New-York tribune., 1918-08-16
Seven Organizations WIN
Make Combined Cam.
paigns for Funds
First Drive in the Fan
Pooling System Puts -Four A.
sociations in One Division.
Three in the Other

The same spirit OF cooperation r,,.,
has grown each year among the AN,
nations has spread to this country :.
was announced yesterday from W..h
ington that arrangements had sn,u-
been completed whereby the seven -.
tional organizations doing war wo,.
had been combined to two gronn.
far as ell efforts to raise funds ~,
concerned.
The seven organizations ara ~,
Young Mems Christian Association ~.
Young Womcn's Christian Assoeiat,os
the War Camp Community Service ~
American Library Association. the \.
tional Catholic War Council, the ,sm
ish Welfare Board and The Salvs.io,
Army. The first four comprise m.
group and the remaining three fl.
other.
The week beginning November II =,
this year has been set aside for n,
first group Of four organizations +,
carry on its campaign for war fund,
The total sum to be sought is sIss.
100000. Of this 100000, 900 Ia to Ia
set aside for the Young Mems Chris.
tian Association, SIS, 900, 600 each for N.
Young Women's Christian Association
and the War Camp Community Seryc.
and $3,500,000 for the Library Assoo;
alton.
Second Drive Early Next Year.
The second combined war fund driv.
will be made some time IN January or
February of next year. The exact
amount of money that will be asked he,
not as yet been definitely determined
Nor have the amounts to be annor.
toned the individual organizations
been settled.
Raymond B. Fosdick, chairman Of The
Commission on Training Camp Ac.
tivitics of the War Department, WIN
represented the government during ths
negotiations of the various organiza.
tions which led to the joint agreement
for the union campaign for funds,
issued statement yesterday in which
he said the plan had the approval Of
President Wilson, Secretary of War
Baker and the Council of National De.
fence. He declared he was certain that
there would be no difficulty in securing
the entire sum needed during the one
week drive.
II am confident" said Mr. Fosdick,
that the country will regard these
two combined drives as parts Of the
same campaign and will loyalty support
the work of both groups The seven
societies, it should be borne in mind
are constantly engaged in a common
programme of service for our men at
home and abroad, without regard 70
aftiliation, creed or race"
Confidence Expressed.
George w. Perkins, Frank Wander.
lip, Myron T. Herrick and Mrs Henry
F. Dawson, representing the four or
carnations combined in the first group,
joined in a statement yesterday eI.
pressing their confidence in the Sue
cess Of the new plan.
They declared their belief that the
public would not only show in most
material way its approval of the change
which will bring only two war fund
drives in place of seven. but that the
country at large will suffer less from
confusion and interruption of busi-
ness as a result
While no effort is to be made to CON-
pei the representatives of any one or
ganization 70 work in association with
those of other organizations, the state
ment expressed the hope that some
general plan of campaign might be
worked out so that the campaign ma
chinery of each local organization
might be merged into one active body.