Evening star., 1932-10-23
Street, Citing Deficit of
100000, Says Burden
Will Be Heavy.
PROBLEM TO COME UP
AT PARLEY TOMORROW
City Heads Continue Conferences
With Budget Officials to Speed
Congressional Aid.

With the Community Chest facing
deficit of approximately 100000 this
year, its already overburdened units will
be sorely pressed to take over the added
burden Of the city's unemployment re-
lief when the funds for this work are
exhausted In the latter part Of Novem-
Der, Elwood Street. director of the Chest.
declared yesterday in commenting on
the plans of the District Commissioners
to call upon the Chest for help.
of course" said Mr. Street, I'VE
must recognize a partnership between
offcial and private help in this emer-
gency, and We will do everything in our
power to see the District government as
well as ourselves through the crisis"
The question will be taken up at
conference between Commissioner Luth-
er H. Reichelderfer, Director of Pub
lie Welfare George S. Wilson, District
Auditor Daniel j. Donovan and the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Community
Chest, at o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
May Call on Chest.
The Commissioners yesterday an
nounced that unless the most stringent
measures are taken between now and
November IS, when the Districts ap-
preparation of s35O,OOO for unemploy-
ment relief will be exhausted. there
Will be a gap when the Community
Cnest Will have to be called upon to
take up this work. There are some
.
ergency Relief Committee, which has
been making use of the unemployment
relief fund
The Community Chest. Mr.. Street
pointed out yesterday has had its hands
more than full with the ordinary relief
and welfare problems, which have far
exceeded. in new demands for money.
the funds collected for the Chest this
year. The Chest already has borrowed
$3.50 900, $50 900 of that being obtained
from the banks yesterday, and the end
OF the Chests financial problems is not
In sight, he said. However, he expressed
the hope that at tomorrow's conference
some way out OF the present crisis might
be found and working plan between
the District officials and the Chest map
ped to relieve suffering In that gap be-
tween tine time the Districts unemploy-
ment relief fund is exhausted and the
time when Congress appropriates more
money for this work
Meanwhile, the District Commission
erS are continuing conferences with the
Bureau Of the Budget to expedite the
passage Of District relief measures In
Congress. and President Hoover has
promised local officials he will do all In
his power to help them speed the ap-
preparation.
Speakers Unit Shaped.
Practical completion of the speakers
unit of the Chest campaign was an
nounced yesterday by Mrs. John Jay
O'Connor, chairman of the unit. Vice
chairmen are Mrs. Wilson Compton, Nor
ris Edwards and Mrs. Max Stern. and
three volunteers are helping Mrs. O'Con-
nor in ironing out the details of the
units participation in the drive. They
are Mrs. Welles Gray, Mrs. Morris Ed
wards and Miss Betty Atwood.
In addition to providing speakers for
organization meetings throughout the
city, also is arranging extensive radio
programs; organizing an advance-guard
of word-of-mouth publicity for the
Chest before and durileg the campaign;
organizing come and see" parties to
acquaint people of the work of the va
rious Chest organizations. the speakers
unit is conducting institutes for the in
formation of speakers and speech
clinics" fer speakers training and is
endeavoring generally to reach every
section of Washington life with pub
licity.
On the Executive Committee Of the
speakers unit. in addition to the chair
man and Vice chairmen. are:
Mrs. Stephanie Martin, Mrs. H. We'll
len Fisher. Rayford T. Logan. Miss
Catharine Lenroot. Mrs. Henry Grat-
tan Doyle, E. Claude Babcock. Mrs.
Harvey w. Wiley. Mrs. Harry Bernton,
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