South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-23
FEDERATION OF ALL
CHARITIES ASSURED
IN SOUTH BEND
Representatives of Various Or
CARNATIONS Decide Best
Work Can Be Done by Co.
operative Action.

lZauOnS OF the city 70 complete pans
for rounding the federation plan into
shape.
Figures OF the source Of t7e income
OF the various organizations and espe-
cially the amounts necessary from
contributions TO carry on work Of each
successfully, will be compiled and
presented at the charity meeting set
for next Monday night.
Although the committees believe
that every charity and philanthropic
organization in the city VIII eventually
be in the federation, 10 expedite mat
tiers and realizing that the impetus
Of the body which represents every
organization could be secured after the
plan has materialized, an organization
will Immediately be effected OF those
that wish 70 &c members. II. u
Spaulding, secretary Of the chamber
said Friday morning.
Every philanthTOpic and charit-
able agency will be invited 10 join.
Owing to the approach OF winter 1t
will be necessary for the committee 10
act promptly and no time VIII De spent
in urging the many welfare organlza-
tons to join.
some organizations may wait TO de-
eide TO affiliate with the federation
until after the central organization Is
under way The ultimate aim, how
ever. will be 20 get every charitable
and philanthropic organization IN the
city TO affiliate"
4 committee consisting of +. Louis
Kuhns. Mrs. J. NJ. Studebaker, MIS-
Thomas Olney, Gertrude OliNer, y. y.
Manning. William Crabill and l.. +.
Hardy, representing the commerce
chamber, will meet with the represent
atives next Monday.
A meeting was held in the Chamber
of Commerce offices Thursday even
ing.
mated charity and philanthropic or
ganizatiOn.
This was the decision reached at a
meeting OF representative or the
various organizations of the city
Thursday night at the Chamber OF
Commerce home on w. JEFFERSON
blvd. when a conference was held
with the special committee appointed
by the commerce chamber.
The matter, however, of deciding
exactly what organizations Will be
amaIgamated with the federation. as
il will be termed, has not been fully
decided on. II was left with the gen
eral committee appointed by Pres
Engman of the chamber to take up
the matter separately with the various
organizations This committee is in
charge of Z. Louis Kuhns. a meeting
viii be held Monday night when final
plans Will be made.
South Bend faces one of the hard
est winters il has ever experienced
Pres't Engman declared in his re-
marks at the meeting. Conditions
among the poorer classes Of the city
are reported TO be very poor. Now
If ever. aid Will be needed
y. ID. Oliver declared this week
that in an effort to take care or as
many OF his people as possible he will
give them work The amalgamated
organization will be in position to
better get to the contributors. one
canvass can be made by the central
organization and every charity or
philanthropic agency will be furnished
with whatever donations may be APP
portiOned TO it,"
Donors I'm "Blue Book"
Names of all who have donated
VIII be placed in a book to be known
as the blue book and until a citizen
has his name listed as a donor ne Will
he solicited by the various orEaniZa-
tions. Ii is possible that a general
campaign Will be held in the near
future 10 raise money for the entire
organizations The names of all who
are afiliating with the central feder-
alton will be placed on solicitation
blank and distributed among prOspec-
tive contributors, who can give TO any
that they choose, clearing up all their
years donations at one time.
1T is safe 10 assume said j. II.
Braddock, that the charities and
philanthropies OF South Bend are
supported by not more than 500 con-
tributors. Figures gathered from
other cities indicate that 40 percent
OF the amount needed by charitable
and philanthropic agencies each year
is contributed by less than a dozen
individuals and that 80 percent of the
total amount Is given by less than
half hundred individuals and firms.
This in no measure. however. in
dictates that the contributions toward
social welfare agencies are evenly dis
tributed. Generally speaking 90 per-
cent OF contributors give their money
to one institution. Not more than II
percent give to two institutions and
usually not more than q beggars
dozen OF individuals give to all OF the
needy institutions of a city.
Contributors Decreasing.
'Singularly and unfortunately the
total number of contributors 20 char
ity and philanthrOpies are steadily de-
creasing while the budgets OF these
fDstitutions are increasing at much
greater rate. Thus during the past
I'VE years the budgets OF a given
group OF welfare agencies in the
United States have increased by ap~
proNimately so percent while a num-
tions have decreased II percent.
This means that the burden is
falling more heavily upon a smaller
number Of contributors. These con-
tributors are decreasing in number 10y
death. In this death rate there lies
81 possible danger. Thus If three Of
the largest contributors TO any one
institution should die I'm any year
without making adequate provision
for the various charities 70 which
they now contribute the charity
would be practically bankrupt"
The organization viii probably be
known as the South Bend Federation
for Charity and Philanthropy and will
probably be composed of so trustees
10 be chosen as follows:
plan OF Organization.
Ten members are 20 Doe elected by
the patrons who contribute 10 the
federation
Ten viii be elected by the organiza-
tion which becomes parties 10 the
federation.
Ten will be aDpofnted by the com