Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03
Plans Being Made Now for
1880 Campaign to Run From
January II to February 5.
NINE NEW ORGANIZATIONS
APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP
John Poole to Head Drive for
Second Time-Many Aides
Are Appointed.

Plans for the 1880 campaign of the
Community Chest, from January 81 to
February 5, inclusive, contemplate the
probable addition of o organizations to
the present 81, according to announce
ments made by the budget committee,
which has been considering applica-
tons. This would give the Chest total
of Sc affiliated organizations.
Increased needs of organizations al
ready in the Chest, together with the
needs of the new organizations to be
admitted, will call for more and larger
gifts to the Chest in 1880, according
to John Poole, now serving the second
time as campaign chairman.
At the present time four new organi-
cations. have been given favorable ac-
ton by the budget committee. These
are the Child Guidance Clinic OF
Washington Institute for Mental Hy-
giene, st. Annals Home for Aged Col
ored Women. National Capital Civic
Fund and the Stoddard Baptist Old
Folks Home. There are still pending
applications from Garfield Hospital,
Hebrew Free Loan Society, Holiday
House Of the Girls Friendly Society,
Mother-Child Center of the w. C. T. u.
and the new Non-Sectarian Prisoners
Aid Bureau, on which the Council of
Social Agencies is now working. These
will be taken up at the next meeting
Of the budget committee, sometime
early this month, and at the same
time the committee will act on the list
of present member organizations to be
invited to membership again next year.
Status Is Uncertain.
Status of few is still uncertain, ac-
cording to officials of the Chest, de-
pending upon whether the budget COM
mittee feels that they have fulfilled the
requirements which they were to have
met during the year 1929 regarding i'm
provements in their work and its rela-
tionship to that of other agencies.
Like last year, the campaign workers
will be divided into units. There will be
the special gifts unit, which solicits
gifts of $500 and more; the group Soli-
citation unit, which solicits. through
key" men, all industrial and mercan-
tile enterprises employing 25,sor more
people: the metropolitan unit which
comprises the entire city outside the two
special classes enumerated above. and
will solicit all .colored people in the
city.
No chairman has been named as yet
for the special gifts unit. Because of
the importance of this unit. Isle Bur-
roughs, assistant director of the Com
munity Chest, acts as secretary.
Frank r. Jelleff, whose efforts as
chairman of the group solicitation unit
played large part in the success Of
that unit He has associated with him
again this year as vice chairman Fred
eric w. Thompson. executive director of
the Boys Club, and Linn G. Drake,
Scout executive of the District of Co
lumbia Council, Boy Scouts Of America,
is the secretary.
Lining Up Forces.
Merritt O. Chance who played q
conspicuous part in the last campaign
as chairman of one of the regions Of
the metropolitan unit. has accepted the
Craftsmanship of that unit for the 1880
campaign and is rounding his forces
into line ir preparation for the work.
Chance has already selected Simon
Lyon and H. L. Rust, jr., as regional
chairmen, with Leonard De Cast, gen.
eral secretary of the Y. M. C. A. as
secretary of the unit. Page NICK. Etch-
ison, also of the Y. M. C. A. staff, Is
acting as assistant to the secretary IN
the Chest campaign work.
Dr. Kelly Miller of Howard UNI
versity., who is vice president OF the
SllCSJ, 10 again CAdAAhoh
Of the committee on colored co-ordina-
ton This committee, while ostenSibly
part of the metropolitan unit. has
beer expanded to take in the colored
,people of the whole city, and DR.. Miller
will have entire charge. Mai. Campbell
johnson, executive head of the Twelfth
Street Branch of the Y. M. G. A., and
who is an assistant secretary of the
metropolitan unit, will act as secretary
for DR.. Miller's committee.
Need Larger Gifts.
1--WE will have more organizations IL:
the Chest this year and we have already
had increased requests from organize
tions in the Chest last year." Chairman
Poole said. Last years budget was
hard to formulate. due to the difficulty
in determining the incomes Of the varl-
Gus organizations in former years. This
year we have definite figures on re-
ceipts and expenditures for last year
upon which to base the needs for this
year, and we are finding that some
organizations are really entitled Us
larger budgets.
Taking into consideration these IN
creases in budgets and the addition OF
new organizations to the number
already in the Chest and the necessity
for more and larger gifts is obvious.
However have no fear but that WasIi-
irgton will respond as it always has 10
every worthy cause and that the fun
amount will again be subscribed this
year."