Evening star., 1928-12-13
COMMUNITY CHEST
BUDGET EXPLAINED
Graham Outlines Work of
Committee in Handling
Appropriations.

The budget committee of the Wash
ington Community Chest and its func-
tions were explained by E. C. Graham,
vice president of the chest and member
of the budget committee, at 'get-to-
gether' luncheon of the heads of various
civic and fraternal organizations and
clubs, in the City Club this afternoon.
Mr.. Graham declared:
1.-The budget committee is made up
of IS of the most responsible and social
" minded citizens of Washington of
experience and Judgment.
Their task is to study the budgets
of the 50-odd member organizations
and to make recommendations based
upon that study for appropriations for
the work of these agencies.
Must Submit Figures.
"The appropriations are made only
after the most painstaking study and
analysis and after direct personal con-
ference with representatives OF these
agencies. Each agency is required TO
present a budget estimate which SHOWS
both its income and expense in detail
for the last three years and also con-
year ahead No item of increase OF
expense goes without question and SINH
lar attention is given to all the items
of income to make sure that all income
bearing activities are made a, lucra-
tive as possible so as to reduce TO the
lowest practical figure the amount re-
ouired of the general public for con-
tributionS and so that the money given
through the Community Chest can De
allocated to those places where 1t is
most needed"
Mr.. Graham said the committee has
already made recommendations that q
study be made of the needs of blind
children in the. District and one OF Just
what child welfare work should be car
ried on through the year through the
Council of Social Agencies. Pointing
out that it is the aim Of the committee
to efficiently render help where help is
needed, Mr. Graham added that the
budget committee activity is great i'm
proVement over the old system OF max
ing separate appeals for funds.
Aspinwau Also Speaks.
Addresses also were delivered by
Clarence A. Aspinwall, secretary of the
chest, who spoke on How and Why
the Chest Was Organized" by FL
wood Street, director of the chest who
spoke on How Organizations Can Help
Assure the Success of the Community
Chest" and by John Pool, chairman OF
volunteer workers for the chest cam
paign for funds. whose subject was
Opportunities for Community Service"
Frederic A. Delano, president OF the
chest, presided.
Thirteen additional agencies, whose
chest previously were favorably acted
upon by the membership and budget
committee. were formally admitted to
membership by the chest executive COM
mittee yesterday afternoon. This brings
the chest membership to date to 53
organizations.
The organizations admitted, with rep
resentativeS to the chest from some, are
as follows:
washington Humane Society. George
Barnett and John P. Heap; Episcopal
CITY Missions, Rev George w. Dow;
Child Welfare Society, Mrs. Louis Lehr
and Caroline Sweeney; Episcopal Eye,
Ear and Throat Hospital, Henry P. Blair
and Rev. Calvert E. Buck; Animal
Rescue League, Mrs. Truman G. Palmer
and Miss N. r. Macomb; American Lee
gion, Association for the Prevention OF
iluDeFcuIoSlS, OIHuIeH OOuAey 11OHc,
Columbia Hospital, Disabled American
Veterans, Episcopal Home for Children,
Southern Relief Society and the Wash
ington Home for FoundlingS.
The executive committee elected the
following persons to serve as represent
atives of the contributing public:
MRS. Montgomery Blair, Franklin H.
Ellis, William F. Ham, John H. Hanna,
Frank H Hight, Walter Burr Howe,
John B. Larner, Radford Moses. Cleve-
land Perkins, Mrs. Mary Roberts Rine-
hart, Cuno H. Rudolph, w. w. Spaid,
Rev. Arson Phelps Stokes, Merle Thorpe.
Charles H. Tompkins, Ivan c. Weld,
B. F. Saul, Raymond Wise, Lowell Mel
lett, Arthur D. Marks, John T. Cush-
ing, D. J. Callahan, Simon Lyon. E. I.
Kaufman, Barry Mohun and Fred S.
Gichner.