OCR Text |
Show Yule Croolrs Fool Millions Christmas is a time of joy among men of good will and the busy sea-ton sea-ton for Christmas racketeers. Every year millions of innocent and careless people are duped by these meanest of crooks. Christmas racketeers take advantage ad-vantage of people's normal tendency tenden-cy to be charitable during the Christmas season. These fakers often fool the public by imitating famous charities or religious institutions. insti-tutions. A few years ago groups of men and women appeared on the streets of several cities in blue uniforms uni-forms 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 In hand, they went up and down residential streets soliciting at Christmas time. They took In a lot of money, for themselves. them-selves. Not a penny of this money helped bring a merry Christmas to a needy home. Using such ruses, It Is estimated that Christmas racketeers annually annual-ly rake in over $100,000,000 during the Christmas season. To avoid being "taken In" by Christmas racketeers, make the bulk of your contributions to established es-tablished agencies, such as the Red Cross, Community Chest, church-supervised church-supervised charities and local institutions insti-tutions which have proved merit and permanency. |