Evening star., 1930-10-30
CHEST DOLLARS
FOR DEFINITE NEED
Budget Committee Studies
Requirements: Increased De-
mand on Organization Seen.

Every dollar sought in the 1881 Com
munity Chest campaign, which will be
held the latter part of January, will
have been assigned to meet very def
mite and existing need, according to
Corcoran Thorn, chairman OF the Chest
Budget Committee. The budgets OF the
rs organizations which make up the
Community Chest are already being
most carefully studied by three sub
committees, into which the Budget
Committee is divided, and will be stud
led BY the whole committee before It's
task is finished in December.
DR.. Charles P. Neill Is chairman OF
the Subcommittee on Character Build
ing Institutions, Simon Lyon OF the
subcommittee on Health and Mrs. Jonn
Jaw O'Connor of the Subcommittee on
Dependency Agencies. The first two
are now holding one meeting each
week, while Mrs. O'Connor's commit
tee. because of the larger number OF
organizations in this group. Is meeting
twice each week. Miss Blanche Re-
nard. long experienced in budget work
in st. Louis. has volunteered her serv-
ices for the Washington campaign.
She is acting as secretary OF the Bud
get Committee and sitting in an ad-
t:sory capacity at the subcommittee
meetings.
See Increased Demands.
That there will be greatly increased
demands upon Chest organizations this
Winter, particularly those doing family
welfare work Is regarded as a fore
gone conclusion by the members OF the
committee. Lack of work, exhaustion
Of credit and resources, lowered family
morale, need for food and fuel, due to
ornrnoHh nf ro1d weather and
other factors enter into this situation.
Because of this every budget is care
fully scrutinized and every organiZa-
ton is required to justify its request
for money by definite statement as
to needs that will be met. The agen-
cies are cooperating by asking only
for the most necessary amounts.
Under the modern budget system"
says Chairman Thorn. THE Community
Chest asks the District of Columbia
for an amount of money which in its
opinion is the least that is needed to
accomplish the amount of relief or pre-
ventive work which a committee OF
able man and women hold necessary
to the proper handling Of human well
fare in our city.
Relief work in a season of unem-
ployment like that confronting us will
be an unusually important feature Of
Chest service this Winter. Health
conditions, too, become involved in
period of need and our nine hospitals
must have funds to meet the cost
of helping all free and part-pay pa
tients. And let us net forget that at
times ike this the character building
agencies must have our earnest sup
port in order to maintain the general
morale and develop the best type of
citizen All these factors are carefully
considered in the study OF each 1ndi-
vidual budget and in the preparation
of the Community Chest budget as
whole"
Executives Survey Budget.
Every individual budget goes through
four proce ses. Made up by the or
sanitation executive, it is then sub
mitted to the board of that orgariiza-
ton, which carefully considers every
item with a view to determining its
need.
The budget then comes to the Chest
budget sta6 members, who indicate any
item that may need explanation. The
budget is then submitted to the proper
subcommittee of the Budget Commit
tee. ORGANIZATION representatives ap-
pear in person before these subcomm1t-
tees to explain their needs and the
reasons for the various items in the
budget. The recommendation OF the
subcommittee then goes to the entire
Budget Committee for consideration.
Through the use of these four proc
esses, it is pointed out, every budget
must be justified by showing that it
meets an actual existing need. When
the Community Chest goes before the
public at the end Of January asking
for funds to provide for all these
budgets, it will do so with the full as
surance that every dollar asked is nee
essary to meet a specific need.
Member organizations, il not salts
fed with these proposals Of the Budget
Committee. may ask for rehearings and
further discussion, or may appeal to
the Executive Committee and TO the
Board Of Trustees.