The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
THE WOMAN CITIZEN Department By County League
 Voters--Gdted By Mrs Hugh L. Allison
League of Women Voters To Meet
 

Tuesday
 MT. Irving M. Bngel, president Of the Alabama Junior Chamber ot CommerceS and widely known as a speaker and student of international law, will address&he Jefferson Coun- ty League of Women Voters at It's meeting next Tuesday afternoon, No vember D. at 3 o'clock, in the Tut wiler ballroom. Mir Ehgel will tell the league, which has been studying the court of international justice just what the court is doing, how it is functioning, where it sits, who are it's members, how much it costs, who pays It's bills, and whether or not it is proving worth it's salt. The Ma tional Leagu of Women Voters has indorsed the entry of the United States into the court, as the next step toward permanent world peace. Participation of the United States was the dear wish of President Har- ding and all believers in the League of Nations would bavor the entry of America, s half loaf. It behooves all league men. bers to inform them selves as to the court, and the oppor-
 tunlty is being given them to do so in very delightful way on Tuesday afternoon. Non-:nembers will also
 be most welcome.
 The regular meeting of the exec
 utiYe board will be held on Tuesday
 at 1 o'clock in, the private dining
 room of the Hillman.
 For Community Chest.
 J. V. M. Robertson, Jr., father Of
 the Community Chest plan in Bir-
 n.ingham, will address the League
 of Women Voters at its meeting on
 Tuesday in behalf of the Chest, ex-
 blaming it's purposes and operation.
 There is no one in Birmingham who
 ah f,
 Mir. Robertson, as he has made
 study of it's work in other cities. It
 is very important that all the mem
 bers of the league should become
 thoroughly acquainted with the plan
 whereby Birmingham is to raise q
 very large sum of money for the sup
 port of her charities, as it is felt that
 when the plan is understood, every
 thinking citizen will be warmly in
 sympathy with it, and will carry his
 or her share.
 Why The Community Chestt
 The Community Chest does not
 represent an untried experiment, but.
 on the contrary, 1t furnishes a thor oughly proven and efficient plan for the certain support of the various
 charitable and social service organi- zations in the community. In some 125-odd cities of the United States
 U smaller. and some of approximately
 the size of Birmingham, the plan has been in existence for periods of time varying from one to ten years, and it I has everywhere won the approval of the great bulk of the citizenship. The maintenance requirements of some S0-odd charitable and social or ganizations of the community will be cared for during the year 1924 by the Community Chest, and each one of these organizations has agreed that It will not make any separate appeal for maintenance during that period. This will mean that instead of 30-odd drives and campaigns, we will have only one, and that each citizen can in one subscription, based upon his ability to give, discharge his duty to these various organizations, each one Of which is doing splendid work
 in it's own field.
 These thirty odd organizations have submitted to the budget com
 mittee of the Community Chest which is headed by MT. Oscar Wells
 president of the First National bank of Birmingham, a statement of Its needs for the coming year and thls budget committee has fixed the all lotment which vii go to each of the
 beneficiaries of the fund. The total of all these budgets plus an addi- tional sum to be used for emergency purposes, makes Up the goal of s450, GOO. which is being sought.
 It is the plan of the committee in charge of this campaign to thor oughly canvass the entire commu-
 nifty as that every man, woman ano child will be given an opportunity | to make a contribution to this cause 1 for one of the very greatest benefits ! that can accrue from a Community 1 Chest fund is the interest created Tn the whole citizenship of the commit
 nifty, resulting from participation by 1 the whole citzenshp in the support of the cause. It has been found ir other cities that Community Chest campaigns have increased the mum Der of subscribers to the varioL $ causes represented several hundred per cent.
 Funds subscribed to the Commu- 1 nifty Chest of Birmingham will be ! put out at interest as soon as re- ceived, and, beginning with the first l day of January, 1924, each beneficiary will receive check monthly for one- 1 twelfth of it's budget. Each pencil | ciary will be assured of 6 steady in- come which will be received regu- lariy, and the officials of each bene- | flciary being relieved of the burder l of raising funds, can devote theil | whole energies and attention to the
 proper and efficient administration of thheir organizations.
 | The Community Chest makes fol
 efficiency rather than inefficiency 1 it means cooperation and not com 1 petition. it eliminates duplication of | effort; it makes for economy in the
 raising of funds; it provides centrai ! body of social service and philan' | thropic work; it substitutes req l bl siness manag cement for haphazare
 methods which have prevailed in the ! past From whatever standpoint | the question may be viewed the ! Community Chest is the solution ol l a vexing problem it is a fine thins 1 for the charitable and other organi- l zations which will participate in the
 benefit. it is a fine thing for those 1 men and women who have hereto | fore devoted untold tme and energy 1 toward the raising of funds for. these l organizations; and it is q fine thing | for the community as whole in | that it furnishes an easy, sensible. efficiently run and well organized 1 institution through which our con 1 tributions can be made at one time l in a businesslke manner.
 l Convict Lease Not Favored.
 A majority of Methodist ministers gathered at Opelika for the annual | conference struck from the report of
 the committee on social service the
 aragraphs which had been construed as an Endorsement of the convict lease system and as a condemnation