Show Aimee Wins Praise With Efforts for Relief of Hungry Hopes to Take Care of Daily in Dining Hall Run by Temple By GEORGE II U. BEALE DEALE United Press Staff starr Correspondent LOS ANGELES Jan 7 Through 7 her large-handed large charity work these thes days Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton Hutton Hut Hut- ton is winning a popular acclaim that tha she never enjoyed previously The greater portion of the people of Los Angeles have looked skeptically skeptically at many of her activities In Inthe 11 the past but even the most skeptical are willing to admit that she is doing doing doing do do- ing a great work now among those thos suffering from the depression Her dining hall haIl is the newest an anthe and the largest of the half-dozen half enterprises enterprises enterprises enter enter- she has under way to help the thi poor and it explains perfectly wh why those who have hav jeered now find cause causi to applaud A person does not need to believe the evangelists evangelist's famous story to get into her dining hall Racor Race Rac or religious conviction is no bar t ther to her food To get food there one has only t task to ask for it She opened the dining hall 33 dayS day ago and since then has fed approximately approximately people The first da day filed into the halt hall The evangelist evangelis hopes to be able to accommodate in the thc near future TELLS OF CHARITY She left services at Angelus temple to tell the United Press all about kitchen and to discuss her new pop pop- The Interview took place in a small dressing room directly back of her stage-like stage pulpit The evangelist first was asked her hei reaction to having outsiders applauding applaud applaud- ing instead of questioning her ties She smilingly admit admitted led it was somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what of a novelty for her to be in interviewed interviewed interviewed in- in about something that did die not concern a purported a dispute with her mother or a beauty beauty beauty beau beau- ty operation Oh its it's fine she said My people people peo peo- pie always have been loyal but its it's its nice to know that other people feel kindly toward me m me Everyone has bee been lovely and you'd roud be surprised a some of the things that are done for for fore forme me e and many of them by people who dont don't belong to my church A cab company donated do do- donated the hall for the kitchen I get gel meat meat and and it is the very best meat too too for for 5 a hundred pounds One man gives gies me sheep every month and a soap company here gave me cakes of soap TOO MUCH RED TAPE We opened our kitchen when we we saw that something had to be done for lor the people suffering from the thc depression depression depression de de- she continued Many many charities are doing great work but we felt that there was too much red tape in most of them She referred to the count county charity work and explained that a person must have been a resident of Los Angeles for a year and be able to prove it before asking aid from the county A year ear is a long time to wait for fora a man who is starving she said Many charities investigate to discover discover dis dis- cover if the need needy person is worthy Our theory is that it is better to feed one worthy man and nine unworthy r ones rones than to miss the worthy r We feed them and then we We serve only one meal a day and that at noon but its it's a good full meal We dont don't care what church a man belongs to or what race or anything like that We feed them all We Ve have our preachers over ocr atthe at atthe at atthe the hall to pray and to accept conversions conversions conversions con con- versions but we dont don't rub it in Aman A Aman Aman man doesn't need to join the temple to get food tood but he may join if he wants Now Tow she said concluding the interview in interview interview in- in you go out in the audience while I show you how good my peo- peo pie arc are RETURNS TO PULPIT She returned to the pulpit and explained explained ex ex- to her congregation that her temple workers who were making clothes for the poor poor were handicapped handicapped handicapped handi handi- capped by lack of sewing machines I 1 want to see just how many people people people peo peo- here will give me a new or an anold anold anold old sewing machine and remember its it's to help Angelus temple make mak e clothes for the poor she said Lets I have lave a showing of hands The audience pledged 30 sewing machines and later the telephone operator operator operator op op- I advised her that 15 people who heard icard her call over the radio had I phoned in to pledge machines Now said Mrs McPherson Hutton Hut- Hut ton on a poor year old woman was left homeless today I want someone someone someone some some- one in this audience to take this dear dearold dearold dearold old woman in and give her a home Who here will do it A hand went up immediately and the year old woman had a home |