Show FACTS 5 ABOUT GAMBLING A recent survey mado by tho the Amo rican institute of public opinion ion shows that wore than tiro five in every ton toil of our population has haa spent silent money in ill nt at least one gamo game of chanco chance thus fur far lit in 1038 1938 the survey also discloses that tho the most common form of gambling Is not liot bi lying buying sweepstakes tickets nor claying tile slot machines nor hotting on oil the horses hut but buying tickets in ili church conducted lotteries tho the revealing features of the study ignado by tho the institute of public opinion would appear to 1 bo 1 that 20 por per cent of tile tho ian americana indulge in church lotteries it if Is generally known that few church do nomIna auns tuns sponsor lotteries of any kind hence it would seem taint an overwhelming wh elming percentage of 0 roman Celt holle communicants support their own church lotteries since tile lie catholic number about 18 per cent of our population including children it la Is evident that milt a largo large number ot of Iler persona sons patronize roman bathol le lc church lotteries who are arc not members nivin beri of the church 2 that tho linnit of betting and playing ga ginnes ines of chanco chance Is more common among persons of tho the upper and middle income grou garoupa than of those nt ft tho the bottom of the income scale 03 W per cent and 01 31 por per cent respectively for the upper income groups and at per milt cent and 45 per cent for tile the lower income groups those in the upper and middle income groups are usually rated among the more intelligent and cultured tho the so called bitters of not only high society but also 0 of tho the social order itself gambling over ever tilt in instrument of moral and social debauc debauchery beryl 1 what must those who indulge sponsor or conduct gambling think of them solves solve na exemplars in an age when the influence of every worthy citizen la is so greatly needed to uphold tho the finer richer things of life against indecency and the subversive doctrines that beset us in tile the light of oc tho the history 0 of nil all phases of gambling there Is 19 no excuse for any ono one indulging in it much less la those hoso who foster church con ducted gambling of any form fonn A recent hopeful sign against gambling gambli ul which should put those of the upper social crust who indulge in ili it to shame Is the activity of 27 different negro civic units in chicago embracing the citywide property owners organization which have taken on their own shoulders the responsibility of wiping out the policy gamo game on an illegal form of gambling this game it la 19 claimed alone drains tin an annual profit of more than from tile the pockets of ue ne groce in one area of south chicago which paya a year to politicians for protection ono one of the negro lenders leaders of the movement which is enlisting tile tho backing of both white and negro ministers said tho the operation of the policy racket iiii lias 9 greatly increased crime ill n tho the community find and caused children to go without food and clothing families to bo be evicted bo bc muse of nonpayment non payment of rent |