The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-15
FUND FORCES
OPEN annual
CHARITY DRIVE
Solicitations Start Among
$50 Firms, Listed as
Heavy Givers.
COST is CUT BY BUDGET
Only 7 Cents on Dollar Spent
to Collect, Disburse City
Donations.
COST is CUT BY BUDGET

Swinging into action in advance
of the general campaign. the a."
"B" and Branch House" divisions
of the Community Funds army Of
workers have begun solicitations
among $50 downtown business firms
listed as among the heaviest con-
tributors to the annual social serv-
ice budget of Indianapolis.
Dick Miller is chairman OF the
"a" division for the third consecu-
tive year. Other leaders of this
division include Arthur v. Brown,
G. A. Efroymson, w. G. Robin.
William H. Insley, Arthur Baxter,
A. Kiefer Mayer, Nicholas H. Noyes
and Edgar H. Evans. The divisions
executive committee is composed OF
Herman P. Lieber, Leo Rappaport
and William j. Mooney. Active
workers in this group number forty
eight.
Business Men Active
Theodore E. Myers heads the "B"
division and has for his principal
assistants william H. Harrison,
Perry Lesh, Harry Orlopp, Joseph
Waite, William Henkle and H. M.
Glo-sbrenner. Thirty-six other prom
inent business men of the city are
active in the work Of this division.
The Branch House division is
headed by George Bockstahler, who
has total of thirty business men
to aid in soliciting among the firms
which have home offices in other
cities.
The Mile Square division, the IN
dushrial division and the women's
army are the three other main
groups Of the Community Fund
campaign. These divisions begin
their work later, according to the
plan announced by Walter G. Mar
mon, general campaign chairman.
Goal Set at S722,SOO
This years campaign goal has
been set at $722, 300. This amount Is
required, says Mr.. Marmon, to meet
the actual needs of the thirty-e eight
social service agencies sharing in
the general fund.
I'm asking the citizens of Indian
apolis to give $722,800 toward the
support Of the city's social service
and charitable agencies, the COM
munity fund directors can assure
the public that every dollar Is vital
ly needed If indianapolis is not to
suffer the disgrace of failing to pro-
vide adequately and decently for
10000 unfortunates," Mr.. Marmon
announces.
Moreover, the community fund
can assure the public that no more
economical system of caring for the
poor, the sick and the needy has
even been devised" he continued
I'm the days before the city had the
community fund it cost at least Is
cents out Of every dollar to collect
and disburse the funds raised by
the separate charities.
Under the organized budget plan
of the community fund this cost has
been reduced to Z cents, or exactly
one-half.
Waste Is Eliminated
Not only does SO cents Of every
dollar reach It's proper destination
but the citizens of Indianapolis get
far more value for their money. The
trained and skilled workers Of the
community fund have eliminated
waste and are able to see the job
through to the end.
"It Is the same old story Of skilled
against unskilled workers. Organized
social service work is as much Of ar
improvement over unorganized work
as the automobile is over the OK
cart.
knowing these facts. an army oil
5000 men and women Is prepared to
canvass citizens with more zeal and
heartfelt interests than ever be-
fore -