Evening star., 1932-12-11
Five Committees to Allocate
Money to Aid Largest Num-
ber in Distress.
APPEAL MADE FOR 1892
PLEDGES TO BE PAID
Arrears Would Give Clean Slate
for 1888, Says E. C. Graham, in
Emphasizing Need.

With Chest officials admitting that
there Is no possibility Of meeting all
the city's needs In view Of the half
million-dollar shortage In the recent
campaign for funds, the Community
Chest Budget Committee is conducting
hearings for ALLEGATION Of available
funds SO as to cover the greatest
amount Of need.
Concurrent with announcement or
plans for the hearings and the inaugu-
ration of even greater economies in
every direction, E. C. Graham, presi-
dent of the Community Chest, declared
late yesterday that If every outstand-
ing pledge for 1882 were paid, the
Chest would be able to start 1888 with
clean slate. Unless these pledges
are paid, the new year would be en-
tered with deficit over and above that
created by the shortage Of the recent
drive for funds.
1--WE are faced with the most serious
welfare situation In the history OF
Washington" Mr.. Graham asserted.
1888 has fallen short of its goal. De-
mands for relief are constantly increas-
ing and promise during the next year
to surpass even the high peak reached
this year. That means that we are
facing a largely increasing need for
relief with decreased fund.
Appeals for 1882 Payments.
"As the situation now stands, the
Community Chest faces a deficit for
1892. This deficit Is an obligation that
the Chest must pay. If the contribu-
tors who pledged for 1892 would make
special effort and pay up the bal
ance on their pledges this month, that
deficit would be wiped out. There
fore, I am appealing to every person
whose pledge or any portion OF whose
pledge for this year Is still unpaid to
arrange to make that payment this
month in order that we may start the
new year with a clean slate"
Continuing, Mr.. Graham said that
he had been advised that Washington's
unemployed now total $4,000. This
means, he explained, that including
dependents of the jobless the number
Of persons to be fed and sheltered will
be approximately $4,000. While many
of these have not yet asked for aid,
the exhaustion of waning resources un-
doubtedly will force them to appeal to
| the Chest, he added. Unless funds are
forthcoming, many of these persons
win go hungry and unsheltered, Mr..
Graham said tn his appeal.
In undertaking to allocate le33's
Joshua Evans, jr., Is chairman, has
been rearranged. This year it Il d.
vided into five group committees, each
under chairman and each with
specific field to consider.
General Officers Named.
The general officers of the committee
are, besides Mr.. Evans Elwood Street.
secretary; william j. Flather, jr; Mr..
Graham, Arthur HELEN and H L. Rust,
jr., members at large. The group COM
mittees are set up as follows:
Group Committee No. /, which will
deal with the budgets of agencies doing
case work for dependent families and
individuals, consists Of John H. Hanna,
chairman; H. L. Willett, jr., secretary;
Miss Mary z. Coulson, consultant, and
the following members: Dwight Clark,
John B. Colpoys, Mrs. Charles A. Gold
smith, Mrs. Cary Grayson, Rev. DR..
Francis j. Haas, Lowell Mellett, Rev.
Siddons, George S. Wilson and Edward
G. Yonker
Group Committee No. 2, which will
deal with the budgets of agencies CIV
ing institutional care for dependent
children and adults, consists Of Maj.
Ennalls Waggaman, chairman; B. M.
Luchs, secretary; Mrs. w. A. Roberts
and Mrs. Mary F. c. Leute, consultants,
and the following members: Frank A.
Birgfeld, Wilbur j. Carr, John w.
Childress, Wayne Kendrick, Rev. A. A.
McCallum, c. L. McCrea, Arthur D.
Marks, Arthur Moses, Nelson B. ONeal,
Allen Pope, L. Corrin Strong and Mrs.
Charles Tompkins.
Group Committee No. 8, which viii
deal with the budgets for hospitals,
consists Of Henry w. Sohon, chairman:
A. G.. Landrus, secretary; E. J. Henry
son, consultant, and the following
members: c. A. Aspinwall, Henry P.
Blair, DR.. E. A. Bocock, Y. E. Booker.
Maj. D. ]. Donovan, Mrs. Joshua Evans,
jr.; DR.. D. c. Howard, o. H. P. john
C. H. Hope. Daniel C. Roper, Maj.
Julia C. Stimson, Capt Chester Wells
and DR.. Charles Stanley White.
Health Group Budgets.
Group Committee No. 4, which viii
deal with the budgets for health or
ganizations, consists of Mrs. Joseph II.
Hines. chairman; A. G. Landrus. sec
retary; Z. j. Henryson, consultant, and
the following members: Rev. Russell j.
Clinchy, James A. Councillor, Mrs.
Whitman Cross, julius Garfinckel, Sam
uel H. Kaufman, DR.. James P. Leake,
Lanier p. McLachlen, A. @. Neal, Mrs.
Sidney F. Taliaferro, Joseph P. Tumulty,
DR.. William A. White and Mrs. John r.
Williams.
Group Committee No. 5, which will
deal with the budgets for character
building agencies, consists of Arthur
May, chairman; w. o. Hiltabidle, sec
retary; Miss Mary E. Coulson, con-
sultant, and the following members:
Mrs. Harry S. Bernton, d. N. Burn
ham, Mrs Wilson Compton, George
Everette. Mrs. H. H. Father, Col. U. 8.
Grant, Sd; DR.. John r. Hawkins, Frank
r. Jellef, Edmund F. Jewell, D. j.
Kaufman, George Hewitt Myers, Hugh
Thrift and J. Bernard .Wyckoff.
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