Evening star., 1926-11-04
COMMUNITY CHEST
MOVE IS LAUNCHED
Citizens Relief Association
Board Votes to Study
Possibilities.

| The Citizens Relief Association
board of managers held its annual
meeting in the Social Service House
yesterday afternoon and adopted una nj
mously resolution presented by Ar
thur c. Moses providing for a COM
mittee of two board members, to meet
with the representatives of any other
| welfare organization taking similar
action, to study the possibilities Of
community chest, and the attitude of
all agencies towdTd such a method for
collecting charitable funds.
Thls Is held by friends of the COM
I munity chest idea to be the first prac-
t1cal step vet taken here toward the
| serious study of the community plan
for raising and apportioning funds.
A special committee appointed by the
! District Commissioners last year con-
, sidered such a proposition, but re-
ported that Washington was not yet
ready for the plan. because most of
the charitable organizations and in
stltutions did not know enough about
the proposition at that time. Thor
ough study by these organizations was
recommended.
Hopes for Organization.
1t was to put this recommendation
into practice that the Citizens Relief
Association adopted the resolution
and appointed a committee to begin
such a study. 1t is the hope Of the
association that a committee of rep
resentattves of all relief and chart
table organizations may be formed
and carry the investigation to the
point Of ascertaining what the busi
ness and professional interests of the
nj ~
Walter c. C1ephane, who was for
several years secretary Of the origi.
nal charities endowment committee
said he had long felt in connection
with the work of that committee that
the individual method Of raising funds
was wasteful and unbusinesslike
Wallace Hatch and Louis Brownlow,
former District Commissioner, also
discussed the chest idea. and gave
insure success. Dorsey w. Hyde, jr,
of the civic development department
of the United States Chamber Of Com
merce said they had been making a
study of community chests for the
past five years and that among some
250 such movements in different cities
the record showed there had been less
than dozen failures.
Never Properly Presented.
Canon William De Vries strongly
advocated the resolution offered by
Mr.. Moses, and emphasized especially
the need of relieving the executives Of
walfare organizations Of the burden of
raising funds so that they might de-
vote their time to administrat ton and
supervision. A. J. Driscoll said he be-
lieved that the arguments for the
community chest had never been
properly presented to the various citi-
zens' associations of this city.
Others present were: Evan H. Tuck
er, vice president. who presided in the
absence of Col. II. J. Slocum. presi-
dent; Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey. Mrs
Cuno II. Rudolph, Mrs. James Brown
Scott. Louis A. Simon, Mgr. c. F.
Thomas and George S. Wilson, direc-
tor of public welfare
A communication from the District
commissioners was presented by Sec
retary Ufford. appointing members Of
the board for the three-year term and
also appointing Mr.. Rrownlow to sue
ceed the late Milton E. Allies, and Wal
ter t. Clephane to succeed DR.. Stan
ley Durkee. The present officers of
the board were reelected. as follows:
Col. Slocum. president: Evan H.
tucker, first vice president: Mrs. Mus
sey, second vice president; William
J. F'lather, treasurer; Miss Virginia
G. Marks, assistant treasurer, and
Walter S. Ufford, secretary.
The report Of the treasurer, viii.
liam j. Flather. showed that the calls
upon the association during the past
year had been Unprecedented, both in
number OF families assisted and in
the amount expended for material aid
These amounts were: For food sup
plies, $15,316.05; for fuel. $1,55156:
shoes and clothing, $1,56072: a total
of $18,42S.33. The report was accom-.
panied by a statement Of audit by
public accounta ants.