The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-18
FRED WHITE HEADS
CONTROL BOARD OF
CITY CHARITY BODY
Trustees of New System
Elect Officers to Conduct
Philanthropic Work With
Efficiency.

A smoothly running organization has
been perfected which will care for all
charity in the city. The last details
of formation will be arranged about
September 1.
Frederick G. White who has been
one of the prime movers in the move
ment for a better basis of dispensing
charity will head the organization for
the next year. He was elected presi-
dent of the board of control Of the
Central Board of Charities.
The organization now stands: Fred
erick G. White, president; Willard z.
Carr, first vice-president; S. E. Swain,
second vice-president; H. L. Monarch,
treasurer; J. T. Giles, secretary.
Executive committee: Willard z.
Carr, chairman; DR.. A. ]. Whallon,
vice chairman; H. L. Monarch, treas
urer; Frederick G. White Fiscal COM
mittee: Frederick G. White, DR.. A.
j. Whallon, H. L. Monarch.
Start September I.
The executive committee will have
| charge of the promotion of all matters
pertaining to financing the charities
of the city. BY September 1 If poss-
ible there will be charity expert in
the position of managing secretary.
At that time the affiliated organiza.
tions will bring in their reports and a
budget will be made.
The organization proposes to handle
all charity matters in Richmond, but
| is proposes to establish a system of
| charity relief which will be perma-
| nent. This will be an education to
children to learn to shift for them
selves and job for the head of the
family whenever possible. The policy
will be that those who are helped
must also help themselves and every
thing possible will be done to remove
, dead beats" and loafers from the list
The executive committee will start
Immediately in its hunt for an expert
, to take the position of managing secre
tary. If possible man will be secur
ed for $1,000 year. The position will
be we'll worth the salary it brings with
1t as the managing secretary must also
be bookkeeper, a diplomat in certain
cases and an allaround man.
| System Saves Salary.
| It is believed much more will be
saved In efficiency Of the system than
is expended in the secretary's salary
The central board expects and is ex
pected by affiliated charities, to &C
complish the same amount of temper
airy charity and far more permanen,
charity on the same amount of money
as used in previous years, before there
was a secretary to pay.
| Most of the additional good of or
ganized charity is expected in the or
ganization's determination to find anl
relieve the cause of such conditions
which demand charity They expect
within short time to know how
many families and individuals are
worthy, what proportions of intoxi
cants cause to ask charity, the number
who are too lazy to work, and dozen.
of other facts and satisfies which
have never been collected.
| Business men of the city are vel
pleased with the new plan. 1t place.
in the hands of one organization, the
soliciting Of funds which go to a hal
dozen organizations. It is said tha
almost all business men in the cit,
include in their annual budgets, al
amount which they will give fo1
charity but because Of the frequen
demands from numerous organiza
tions, they are compelled often to ex
ceed the amount or refuse to give
Rev. E. E. Davis, pastor of tn,
Second Presbyterian church, wht
made a study of such organization.
while he was located in Alexis, Ill,
said that 1t is one of the most forward
steps Richmond has taken for year,
and that it will result in the uplift an,
general good of the whole city. H,
said Richmond is far ahead of tn,
average city in having completed sucl
an organization and the city will un
doubtedly be known for its charit.