Evening star., 1932-10-23
|CHEST PROMISES
RELIEF IF POSSIBLE
Street, Citing Deficit Of
$500, 900, Says Burden
Will Be Heavy.
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Miss Loui.e MCGUIRE. Mrs. Harold Doyle
and H. S. Fitz.
Committee Members.
The. various committees are as fol-
lows:
Mems group-E. c. Babcock, chair
man; Fred Lucas, Ferdinand G. Fraser,
Ralph Werner, John Arthur Shaw, L.
Harold Sothoron, Gecrge Phillips, David
s. Dawson, Alfred Hilton. Lloyd Wymer
and Jack Spears.
Radio Committee - Morris Edwards.
chairman; Strickland Gillian, Rev.
George l.. Farnham, Mrs. Philip Sidney
Smith, Arthur Rosichan, Tracy F.
Tyler, Albert Atwood, Hester Walker
Beal and Carl Smith Dow.
Government Committee-Miss Katha-
rine F. Lenroot. chairman: w. B. Robin
son, Miss Mary Anderson, F.. A. Brig
field, A. c. Gardner, Miss Sibyl Baker,
Col. Joel r. Moore, Clark r. Long, Miss
Irene Grant and w. E. Braithwaite.
Colored Committee-Rayford T. Logan,
chairman; v. F.. Ramsauer Mrs. Julia
West Hamilton, Dr. Clara H. S. Talia-
ferro and Mrs. Mary F.. Thompson.
Hebrew Committee-Mrs. Harry Bern
ton, chairman: Miss Hilda Levy, Sherry
Stem and Bernard DanZansky.
tan Doyle, chairman; Prof. w. Hayes
Yeager. A. H. Lucas, Daniel Ryan and
Robert L. Hayccck.
Catholic Committee-Miss Louise NC
Guire, chairman; William Cogger. Fran
els A. McCann, Mrs. Andrew Saul, Fa-
ther Lawrence Sheehan, Mrs. Charles p.
Neill and Mrs. j. D. Sullivan.
Women'S OrganizationS-Mrs. Harvey
Wiley, chairman; Miss Elizabeth Harris.
Mrs. E. G. Nourse, Mrs. j. B. Campbell,
Mrs. c. M Jones, Mrs. F.. M. ShortaH
and Mrs. w. A. Boss.
Merger Approval Sought.
The board of trustees Of the Chest
will be asked at their meeting tomorrow
afternoon at the United States Chamber
of Commerce to approve merger OF
the Citizens Relief Association and the
Associated Charities. The board OF
managers of the former organization
already has asked that the Associated
Charities assume the relief budget OF
the association. SO far as this budget
is provided by funds contributed to the
Community Chest. and the board OF the
Associated Charities has approved the
proposal provided 1t meets with the ap-
proval Of the Chest officials.
Walter S. Uford, general secretary OF
the Associated Charities and VINO also
acted as secretary OF the Citizens Relle1
Association, in announcing the plans 1or
the merger yesterday called attention to
the fact that the Budget Committee OF
the Chest on more than one occasion
has raised the question of why the Cit1-
zens' Relief Association. whose funds
are disbursed by the Associated Char1-
ties, should continue longer as a sepa-
rate unit in the Chest.
Mr.. Uftord pointed out that the Exec
utive Committee Of the Chest has given
its approval to the proposed budget
merger, and it is confidently expected
that the board of trustees at its meeting
tomorrow will ratfy the recommenda-
tion Of its Executive Committee.
In addition to receiving FUNDS from
the Chest, the Citizens Relief Asso-
citation has been made by the Board OF
Commissioners of the District the Gus
todians of two funds at its command.
One is the Inaugural Relief Fund
made up largely Of surpluses from con-
cessions and balls in connection with
presidential inauguratior1s. Under the
terms Of the trust the income on the
fund can be used only 70 supply 1uel
and clothing to the poor OF the Dis-
trict. In addition e.tain annual
grants have also been made from the
"Escheated Estates Fund" or money
left by those who die intestate or with
out heirs to claim their estates.
Expenditures Audited.
The association has received from the
inaugural Relief Funds about $2,500
a year. Grants from the Escheated Es-
tates Funds have averaged perhaps
| 81. 900 a year. Expenditures Of these
funds are carefully audited by the au-
ditors office of the District of Column
| bia Should the Commissioners at any
time decide to dispose Of these grants
in a different way than through the
| board of managers of the Citizens Re-
! lief Association ,'llom tney appoint.
there would then appear to be no rea-
son for the continued existence OF the
Citizens Relief Association provided the
budget of the association is taken over
as is now proposed by the Associated
Charities with the approval OF tfc
Chest.
The present officers Of the Citizens
Relief Association are Evan H. Tucker,
president: Harry G. Meem, treasurer,
and Mr. Uford, secretary. Mr. Meem
is also treasurer of the Associated
Charities and Mr.. Ufford is its general
secretary.
Mrs. Francesca Kaspar Lawson, So
prano, will be the guest artist on the
Community Chests Album Of Art
lists" program over WMAL from 7:45
tn 4 o'clock Thursday night,