Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-12
CHEST FUND TOTAL
SET AT S1,A3,348
Budget Committee and Board
of Trustees Decide on
go. Fund for 1929.

board of trustees at meeting IN thu
United States Chamber of Commerce
Building yesterday afternoon.
The sum needed by each individual
agency, as recommended by the SUBJ
committees of the chest general budget
committee and approved by the latter
were read at the meeting.
The board of trustees also approved
O recommendation of Frederic A. Del
ano, president of the Washington Com
munity Chest. that officials of the chest
be permitted to borrow not to exceed
$4,000 for current expenses and to
January. This money, 1t Is pointed
out, is to be repaid after funds are
raised in the campaign.
Workers Are Praised.
Unaninity of purpose and deterrni-
nation to put the Community Chest
drive across In big way marked the
meeting
Elwood Street, director of the chest
opened the meeting with q short talk
on progress in the campaign so far
He also told of plans for the future and
invited every trustee to make the chest
Offices headquarters at any time. Mr.
Street praised the work of the budget
committee, telling of its members hard
work to have their figures completed
and accurate in time for the chair
mans report He praised the work of
the citizens of Washington in forming
committees and putting across the
preliminary work, declaring that in his
years of experience n chest work, he
never had seen 60 much accomplished
in the same space of time.
nNeetSevNt nnlnnn fnfp 11l,S,
Poole, chairman of the campaign COM
mittee, who in introducing his assist
ants praised their work
Chairman Bell of the budget COM
mittee, preliminary to reading his for
NAL report, warned that the amounts
named were tentative and declared that
''tae door is not closed to any agency
desiring a review of the figures" He
accounted for the tentative nature OF
the figures by explaining that many OF
the member agencies did not apply fol
membership until a very late date and
that others were extremely late in get
ting their budgets into the hands of the
committee. He explained that each
recommendation is subject 10 discus
sion and pointed out that the campaign
provides for a contingent fund suffi-
cient to care for any changes or emer-
&SuCleS IIldL may arise.
Cut in Costs Is Shown.
Br. Bell advised any member agency
desiring a review OF its figures to wait
until after the campaign, explaining
that while the committee is willing to
discuss the matter at any time, it will
be easier to take definite action after
the campaign is ended and the COM
mittee can act with full knowledge of
the amount of funds available.
In some instances, where the figures
totaled more than the agency's gift in
come of the year before, Mr.. Bell ad-
vised that no commitments for expend-
itures beyond current needs be made
until after the campaign ends and the
funds are assured. He also called at
tention to the sum set aside for CAM
paign and administration purposes
pointing out that it amounts to only
s per cent of the whole, whereas In
the past with the 81 agencies working
along individual lines, the cost has been
Is per cent or more OF the amount
collected.
Representatives of the Christ Child
Society stated that the society wishes to
keep its Summer home open during the
Winter for the benefit Of convalescent
children and would need an additional
5000. Mr.. Bell approved the project
but stated it would have to wait until
after the drive before any defini sum
is fixed. Woodbury. Blair, speaking fol
Emergency Hospital. declared the
5000 awarded that institution on the
basis of last years gift income was in
sufficient. He was informed by mem
bers of the budget committee. however
that this was due to the failure of the
hospital officials to submit figures be.
fore the budget was prepared. Mr.. Bel
again explained that the contingent
fund would take care Of all this.
wall, Or. Kelly Miller of Howard Uni.
versity, D. j. Callahan. DR.. Ansor
Phelps Stokes, Mrs. Archibald Hopkins
and others spoke indorsing the move.
ment.
Or. Stokes declared that the people
of Washington who worked for the
Community Chest would build up, a:
a by-product, the greatest community
spirit the city has ever known. He de-
clared this spirit would be worth q.
much to the Capital as the money
raised.
DR.. Kelly Miller Applauded.
DR.. Kelly Miller was applauded wher
he stated that while the colored popula.
ton would perhaps receive more in pro.
portion to what they gave than any
other race, he had assurances that the
colored citizens would spring surprise
on their white brethren when the totals
are counted.
The full list of Community Ches
agencies and the tentative sum set aside
for each, follows:
American Legion, $4,000: Associated
Charities, $70,635; Association for TIT
Prevention Of tuberculosis; Boy Scouts
$33,69962: Boys Club, $4,000: Cath
Ollie Charities, S40,10925; Children
Hospital, s6l, 7s7 .o3; Child Welfare So
Home, s3,887; Christ Child Society
S35,145: Columbia Hospital for Womei
and Lying-In Asylum, S45,9l4.07; Co
lunbia Polytechnic Institute for tn
Blind, $1,470: Community Chest (cam
paign and administrator $4,000
Council of Social Agencies. $10,42883
District of Columbia Congress of Par
ents and Teachers, $500: Disablet
American Veterans of the World War
$500; Emergency Hospital and Cen
trail Dispensary, S35.005: Episcopa
Home for Children, $4,000; Episcopa
City Missions of the Diocese of Wash
ington, s2,005.9S; Episcopal Eye Ea
and Throat Hospital, $22.21596 Flor
ence Crittenton Home, $16,808: Friend
ship House, s12,833; Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital, $l4,72l; George Wash
ington University Hospital, S20,585
Girl Scouts, $3.04892; Hebraw Home TO
the Aged, S26,38780; Holy Family Da
Nursery, $8,970.31.
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society
SIS, 1923; Jewish Foster Home, SIT ,240. 81
Jewish Community Center. S54,248. SIS
Jewish Welfare Federation, S5,375
Juanita K. Nye Council House
$4,000: Juvenile Protective Associa
ton, $7,232; National Homeopathic Hos
pital, $13,250; Neighborhood House
$l6,822.40; Noei Community House
$5,66l 81; Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. C. A
S7.634.25; Providence Hospital out
patient and social service department
$15,642; st. Anne's Infant Asylum