South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-19
ALL CHARITIES TO
Be CONSOLIDATED
Organization Which Will Place
All Bodies in Single Fedora
ton is Begun at Chamber of
Commerce Meeting.

A new, a bigger. a better charity
organization for South Bend is about
TO be born. At a meeting yesterday
afternoon at the new Chamber Of
Commerce home, IS Representatives OF
the charity organizations of the city
took the initial steps toward the real
iZatiOn Of a plan similar 10 one now
being successfully conducted in Cleve-
land. .. When complete all charity
organizations of the city will be weld
ed into one single federation with de-
partmental heads George b. Ken
nerdel, founder of the Cleveland fed
Grafton, was present yesterday and eX-
planned the system of organization.
A meeting will be held Thursday
night of the various representatives
with a committee to be appointed by
the Chamber of Commerce when the
final steps will be taken toward ef-
fecting the amalgamaion. That the
charities can be operated at a large
saving under the new plan which has
been tried out successfully in num-
bers of other cities. was the con
census of opinion.
To Name Trustees.
1t will be the plan TO operate the
federation under the general direc-
ton of all the charities probably by
board of 80 trustees. Ten trustees
will be appointed, if the plans now
on foot materialize, TO represent the
city. 10 10 represent the charities or
CARNATIONS and 10 the contributors.
Besides operating at a saving be-
cause of the fact that the large num-
Der of executives and office equipmen
will be eliminated, it is believed that
considerable could be saved through
cooperative plan of purchasing food,
clothing and coal for the poor.
1t is probable that the Chamber of
Commerce will provide the home for
the federation as a room and other
space for office equipment can be set
aside for it in the new building.
The lack of knowledge among the
various organizations of the city as to
what each other are doing was a
point made by Mr.. Kennerdell, who
declared that the organizations dupH-
cate in work and that the plan TO
amalgamate will eliminate this fea-
ture. Each organization will work
as ii has in the past" he said, al
though these Implications will be pre-
vented and the central organization
will have a classified record of where
every cent comes from and goes to.
"A more adequate method will be
provided for raising money. Many
are giving considerable more than
they really are and when they are
given the opportunity Of making a
single donation to one office with
amounts appOrtiOned to each of the
charity organizations, they will be
willing to give more.
VIII Increase Budget.
This will increase the budget. The
business man and average
donor will be interested as he will
have to make a single donation and
will then be through for the year"
A comparison will be made Of the
budgets OF the various organizations
and donors will be able TO see exactly
what is done with their money as
steps to give the work more publicity
will be made. Booklets will, no
doubt. be printed and efforts to keep
the donor informed more thorough
ly viii be made.
Harry A. Engman, jr., presided and
the success of the meeting was due
TO the masteTful way in which he
the various subjects which
arose.
Besides the address by Mr.. Ken
nerdell, Lucius E. Wilson, who is as
sisting with the campaign to increase
the facilities Of the Chamber Of Com
merce, also spoke, pointing out the
operations of similar declarations in
Dayton. o., and other cities. A gen
eral discussion followed.
All the charity organizations were
represented at the meeting. Those
present were: Vera Campbell. Harry
a. Engman, jr, c. A. Carlisle, Mar
garet Cutler, NJ. V. Miller. L. c. Man
ming. +. b. Barnes, Rabbi Abraham
Cronbach, Rev. c. A. Decker, Rev.
:. A. LippincOtt, Mayor Fred w. KEEL
Ter, Marvin Campbell. Richard Elbel.
David l.. Guilfoyle. Mrs. J. NJ. Stude-
baker. Mrs. Frederick Fish Gertrude
w. oliver, Mrs. r. r. Austin. Vera
=. Harrison, Mrs. w. II. Shouts, Mrs.
A. ]. Austin. Mrs. r. w Harris, Mrs.
B. Z. Crogt, Mrs. Z. c.. Retiring. Mrs.
Lafayette LeNan, Mr. and Mrs. II. G.. |
Spaulding, Lucius +. Wilson, Scion
d. Rider, Walter A. Frank, George
q. Bingham, j. Quincy Ames, Nor /
man Blueler, L. p. Hardy. MyrOn I
Caroline Rein. Mrs. G. A. /.
Carlisle. Margaret p. Parker, Mr.. and /
Mrs. D. NJ. F. Weeks, Capt. and Mrs /
R. r. Stogsdale. Joseph y. Oliver. jr, /
Mr.. and Mrs r. r. Austin. w. OIL
Davies. Ensign Charles McClements. /
Envoy d. Williams, John r. Hough- /.
on, Mrs. W. b. Pond. DR. r. L. /
Sensenich, Mrs. +. NJ Barnes, Martha /.
7. Thomas Herbert ID. Warner and /
Mrs. T. L. Chilcote