The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29
Each Organization Will Be Rep
resented by Two Delegates.
JOINT MEETING WEDNESDAY
Public VIII Not Be Asked to
Contribute But Once.
Fund Will Take Care of All
Charitable Causes.

A move looking toward the estab-
lishment of budget system both 1or
the collection and distribution ot%undS
for the Causes and institutions OF
Toneka which depend in whole or IN
part on the charity of the public, Will
. come to a climax at luncheon at the
Chamber of Commerce at noon Wed-
nesday.
Representatives of the following
civic organizations will meet at the
luncheon: The Inter-Service club, the
Rotary club, the COOPERATIVE CLUB
the Square Circle. the Merchants as
ISOLATION, the Chamber of Commerce
the Woman's club and the North 10
peka Civic club.
Two Representatives From Each.
Each one of the organizations
named has appointed two or more
representatives, and has certified their
appointment to william Horley, who
has taken a leading part in the scheme
for systematizing Topeka's charity.
The basis of the scheme is to nave
one treasury, one budget ana on
drive, to raise all the money winch
Topeka gives to charity each year, anu
which mounts far up into the thou-
sands. $50.
one of the sources of the demand
for the plan is the WEAKNESS OF tne
public with the "interminaple anu
eternal drives for various purposes.
1t is the plan to have appointed or
elected in some manner IIot yet
worked out, a board of governors VINO
will prepare the budget for the varl-
Gus charities of the city. Eacn rnseil
tuition will be carefully investigated
and the budget which 1t SUBMITS
checked over by this board of gov
ernors.
Having decided what is necessary
the board would proceed to stage one
drive to secure the amount. Then the
nd naOn1p generally
will have opportunity to put down
what they believe themselves able to
eiveefor the year They will give that
amount then, and that will end the
matter.
The plan has been used in Kansas
CITY. Mo, within great success, Horley
stated this morning. Under 1T, Kansas
civ raised some SS50000 for various
charities during the year.
some Of the delegates who have
been appointed to consider the prop
lem Wednesday have consulted with
the Kansas City board. and have
studied the application of the scheme
thcre.
To Select Chairman.
A chairman will probably be select
ed by the delegates at the luncheon
wednesday and a temporary organi-
cation looking toward the establish
-nent of the system will be arranged
The details will require considerable
time, however. Not even the method
of selecting the board of governors
who would administer the funds has
been determined.
THE task will be a huge one, when
yoG consider the amount of money
which is given to charity in Topeka
in a year. and the work of investigat-
ing all these institutions and appor-
tioning their shares among them,
Horley said today.
"But we support these charities
now, and do it in an inefficient and
haphazard manner, which works 4
hardship On both givers and receivers.
THE man who has a pet charity
gives to that to the exclusion of all the
others And because he doesn't give
equitably to all the others, his own
sometimes suffers or he Is called upon
to give more than is really his share.
There are some charities in the
city which are not getting their due
proportion of the money which Is
given by TopekanS. This would be
adjusted by the board of governors
Another advantage of the plan
would be that it would corner some OF
the men who are now able to AVOID
giving. their fair share to any cause
They turn down a solicitor for some
worthy charity with the statement
that they have just given all that they
can afford, to some other charity
And there is no way of checking
them up. whereas, If there waf ar
organized drive, which would be the
only one of the year, It would be ar
easy matter to catch the fellows thai
don't want to give at ALL
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