Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-06
POOLE IS CHOSEN
CHEST PRESIDENT
Report Prepared by Chair
man of Budget Committee
Is Presented.

John Poole, president of the Federal
American National Bank, was elected
president of the Community Chest yes
terday afternoon at a meeting of the
board of trustees in the Young Women's
Christian Association Building.
A report, prepared by Corcoran Thorn
chairman of the budget committee
stating that 1t will be necessary to use
the entire surplus of $50 900 from 1923
and to raise still another SOS, 900 from
givers of last year who failed to SUBJ
scribe this year, was presented
The report, which was read by Ell
wood Street, director of the Chest, de-
clared that it would take CLOSE figur-
ing" If the organizations affiliated with
the Chest are to be provided with funds
sufficient for their minimum needs dur
ing 1880. The revised budgets of the
member agencies were included in the
report.
Mr.. Thorn explained that the unem-
ployment situation has exerted a ire
mendous influence in the affairs of the
Chest, not only reducing by a large
amount the probable gifts as based on
past experience, but presenting a much
increased demand for relief, which has
taxed the organizations in the Chest
far beyond their normal capacity. He
expressed the hope that the people of
Washington who failed to renew their
subscriptions this year would yet con-
tribute and that the present deficit
would be made up before the year is
out.
Poole Succeeds DelanO.
Mr.. Poole succeeds Frederic A. De-
of I,o IN
completed his second term as head of
the organization yesterday and was
named as honorary president by the
trustees.
All the elections were unanimous, fol-
lowing the suggestions of the nominate
ing committee, headed by Frank r. Jel-
left. New vice presidents are Mrs.
Frederick Brooke, E. C. Graham, Simon
Lyon, Arthur May, DR.. Kelly Miller and
George Hewitt Myers. Arthur HELEN
was named secretary and Robert v.
George A. B. Wood, Maj. Julius I. Pey-
ser. Lloyd B. Wilson and Roy A. Young
were elected to fill vacancies on the
board of trustees.
In presenting the new president, Mr.
Delano said:
II am retiring from the presidency at
my own insistence because believe that
the principle of rotation in office should
be observed in the Community Chest as
in other fields of administration. I
served the last year, my second term as
president, under protest and because !
believed we were getting the new Com
munity Chest under way.
I'm the two years that have served.
the Community Chest has advanced
from being merely an idea in which OPP
t1mists believed to an actuality which
In its first campaign. over year ago,
exceeded all of the expectations of the
rosiest optimist: while the second cam
paign of this last Winter, in the face of
severe unemployment, exceeded its pre-
vious number of givers by per cent
and the previous amount subscribed by
10 per cent, This result has been pos
sible only because of the devoted service
OF thousands of volunteer workers, in
Guiding the officers, the executive COM
mittee and the board of trustees with
whom I have so much enjoyed working.
Feels Stable Basis Gained.
1T feel now that the Community
Chest Is on stable basis and look for
ward to an assured future of usefulness.
not merely as an economical and eff
fective means of distributing the gifts
of generous and thoughtful Washing
tonians in the places of greatest need
in our community, but also as a great
uniter of the citizens of all races and
creeds in common cause so that we
may make city worthy in human
terms OF the beauty which we are now