Evening star., 1932-11-06

paign; or an average Of more
than one subscriber for each house
hold in Washington. This growth IN
giving has been tremendously i'm"
portant in bringing about democratic
participation in the financing Of the
Community Chest service: through
which the whole community partici-
pates in service to the whole COM
munity.
Central Application Bureau.
"In order to prevent sending people
from organization to organization
central application bureau is oper-
ated by the Community Chest in CO.
operation with the Travellers Aid So
ciety at 14l8 / street. Through this
bureau people in need are directed to
the organization which is best able to
help them. At night, on Sundays and
on holidays, for economy's sake, emer-
gency applications for aid are handled
through the Travellers Aid Society in
the Union Station. Chest subscribers
are given books Of tickets with which
to send persons who ask them for aid
to the Central Application Bureau II
the applicant brings the ticket to the
bureau, a report is made to the sub
scriber as to what was done.
In the case OF emergencies aid is
promptly given. Following that in
vestigation is made of the need in
| order to help people to help themselves.
So far as possible the family's stand
ard Of life is preserved. Homes and
possessions are kept together whenever
possible and families only broken up
when there is no other way Of meet
ing the situation.
THE Community Chest will include
SO organizations this year, including all
kinds of service to people in all kinds
of need All Community Chest agen-
cies that are not remedial, as family
relief hospitals, childrens homes and
institutions for the care of the aged, are
constructive or preventive, in that they
undertake to combat conditions creating
dependency and delinquency. The bur-
dens of all these agencies are increased
by unemployment. MANY Chest con-
tributors find their chief interest in this
preventive field. 1t is represented by
the various health and character build
ing organizations, by those engaged in
training the handicapped for occupa-
tions and by others in the so-called
protective field
Most for Remedial Work.
analysis of the Chests contribution
budget for the current year reveals the
fact that over SO per cent of the amount
appropriated for local purposes is for
remedial work while less than IL per
cent is for constructive or preventive
services. These services have been
greatly restricted in these depression
years by reason of the overwhelming de-
mands Of the remedial or relief serv-
ices. Further restriction is probably
inevitable next year. but abandonment
of these services would be wholly un-
iustihable Man does not live by bread
alone.
while the Chest has the power to
discontinue its support Of any agency
or agencies. It cannot deny them their
right to exist and it is certain that they
would assert this right. if deprived OF
Chest support. by establishing an in
dependent status and soliciting contrl-
buttons from their trustees and con-
stituents on behalf Of continuing con-
! tribution needs This result would in
evitablv lead to the disintegration Of the
! Community Chest and the return Of
numerous independent annual cam
~ igns. a practice which the Community
Chest was organized to replace.
Simple Membership Requirements
The Community Chest requirements
| for membership are simple but lmpor-
! tant In order to become member
| of the Community Chest each organiZa-
| ton must be competently managed and
| be reasonab blv well conducted. and must
/ meet real need of the District OF
/ Columbia It must have made appli-
cation for membership in writing at
| least four months before the annual
campaign for funds.
ITO the ordinary need now has
! been added the task of aiding in the
care of families of able bodied unem-
ploved persons now cared for by the
Emergency Relief Bureau of the Board
of Public Welfare whose funds are al
most exhausted The Board of Trus-
tees Of the Community Chest has made
an advance appropriation of 100000
to the D. c. Committee on Employ
ment. Chest member, in order to pro-
vide necessary relief beyond that which
is now available through the Emergency
Relief Bureau so that destitute un-
emploved persons shall not starve or
/ be evicted from their homes until Con-
gress can meet and act. Congress must
| act because private philanthropy can
not bear this burden alone; but we
must bear our share!
Solicitation Plan Same.
| "'PIan of solicitation for industrial
esta blishments Is practically the same
as last year-there Is at least one key
man for each institution employing 20
| or more people to solicit their subScrip-
! tions In almost every instance the
EMPLOYERS have agreed to make paw
/ roll deduction of the number Of cents
/ the ernplove indicates per day. This
amount will be deducted each week
| from the employees nav envelope for
! period of So weeks. beginning Decem-
4 Der l. 1882. or for whatever other pc
riod is agreed upon. The payments viii
be held in the company's account. Once
/ a month. upon receipt Of a bill from
| the Community Chest the company
will draw check containing the COM
| bined deductions of the emploves and
| send that check to the Community
| Chest.
MANY employees who could not DOS
siblv give over a dollar to five dollars
cash are giving few cents day.
paving weekly. without feeling it. They
can triple and in some instances give
| five times as much on the deferred
payrhent 52-week plan as they other
| wise could For example, a person
/ making $50 a week could hardly be
able to give SIS of one weeks paw with
out missing 1t very much from that
weeks necessary purchases. However,
/ that person might be more than Wiling
/ to have 10 cents day deducted from
his ray envelope for So weeks. which
would result in a $3.50 subscription
or over seven times the IS.
Willing Contributors Wanted.
"The Chest only want the dollars
which contributors are willing to give
| and can afford to give. An emplove
who is making SO little money that to
! give even cents a day would be real
| hardship and would mean the depriva-
| tion of necessities from his domestic
Established
IS Years
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