Show yule cro crooks fool millions christmas Is a time of joy among men ot of good will and the busy seaton season tor for christmas racketeers every year millions of innocent and careless people are duped by these meanest ot of crooks christmas racketeers take advantage ot of peoples normal tendency y to be charitable during the christmas season these taken often fool the public by imitating famous charities or religious institutions tut ions A few years ago groups ot of men and women appeared on the streets of several cities in blue uniforms trimmed with red they used the word army in their name and at first glance appeared to be members of the salvation army with tambourines tambour ines in hand they went up and down residential streets soliciting at christmas time they took in a lot of money tor for themselves not a penny of this money helped bring a merry christmas to a needy home using such ruses auses it Is estimated that christmas racketeers annually rake in over during the christmas season to avoid being taken in by christmas racketeers make the bulk of your contributions to established agencies such as 83 the red cross community chest church supervised charities and local institutions which have proved merit and permanency |