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Show AA Rejects $10,000 Gift As Against Principles NEW YORK. Alcoholics Anonymous Anony-mous Intergroup Association o f New York rejected a $10,000 legacy bequeathed by a grateful woman member. A spokesman explained that ac-quistition ac-quistition of property or money, other than that raised by passing the hat at their own meetings, tended ten-ded to divert members from their primary task of rehabilitating alcoholics. alco-holics. "Members have discovered they cannot mix money and its management manage-ment with the spiritual nature of the work they are trying to do," he said. "So, like the fellow at the end of the bar who has learned the hard way what's best for him, they, too, have said 'No' to this offer of 'One on the house.' " |