Evening star., 1928-12-30

CHEST COMMITTEE
TO RULE ON FUNDS
Will Make Recommendations
This Week on Budgets for
Various Agencies.

dations by the end of this week as to
the budgets to be apportioned among
the 81 chest member agencies, it was
announced yesterday by Charles j. Bell,
chairman.
Member agencies must submit to the
chest Office by tomorrow what they con-
slider the necessary budgets to be re-
ceived by them from the chest to carry
on their respective activities during the
coming year. Most already have done
this.
The amount to be sought in the COM
| ing campaign, probably between ST.
100000 and $1,500,Oo0, will be based
upon the money required by the
| agencies. The budgets, it is stated, will
| be reduced ito the lowest limits con-
sistent with effective service to people
in need in the District of Columbia"
Subcommittee Meetings Planned.
Beginning tomorrow the three SUBJ
committees of the budget committee, |
namely, those on dependency agencies,
| health agencies and character building
| agencies, will meet simultaneously every
afternoon this week, except on New
Year day to finish their work and pre-
pare final recommendations. Subse- |
| quently, the recommendations submit
ted by them will be studied and acted |
UpOA Wy tlAc SCIlcldI UuuBCb
tee. headed by Mr. Bell.
The subcommittee on dependency |
agencies and the subcommittee on
character building agencies will meet
in the SanSbury Building, 1418 street |
| while the subcommittee on health
agencies will meet in the United States |
Chamber of Commerce Building.
The personnel of the three subcom-
mittees and the list of agencies whose |
budget needs are to be considered by
them are as follows:
Subcommittee on dependency agen-
cies: Mrs John Jay O'Connor, chair
man; Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, Ar
thur G. Moses. Claude w. Owen, Allen |
Pope and Dorsey Hyde, jr., secretary,
Agencies to be considered: American !
Legion, Associated Charities, Catholic |
Charities, Child Welfare Society, Cltl- |
zens' Relief Association, Disabled Amer |
ican Veterans of the World War, Eplsco-
pal Home for Children, Hebrew Home |
| for the Aged, Holy Family Day Nursery, |
| Jewish Foster Home, Juvenile Protective |
Association, st. Josephs Home and |
| School, st. Roses Technical School, st. |
| Vincent's Home and School, Salvation |
| Army. Southern Relief Association. |
Summer Outing Committee, Travellers |
Aid Society, United Hebrew Relief So |
ciety, Washington Cooperative Society |
and Washington Home for Foundlngs.
Subcommittee on health agencies: w.
S. Corby, chairman; E. 9. Granam,
simon Lyon, Mrs David Potter, Ray |
mond Wise, and Willard G. smith, Sec
retary.
Agencies Association for the Preven- |
ton of tuberculosis, Children's Country |
Home, Children's Hospital, Columbia |
Hospital for Women and Lylng-in |
ASYLUM, Columbia Polytechnic InSti-
tute for the Blind, District OF Columbia |
Congress of Parents and Teachers, |
Emergency Hospital, Episcopal Ear
Eye and Throat Hospital Florence Crit-
tenton Home, Georgetown University
Hospital, George washington onlver-
Association. National Homeopathic Hos
pital. Providence Hospital, st. Annes
| infant Asylum and Social Hygiene So
cietv of the District of Columbia.
| Subcommittee on character building
| agencies. Harry King, chairman; Mar
garet Fox Charles J. Bell, Henry Sonon,
Hugh Thrift and Edward D. Shaw
secretary. ,...
Christ's Child Society, Community
Chest Expense, Council of Soclai
Agencies, Episcopal City Missions; @;s;.
scouts. Jewish Community Center.
Jewish Welfare Federation, Juanita K.
Nye House, Neighborhood House, Noel
| Community House, Phyllis Wheatley
Y. w, C.. A., Twelfth Street Branch
IY. M. c. A., Social Service Exchange,
| Washington Animal Rescue League,
washington Humane Society, Young
Mems Christian Association and Young
Women's Christian Association.
Several Applications Refused.
| The general budget committee began
| its sessions November 23, serving first
| as a membership committee to consider
| applications for admission to the Com
nlnity Chest Several applications
were refused because the organizations
concerned did not meet the standards
of membership. A few other organiza-
tions which did not completely come up
to those standards were admitted with
the assurance that their work would be
brought up to these standards OF et1ec-
tive and economical service during tne
wear 1929, with the understanding that
their continuance in membership after
that year would depend upon their
meeting those standards in every re-
spect. Fifty-seven organizations in all
were admitted for the campaign for
current expenses which will begin on
January %.
Each budget has been scrutinized in
the closest detail by the budget COM
mittee, it is emphasized. The most
searching questions regarding every
phase Of income and expense have been
| asked, in order to make sure that the
| citizens of Washington shall be re-
quested to finance only essential work
and to make good only those sums for
these expenses which cannot be secured
| from other sources, such as income
from endowment, payments for serv-
ices rendered, public appropriations,
etc.
Continually before the. minds of the
budget committee members have been
the $4,000 people in every kind of need,
Of all races and creeds in all parts OF
the District of Columbia, who will re-
quire the services of these 81 organi-
cations in 1929, and who are entitled
to effective service according to those
needs" says statement on behalf of
the chest. THE budget committee
also has regard for the 100000 or more
contributors which the Community
Chest expects to secure in its cam
paign. The committee gives them the
assurance that the Community Chest
will make 1t possible for their gifts to
60 farther at less cost in the places of
greatest need than has ever been pos
sihle under the old system of separate
competitive charitable and social work.
which the Community Chest with its
cooperative plan of solicitation and
service replaces.
Individual Solicitation Barred.
"None of these organizations after
January / will be allowed to make sep
arate solicitation for funds of any sort
whatever for their current expense
needs. The Community Chest will ex-
pect to begin payments to them for
their needs of January about the middle
Of the month, when money from special
gifts made in advance of the campaign
| should become available Such nav