Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
CHEST WILL INVITE
| CHARITIES TO Join
Delano Hopes to Have II
Recognized Organizations
Affiliated for 1880.

An invitation to all recognized chart
ties and social agencies not members OF
the Community Chest to apply Tor
membership and for participation IN
the 1880 campaign will soon be issued,
Frederic A. Delano president of the
Community Chest. announced yesterday.
1.-THE Community Chest campaign Tor
h929 included great majority OF the
organizations of all races and creedS
Endorsed by the charities Endorsement
committee of the District of Columbia"
Mr.. Delano said. "A number of the in
Corsed charities, however, for one rea-
son or another did not accept the Com
munity Chests invitation to apply Tor
participation in the first campaign.
Various reasons were given by these
agencies for such failure to apply Tor
membership. In the case of some there
was misrepresentation as to the ma
ture of the Community Chest. Some
did not understand its purpose OF fed
Grating the appeals for funds OF all
agencies which cared to unite their eff
forts in one campaign at reduced cost
and with greater effectiveness in ex-
penditure. Some agencies did not feel
, that they had sufficient time for thor
oughgoing consideration of the sub
ject. Others apparently had some
doubt as to whether or not the Com
munity Chest plan of financing would
be able to raise more funds than the
old method of individual financing.
Some apparently had doubts as to
whether the particular religious aus
pices under which they were conducted
made them eligible for membership, al
though the Community Chest bylaws
are quite clear that membership is open
to agencies of all creedS, provided that
aV~o d0ifln n RhoFif0
or social work in a reasonably effective
way.
I 81 Organizations Are Members.
"The Community Chest purposely did
not say that it was all-inclusive or that
it would eliminate all appeals for funds.
The campaign slogan, Give Once for
57,'' did promise that the 81 agencies
which united their efforts in one cam
paign would not solicit further funds OF
those who contributed to the Com
munity Chest. This promise has been
and will be adhered to.
"Although the list of charities in
dorsed by the charities Endorsement
committee of the District of Columbia
does contain some 80 names, it includes
several Implications by which agencies
4 not actually listed as members of the
Community Chest are in Community
Chest. For example, Camp Pleasant
and Camp Good Will on the list of in
dorsed charities are activities of the
Associated Charities and hence men,
bers of the Community Chest. The
Young Mems Hebrew Association and
the Young Women's Hebrew Associa-
ton are combined in the Community
Chest list as the Jewish Community
Center The Council of Jewish Women
although not on the Community Chest
list is member of the chest through
the participation of the Juanita K. Nye
Council House, which is the chief social
service activity of the Council of Jewish
Women.
Several of these agencies on the
Endorsed list do not make public ap-
peals for funds and some are supported
by public funds rather than by private
funds. One of them, the Consumers
League, has gone out of business.
1.-THE number which is Endorsed and
which might be included in Community
Chest membership but is not now in
cluded is only IA. The number of these
agencies which accept the invitation to
apply for membership and which can
meet the Community Chests standards