Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-11
DISCUSS PROBLEMS
THEY HAVE TO FACE
Volunteer Workers of the As
ISOLATED Charities at Get
Together Meeting.
ARTHUR D. CALL PRESlDES

Volunteer workers of the Associated
Charities of the District of Columbia
last night held their first get-together
meeting at Rauscher's, Connecticut
avenue and l. street northwest. Rep
tesentatives of districts in all parts
of the city were present and discussed
the various problems which they face
from time to time. 1t was decided to
ask the executive committee of the AS
ISOLATED Charities to provide for gen.
eral meeting of these volunteer work
ers once a month.
Arthur Deering Call presided al the
meeting. In his opening address. after
pointing out the duty of society to its
dereliCts, he reviewed the work of the
volunteer workers during 1916.
During the year 1916" he said ISIS
persons were actively engaged in vol
families with their 11,733 different per-
sons in the District of Columbia.
Classification a Feature.
These SIS persons. many of them
performing more than one kind of serv-
ice. were classified as follows: Friendly
visitors. 81: volunteer visitors, 81; saw
ings collectors. 40; conference mem
hers. @42; Office workers. As: summer
outings. 1856; board members, AZ COM
mtttee members, 35: other service, 1913.
Some of these volunteers give their
entire time to the service. Many others
attend to the work with stated regu-
larIty. 1t is a great and worthy work"
There We're short talks by Miss Ella
Moore, volunteer provident savings col
1ector: George Simpson. friendly visitor
for the third district: Mrs. George
Frazier. friendly visitor for the fourth
district: T. r. Pullman. member of the
summer outings committee; Miss Mary
WinSlow, chairman joint conference of
the sixth and eighth districts: Mrs A.
F. HaSsen. member Georgetown dis
trict conference: Miss Marion A. LeutZe
representative of the Junior League: Dr.
c c. Mclean, member of the northeast
district conference, and Louis often
berg, volunteer legal adviser.
Cooperation of Churches Needed.
There is urgent need of all churches
of all denominations banding to-
gether in their relief work. said Dr.
Mclean. This will prevent duplica-
ton, and while several organizations
may be helping a family they will be
doing the work in a cooperative way
instead of overlapping. There should
be a central exchange where all infor-
nation of help being given and of
people in need can be arranged SO
that when an appeal for aid is made it
can be ascertained whether any aid will
be given from another source other
than that to which the appeal is di-
rected.
Mr.. Pullman said that there was a
large class of people which the regular
two-week outings did not reach These
are the people who cannot get away
Tor that period. He said he would like
10 see one-day outings for these moth
erS ana children They should be taken
down the river or into the country for
day and given some Wholesome food
Legal Work Is Topic.
Legal work for families in trouble
that is now being done by half
dozen lawyers should be done by one
person, said Mr.. Gutenberg. He should
be an assistant district attorney and
an assistant corporation counsel-a
regular public defender. He said the
state puts its time. money and power
In trying to put man behind the bars
but does nothing to defend him.
The great demand for books now be-
ing made on the Public Library from
homes in which the volunteer workers
go was spoken of by Mrs Frazier She
said the books have wonderful influ-
ence in improving the conditions in
these households.