
a run-down camp while pocket
ing thousands of dollars himself
as "promotional costs" or "ad
ministrative expense."
If you think that a mail solici
tation may be deserving (and
some very worthy organizations
do s e ek funds nationally by
mail), Merguardt's advice is:
Insist on Budget
"Insist that the organization
make available to you a detail
ed report of its activities, includ
ing its budget and an audited
financial statement.
"Determine how much of your
contribution will actually be
spent for the purposes it was
solicited for, and what percent
age is expended for administra
Hon and lund-raisins costs, in
cluding commissions to promot
ers or solicitors."
Mergardt said one of the fake
charity gimmicks currently in
vogue is mailing out unordered
merchandise. The merchandise
may be religious articles, or
some trinket. Usually the recip
ient is told that his remittance
will help to support some needy
cause.
Many Americans fall for this
racket because they feel that
they either have to pay for the
Senate Votes Against
Bowles' Appointment
Salem OP) The Oregon Sen
ate Wednesday refused to con
firm Gov. Robert Holmes' ap
pointment of Rollin E. Bowles to
the State Water Resources Board.
Agricultural and irrigation in
terests had objected to Bowles'
appointment because of his rec
ord of opposition to dams on
Oregon streams. Bowles is past
president of the Oregon Izaak
Walton league and a Portland
attorney.
The vote was 15 to 15, but not
necessarily along party lines.
Duane Goodman Named
Yell King at OSC
Corvallis D u a.n e William
Goodman, senior student from
Medford at Oregon State college,
has been chosen yell king at
OSC.
A science major, Goodman
will be in charge of , the rally
squad and the rally committee,
besides taking care of all rallies
and game activities to promote
school spirit.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Goodman, 212 Valley
View drive, Medford, and is a
1953 graduate of Medford high
school.
The 1952 eruption of Kilauea
volcano in Hawaii lasted for 136
days.
merchandise, or go to the trouble
of returning it. But you don't
have to do either, said Mergardt.
"The Post Office has ruled
that you have no obligation to
remit for unordered merchan
dise or to spend personal funds
or effort for its return to the
sender," he said.
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Yreka At an adjourned meet
ing Friday, May 24, the Yreka
city council will consider a plan
to bring three million additional
gallons of water to Yreka each
day at an estimated total cost of
$564,200.
The plan was presented Mon
day night in a preliminary en
gineering survey by Trotter and
Associates. i .
The additional water would
come from, a section of the
Shasta river. Added to the pres
ent estimated minimum daily
flow of water, the new supply
would bring total daily water
flow to 4,500,000 gallons.
Used in the new system would
be a device known as a Ranney
Horizontal Water Collector, con
sisting of a large caisson sunk
into the Shasta river, with fin
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pipes extending under the gravel
bed of the river. The water
would be ' pumped from there.
Natural gravels and sands of the
river would be utilized to filter
the water.
Investigations Necessary
It was pointed out that addi
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be necessary before a final de
cision could be made on the pro
posed plan. Time for completion
of river bed testing has been set
at about three months.
Proposals incorporated in the
preliminary report to provide for
future growth and develop of the
city included:
1. Possible future construction
of a new 125,000 gallon steel
storage tank.
. 2. Future construction of a
chlorine mixing basin close to
the reservoir at "a point which
will collect the entire inflow
from Greenhorn creek. City well
and Old Boston shaft.
3. Building of a dam and stor
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Shasta or Little Shasta river
when future demands require
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same time as a pike flashed
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thrust at the pike with his spear,
but to his amazement, the pike
swallowed the hooked perch.
Addington pulled in both fish.
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