New Britain herald., 1915-02-17

l ation Favored Would Include About Twelve Organizations.
 | Opportunity for a general discussion quasi public charities on which the committee of the Civic Bureau of the 1 Chamber of Commerce on char. ities and philanthropies has 1 been at work for many weeks will 1 be given those who are now support | ing New Britains charities at a meet ing to be held shortly in the Chamber l of Commerce rooms.
 1 There has been coMs1dera ble discus- sion of the number of charities to be ! included in plan of federation for 1 New Britain. The committee has de- 1 voted at least three sessions to the 1 consideration of this matter and are 1 not yet ready to make any recom- mendation. In view of the fact that the Cleveland plan is the model adopt ed, it is interesting to note that !the last report of that federation includes ffty-tive separate charities. In the list ' one may find Brotherhood clubs,
  army, W. c. T. U., number of homes for the aged, babies dispensaries, or | phanages, Boy Scouts, Employment Bureaus, Working Girls club, Y. W. 1 C., a long list of hospitals, and the Visiting Nurse association. New Brit 1 ain. of course, has it's own problems 1 and it's own line of charities and these l will be discussed at the coming meet 1 ing
 l The committee today submitted the 1 Cleveland plan as it may be applied to 1 to New Britain, and for the purpose l of getting the sentiment of the public 1 the following statement of the plan l was issued at the Chamber of Com 1 merce headquarters:
 The Cleveland Plan. The Cleveland plan, so-called be- cause the City of Cleveland, Ohio, was the first city to work out this particu- lar kind of federation, was the re- suit of about three years of careful work by the Chamber of Commerce and other interests.
 It was not in any sense a new or ganiZation for the dispensing of char l ity, nor was it an organization for the control of the management and oper ation of organizations already ill l existence. It was an organization con- sisting of representatives of the city 1 government, Chamber of Commerce and the various charity organizations 1 affiliated, whose duty it was to raise 1 the funds for these quasi-public char l 1ties which appealed to the public generally for support, and which dis i pense relief to those in need, regard i less of class or creed.
 This organization prepares a bud get each year, showing the mounts required for the various charities in 1 the federation, and through one cam l paign of publicity and solicitation, usually consuming one week, raises l the amount required for them all. The givers are asked to designate at i one time the amounts which they wish to contribute to all the charities l during the year and are presented with a statement showing just how much is required for each organiza- l tion. The subscriber can then indi- cate to which of the charities af- filiated he wishes to. subscribe, and the amount to each, or he can con- tribute in one blanket amount and leave the question of distribution to the federation. The subscriber to the | federation is not again solicited dur ing that year by any of the organiZa
 tions in the federation, for running expenses.
 Budget of $3O,OOO.
 This plan of federation, if applied to New Britain, would include about twelve organizations and the budget would be between tWentyseven and thirty thousand dollars. The con-
 tributors would be relieved of eleven visits from eleven different individuals
 or committees during the year, as
 one visit from committee of the
 federation would cover the require
 ments of ali the affiliated organiza-
 tions
 When the pledges are completed,
 the amounts are turned over to the
 various charities to handle as at pres
 ent, the federation having nothing l whatever to do With the management
 of any of them.
 The results, as far the present
 supporters are concerned, is that they
 reuuired at one time and at one in~
 terview, thereby resulting in the clim-
 ination of bother and inconvenience
 and at the same time they are as" l sured of efficient handling of a very
 important matter.
 The results to the individual char" ities are that each is relieved of one of their greatest problems, which is the raising of adequate funds without competing or conflicting with the