The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-09
Committee Named to CO-Or.
dinate Giving for
War Relief
MONTHLY PLEDGES
TO BE SECURED
Will Provide Steady Income for Red
Cross and Give Substantial Sums to
Other Agencies-Mnimum Of Pledges
of SOC Month

All money for war relief TO be raised
in Brattleboro hereafter will be raised
through an organization 10 be formed
for that purpose, which will soon solicit
pledges Of not less than so cents
month, the pledges to be made yearly.
A decision to coordinate the giving in
this town for various objects such as
the Red Cross, Y. NJ. c. A., knights of
Columbus, Armenian and Syrian relief
and other relief agencies endorsed b.
the United States government was
made at a public meeting in Festival
hall last evening, which was attend
ed by 100 to 80 men and women of
the town
a large committee, whose names are
given in resolution published az a
part of this report, was chosen to ar
range the details of organization, and
the organization and plans of campaign
will be perfected and work begun as
early az possible. The work will be
done along the same general lines as
that of the Syracuse War Chest asso-
citation
Chairman O. F. Benson of the finance
committee of the Brattleboro Red Cross
branch, presided at the meeting and
called upon Fl. C. Rice, a member of
the advisory board of the finance COM
mittee, to outline the war chest idea.
which the committee favored adopting
for Brattleboro.
Mr.. Rice stated that on the basis of
the amounts raised heretofore in the
various drives, with the addition of n
substantial amount to meet unforeseen
demands, the committee felt that Brat
tleboro should raise about $4,000 the
coming year, which would give 1000
month as regular income for local
Red Cross work, leaving S21. 900 TO be
devoted to other forms of relief This.
he said could BE raised if 1900 per.
sons would give an average of $50 q
year. He outlined the Syracuse plan
whereby 1881 persons pledged amounts
which aggregated $l,159, ,397 yearly for
the duration of the war He said the
committee thought that pledges on
yearly basis would be preferable fos
Brattleboro.
J. J. Nanderveer, F. r. Vaughan and
9. F. Mann spoke briefly in approval
Of the llan. Solon A Richmond as
serted that IT was much easier espe-
clally for wage earners to give syste-
matically- j. Harry Estey favoret.
pledges on a yearly basis rather than
for the duration of the war stating that
1t might be easier for a person TO keep
promises made for a year than for a
longer period.
There was some discussion as TO
what the minimum monthly pledges
should be, 81 a month being the mini
mum named in the Syracuse plan. NJ
j. Moran said that those who could
not afford to give 81 month were lust
as patriotic and well-meaning as those
who could give more and he favored
minimum OF 25 cents a month Martin
Austin argued for the 81 minimum saw
ihat there were many people who could
ahord TO give more than 81 a month
who would alwaya subscribe the mini
mum amount.
:. Harry Estey suggested leaving it
TO the committee to determine what
the minimum should be. Mr.. Estey
took occasion heze to state, by way of
oHsetting some criticisms that had been
made IN town, that the Estey firm had
Deeh trying to secure contracts for MAX
ing wooden parts of aeroplanes. He
SAID the prospect for this was not very
good as the government wished to con
centrate the work on the various parts.
that Is to have them made as nearly as
possible IN one place. He said the gov
eminent had agreed to let the company
know whenever it could use the Estey
plant.
c. A. 'Boyden of the Brattleboro
Trust company endorsed the yearly ba-
SIS idea. He said that members OF the
company 5 savings club had learned the
benefit of systematic saving, and that