New Britain herald., 1923-03-15
PRICE OF ONE TIRE
 IS ALL THEY SEEK
Contribution Would Go Far to
 Aid Welfare Association

The quarterly meeting of the Vel fare association was hold last evening and very interesting report submit ted by Miss Cora NJ. Beale, executive secretary, was read. It Is as follows:
 Homer Folks, president of the National Conference of Social Work this year, says in reference to Lillian Brandt's new book entitled How Much Shall I Give 1.-Two groups of persons should read it, those who con- tribute and those who do not We read thereof n certain successful ad- yertisement which pictures prosper ous man and his wife seated in an expensively furnished library, study ing their family budget, and shocked by the discovery that what they had set aside for benevolence would just about buy one automobile tire.
 Have you bought new tires for 1928? What would the price of one tire do for the Welfare association?
 Mrs. Ks husband, always frail, had a severe attack of the grip and all the children had the measles. The house was cold and the coal bin emp ty. The only place to keep warm was in bed, but the blankets were thin and few. The little tots were hungry and the cupboard shelves were nearly bare. One tire could accomplish much in that home. Last years drive for our community philanthropies fell short of the needed amount so the Welfare association budget pro- portionately decreased, but it was necessary to carry on the work of giv- ing aid over an emergency even when all funds were expended before the year closed.
 Widow Must Have Aid
 "A widowed mother, doing her hest to be both father and mother to her four splendid lads in their poor little home must receive aid week after week throughout the year. There are numerous necessities to be purchased in household, aside from the regu- lar stlbstantiais.
 '"The instinctive desire to relieve suffering when it is thrust before us
 
 giving, as recently depicted when plea went out for a destitute family, more than was needed came pouring in. The more vivid the appeal the greater the response. The humdrum of the daily requests for service, the problems calling for definite plans of procedure perplexing situations need ing immediate solution, all call for just as generous a response Of support as freezing, starving humanity. The service department of the Welfare as- sociation does work of much greater proportion than the aid giving section where funds are expended for mater ial relief
 "Rev Rockwell Harmon Potter. a director of the Hartford Family Well fare society recently commented most favorably on the increase in the num- Der of trained family service workers on the staff and the corresponding rise in salaries of trained workers, realizing that money expended for such meant a larger field covered, better work accomplished, and the city thus benefited. As our own city grows the work and the number of workers of all welfare activities must necessarily increase if the best results are expected for our citizens. Three workers in the Welfare association are at the service of the community, an- swering numerous inquiries daily, off, ten acting as central bureau of in formation: standing as a clearing house for other social workers; acting as medium for individuals who desire to aid the less, fortunate, and as advis- ers to families and persons who for reason of some inability cannot solve the problems confronting them; furn-