Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-22
COMMUNITY CHEST
LEADERS TO MEET
Conference of Business Men
to Plan $3.50, 1000, 900 An.
nual Expenditure.

Plans for the expenditure of $780,
100000 annually for welfare work in
the United States will be formulated at
the conference on the community
chest movement to be held February 90
sno p at the Maytiower Hotel.
ms is the first conference arraneed
by laymcn OF American business and
professions TO discuss the future scope
and problems Of the community chest
and council movement. During the
past y years community chests and
councils have written new chapter in
the development OF human welfare In
more than 100 cities they have assumed
Nlrlle and effective leadership They
have raised an aggregate of 500, 900 600
annually for welfare work during this
period and the purpose of the forth
coming conference is TO increase this
expenditure on a gigantic scale.
The growth OF cities is an outStand-
ing feature of Americas DEVELOPMENT"
Salo c. NJ. Bookman. president of the
ASSOCIATION OF Community Chests and
Councils in statement declaring the
OBJECTS OF the conference. 1T is meas
ured not only by increased business and
population. but by the opportunities
provloeo to make life better worth living
Ior the unfortunate members OF the
community as well as the more fortu-
nate and prosperous
Business Men Leaders.
Business does not smother concern
lor the unfortunate" he added On
the contrary. American business and
professional men have assumed a posi-
ton OF leadership in providing for the !
unfortunate and in supporting a great :
variety of agencies which bring the /
dement's OF modern life and civilization /
10 all classes of citizens and promote !
well rounded community development !
In the last decade or two the great
est strides IN promoting human welfare
have been taken by cities Develop
nleni OF a community IS not static. but
Dynamic. New conditions, new prob
lens. new needs and new instruments
o. progress arise and business men take
leading part IL dealing with current
needs.
"A group OF American business and /
professional rien-!nemberS OF the COM
runity chests and councils and other
leaders OF civic development-believe
the time Is ripe TO take stock of where
the American community stands today
IN regard to welfare work and COM
munity development, including progress
to date, current problems. re-examina-
ton Of principles. and the next steps
to De taken.
Practical Talks Planned.
The conference will not be the occa-
sion for series of dry-as-6ust papers.
but will be marked by the presentation
OF outstanding problems Of community
welfare work by men whose experience
has given them something 10 say. There
also viii be a series OF practical. in
formal roundtable discussions of con-
crete problems.
The sponsoring committee has an
proved OF program which viii consist
OF two days Of meetings Details are
being developed by the program COM
mittee. headed by william j. Norton OF
Detroit. and special committees on tho
several topics selected for the informal
discussions There will not be aimiess
and endless discussions Of generalities.
but Of practical problems on the basis
OF information obtained in advance and
facts brought out at the time Special
committees are nov making a pre-
Em;nary examination of collateral facts
anc will present reports for discussion
at the meeting"