New Britain herald., 1920-03-09
REV. M.E. ALLING IS
 FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
Will Direct Campaign on Inter-
 Church World Movement

In connection with the publication of the figures of the general cam- paign budget of the Interchurch World Movement, it is today an- nounced that the financial director for the State of Connecticut is to be the Rev. Morris B. filling, who has since last fall been field director of the whole work for the state. MT. filling will start the pre1iminaries at once, and has already appointed some of his district directors. The state will be divided into three districts for the financial campaign, the south eastern section comprising Fairfield and New Haven counties with head quarters at New Haven. Of this district the Rev. Theodore B. La throp of Branford will be director.
 The north central district includes Hartford, Tolland Litchf1eId and MiddleseX counties, with headquar- ters at Hartford. The Rev. Edgar R. Hyde of the First Baptist church of Midd1etown has been asked to take this directorship, but has made his acceptance subject to the consent of his church.
 The eastern district comprises Windham and New London counties. with headquarters at Willimantic. The Rev. c. Harley Smith of Willi- mantle has been asked to serve as director. There will also be four metropolitan districts, at New Haven, Bridgeport. Hartford and Waterbury. Only one of the directors of these has been announced, the Rev. G. Herbert Ekins at Bridgeport.
 The general financial campaign of the Interchurch World Movement is to be simultaneous all over the coun- try from April 25 to May ?, and is to be independent of the denomina- tional campaigns. Of these the one interesting the greatest number of Connecticut people is the Congrega- tional, which is in charge for this district of the Rev. George l.. Cady of New York. For the Baptist cam paign the state director is E. K. Nicholson of Bridgeport. The Meth odists have already raised a large part of their fund in the centenary. The other denominations co-operat- ing in Connecticut are the Presby- terians, the Advent Christians and the. colored branches of the Metho- dist church. On March IS, there will be held at Center church house in New Haven, a training conference for state, district, metropolitan county and interchurch campaign leaders, also for the denomlnatlonal leaders.
 The campaign budget of the Inter- church World Movement for 1920, just announced, has been set at $336,- 777,572, for the thirty denominations and 1S2 boards, other organizations and objects, in cooperation in the movement. Of this total S175, 5,44S,- 349 is to be paid this year. This great sum is divided roughly under six general headings as follows: For eign missions, $1O7. .661,499; home missions s1O9,949, ,O37; American ed ucation, $7S,S37, ,431; American re- ligious education, s5,931,925; Amer ican hospitals and homes, $,116,465; American ministerial pensions and re- lief, $2O,51O, ,299; miscellaneous, $S,- 77O,927.
 Of the thirty cooperating denom- nations, the denominational budgets for those represented in Connecticut are: Advent. Christian church, $35,- 900; Northern Baptist convention, $13O, O,533,OOO; National Baptist con- vention, s10, 900; general Bap lists, $272,5OO; Congregational $16,- 5OS,470; Disciples of Christ, SIP. 13S; Methodist Episcopal church, s34,4S5,737 (of which S21 1000, 900, already has been subscribed in the captaparv moyement): Meth odiSt