NAVY LEAGUE'S STREET COLLECTION
TO THE EDITOR 6§ I'HB PRESS. Sir,—We note With the greatest surprise that the Navy League has be£n granted a street day collection. We have alWays Unddrsdofl that this privilege was reserved for definitely charitable objects and that; in limiting the number of street appeals, it had been necessary to ref Use permission to a pumber of deserving rridvethehtS. it does hot appear that the Navy League could possibly be classed as a charitable object, and we assume that street days will now Be granted to fcuch humanitarian causes as the League of Natidns Union, or even, —Yours etc CHRISTIAN PACIFIST, SOCIETY. Per R. J. Scarlett, Hoh. Local Secretary. February 22, 1938. [When this letter was referred to the Mayor (Mr J. W. Beanlahd), he said that the matter of street cbllectiohs was controlled by a committee set Up by the council. The Navy League had always Had a street collection once a year. The council was, however, limiting the number of collections hiore than previously.]
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22335, 24 February 1938, Page 7
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