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Show DR. MOTT OF THE Y. EC. A. SPEAKS NEW YORK, Dec. 2-1. "If I have g not been efficient I ought to be re- jbaj moved." said Dr. Molt. "If anybody; tyn olse has, he or she ought to be re moved. We want to know our short--comings, both of. ommission and com-. Ifjj mission so far as aro possible to mak6 &o them known and have them correct-: ' " 3ouj cd." ; Uc'ta The turning the inquiry over to tbo i&g war department was based on a reporf of E. C. Edrop. a Y. M. C. A. chaplain fcop who had made a preliminary Investi- jsjg gation by examining written com- ; plaints regarding the association sor- lid vice and who had interviewed return' j '(tt ing soldiers. & Summarizing specific complaints Mr- c' , Edron stated that the soldiers charged Ita that in a certain sector canteen : Jj3gn charges were excessive; in others that ' fej) there was lack of supplies for free dis- S' tribution near the firing lines and in some cases for sale as well; that there , ; was a congestion of secretaries in flji some cities and a noticeable lack of I (workers near the front at some points; fu I that some secretaries alienated tha jfART sympathies of the troops through an 11 j assumption that their mode of living j , ' J was demoralizing, and that workers n (did their tasks grudgingly and refused Ql whenever possible. On the other hand, Mr. Edrop said' ovidence was abundant, including of- 'D2y ficlal citations by American and AI- Kiry, lied commanders, of the heroism and .3,2o devotion to duty of many Y. M. C. A. JHie jj( workers. 4 dvic Pending an official investigation, the 1. chaplain urged that Y. M. C. A. sec- Ion5 , rctaries be instructed to lay empha-w()g0c sis upon the new tradition created by Socai our men of ahc A. E. F. In contrast mfyiUiQj8 to the old assumption that the "sol 6 dier hopelessly tempted was different JL from the civilian." |