Evening star., 1931-12-04
S9l,63 PLEDGED
| BY D. c. EMPLOYEES
| FOR CHEST DRIVE
Total Subscribed for 1882 10
Five Times Larger Than
Last Year.
ADDED FUNDS ASKED
FOR TWO CHARITIES
Increase of $s1, 1872 Urged for 1882
by Relief Association and
! Associated Charities.

District government employees con-
tacted thus far In the three-day salary
campaign for the Community Chest
have pledged ss0,763, five times more
than the contribution of sI8,73o by
these workers in the Community Chest
drive last year, according to q report
filed with the District Commissioners
today by Auditor Daniel j. Donovan,
divisional chairman of the drive.
MIR. Donovan's report said that out
OF 10,172 employees, 1903 have been
contacted and of the latter number
5,102 signed the three-day pledge, 81
signed for more than three days and
534 for less than three days.
The monthly pay roll for the entire
number of employees is sl,711, 1856, so a
three day pledge for all employees would
total $171,12s.
Large Gain Shown.
by way of comparison" the report
says, "it may be noted that the Com
munity Chest campaign in 1880 included
1887 contributors from the various
branches and departments of the Dis
trict government. The total amount
contributed by District employees In 1880
was $18,730. The total amount of the
pledges so far obtained from District
employees in the current campaign
namely, 500, ,763-is five times greater
than the total of sl8,730 obtained last
year"
Increased demands for relief caused
two Washington charities today to ask
the Chest for larger budgets for the
coming year.
The Associated Charities and the Cit
iZens' Relief Association requested q
combined increase of s8l, ,182.02 in their
1882 budgets. This was made neces-
sary, 1t was said, mot alone by an In
crease in demands for relief, but by
increased relief needed by families al
ready under care Of the two organiza-
tions.''
An appropriation Of $172, ,4S0, an in
crease of $31 ,820.24, was asked by the
Associated Charities. The Citizens
Relief Association, whose funds are
administered by the former organiza-
tion, requested $165,571 for the coming
year, or s49, ,361.78 more than was ap-
propriated for the current year. The
requests were turned over to the
Chests Budget Committee, of which
Joshua Evans, tr., District National
Bank president, Is chairman.
Increase for 1892 Asked.
Walter s. Uford, general secretary of
the Associated Charities, In asking for
higher appropriations for 1882, made
the following statement:
We are being forced to take care Of
families for longer periods than for
merly, and at the same time we are
getting requests for help from more
families. The amount Of relief per
family Is increasing, too, due to the
aftermath Of the unemployment situa-
tion. Many families which were able
to get along for time now find them
selves at the end of their resources,
with savings and credit exhausted and
nowhere to turn for aid except to us,
Others, who needed only little relief
at first, must now have more by reason
of worn-out clothes and shoes which
must be replaced. fuel which must be
bought and replacement Of other items
which have finally worn out.
Material Relief Gain.
"For example, we used to figure that
only SO per cent of the families coming
to us would need material relief, the
others requiring only advice or the as
sistance of one Of our workers in solving
some family problem. In 1890 we found
that 81 per cent needed material relief.
and In 1881 this had increased to "a
per cent, gain of II per cent over the
81 per cent needing material relief IN
1870.
Demands for relief have increased
80 per cent at the Associated Char'siss
and so per cent at the Citizens Relief
Association, and with Winter at hand,
and our knowledge of conditions that
are following in the wake of this un-
employment period, we anticipate q
much larger increase in need for nate
rial relief during the coming year.
That Is why both organizations have
estimated the above increases In their
budgets for 1882"