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... Charities and Corrections ' Committee on History of Charity Organi- zation , reported in 1893 : The very name of Charity Organization indicates a paramount purpose to bring about cooperation of those engaged in ministering to the poor ...
... Charity Organization Societies had come into being for the express purpose of organizing voluntary and public charities to direct toward worthy families the relief- giving services of others.87 Their particular concern was with the poor ...
... charity relief aims to redeem the family . It is not too much to ask that the tax payers ' money should be educational and constructive . How does the adequacy of Judge Pinckney's relief compare with private charity relief ? I have only ...