Evening star., 1932-04-24
CHEST OVERHEAD
CUT IS SOUGHT
Participating Groups to Sc
Act Committee to Work
Out Reductions.

Further reductions in the cost of
operation of the various organizations
participating in Community Chest
funds will be sought at an early date,
according to announcement by Elwood
Street, director of the Community
Chest.
plan for effecting such reductions
will be worked out by a committee on
economy and efficiency to be named by
officials of the various participating or
ganiZations Each of the participants
has been asked to name three or five
board members to meet with one mem
ber of the Chest Budget Committee,
especially assigned to that organization,
to effect a reappraiSal of the quota al
ready set as each organizations share.
pairing of amounts to be distributed
is necessary, according to Mr.. Street,
since the Chest faces a deficit of at
least 100000 by the end of the year If
the welfare work of the city is to be
carried on. Each organization will be
questioned as to possible savings or in
creaSeS in income outside the Chest
and the reapportionment of finances
will be made on the basis of informa-
ton so obtained.
Drain and Demands.
A per cent reduction in appropri-
ations. the result of failure of Chest
workers to reach a goal of 81, Sol ,O0O
has already cut almost 5000, 900 from
the agencies appropriations for 1882,
and an additional 100000 was lopped
of by the Budget Committee The in
crease in demands for relief have great
ly exceeded estimates, and the drain
upon Chest funds has been proportion
ately heavy.
The movement calling for additional
voluntary reductions is the result of
carefully considered plan worked out by
the Executive and Budget Committees
OF the Chest, and lists savings that NAV
be effected without curtailment of the
social work program
There is no doubt, however. that the
ehecting of further reductions in costs
by member agencies, will, of Necessity.
affect the social work program OF the
community, Mr.. Street said. IF the
organizations are able to effect these
further economies, they should not be
held as criterion for the work of
future years, because the quota of So
6O1, 900 asked this year for social work
In Washington was fixed as the
minimum amount with which this
program could be carried out, by a
Budget Committee composed of leading
men and women of the city, who gave
days of thought and effort to arriving
at the least possible amount on which
the work could be adequately done. ANY
reduction, therefore, means a reduction
in necessary work, which should be re-
stored in future years"
Possible Economies Outlined.
j. B. Wyckoff, business manager of
Nations Business and chairman Of the
Office Management Committee of the
Chest, outlined possible economies in
office management to the Chests
executive council yesterday. This talk
has been copied and sent to member
agencies executives for consideration
and instruction in connection with the
questions sent out by the Executive
Committee of the Chest.
More than 500 contributors to the
Community Chest will attend the an
nual meeting of the organization in the
hall room of the Willard Hotel at 1890
O'Clock tomorrow, according to Herbert
L. Willett, jr., assistant director of the
Chest. Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer,
president of the Board of Commis-
sioners, will be one of the guests of
honor.
Announcement of the election of
trustees to represent contributing mem
ocIS AOI IIle cIlSulIlB year Will Dc uldOc
at this meeting.
Director Street will make a talk on
'The Future of Human Service in
Washington" and other features on
the program will be reports by John
Poole, president of the Chest; Robert
v. Fleming, treasurer; Edward F. Col
laday, campaign chairman; Joshua
Evans, jr., chairman Budget Commit
tee; Mr.. Wyckoff, Mrs Whitman Cross,
chairman of the Extension Committee;
Col Walter c. Clephane, chairman of
the Legal Committee; Ernest S. john
ston, chairman of the Publicity Com
mittee; Joseph D. kaufman, chairman
of Speakers Committee; Stanton G.
Peelle, chairman of Endowment Com
mittee, and Gen. B. G. Cheatham,
chairman of the Purchasing Commit
tee. There will also be musical pro-
gram by the Glee Club of the CheSa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.