Evening star., 1932-05-01
COMMITTEE BUSY
ON CHEST BUDGET
Continues Efforts to Avoid
$500, 900 Deficit by Re-
duCing Costs.

The Budget Committee of the Wash
ington Community Chest continues
work with a view to aiding in reducing
the threatened deficit of 100000 faced
by the Chest.
The committee, which ordinarily
would have concluded its work with
the beginning of the campaign for
funds, is compelled to continue active
work on budgets Of the various organi-
cations with view to reducing them,
it is pointed out.
This has become necessary because
of the failure of the Chest to reach its
goal in the 1882 campaign and because
of the terrific increase in demands for
relief, brought about by the unemploy-
ment situation and conditions unfore-
seen when the original budget estimates
were prepared last Fall.
In addition to the regular meetings
of the various subcommittee of the
main Budget Committee, arrangements
have been made for one member OF
the committee to meet with the new
Economy Committee of each agency OF
the Chest. Each agency, it Is pointed
out is appointing its own Economy
Committee with the view of attempting
to effect still further reductions in the
cost of operations and reduce, as far as
possible, the threatened deficit.
Two Members Added.
Joshua Evans, jr., chairman Of the
Chests main Budget Committee, an
nounced yesterday that George Hewitt
Myers and Walter Mitchell, jr., have
become members. AS a member of the
General Budget Committee Mr.. Myers
becomes member of the subcommittee
on eharacter-building organizations
and Mr. Mitchell member of the sub
committee on health organizations.
The subcommittee of the Budget
Committee held about so meetings be-
fore the opening of the campaign for
funds and there were 10 meetings of
the General Budget Committee to con-
sider recommendations of the subcom-
mittees, it is pointed out. Since the
campaign the main Budget Committee
ano its subcommittee have held
number of meetings to consider the
possibility of adjusting the needs of
the Chest organizations to the amount
of the funds obtained by the Chest IN
the campaign.
Pointing out the tremendous amount
Of skilled work required by members
of the Budget Committee, Mr.. Evans
said:
Praises Cooperation.
THE splendid way In which the
members of this committee have CO.
operated during the year 1881 Is the
best proof as to how well the members
have endeavored to intelligently and
conscientiously perform a dificult task.
The pressure of relief has caused the
most careful scrutiny of every budget.
Economy is being rigidly practiced in
every organization af1liated with the
Chest"
The members of the Budget Commit
tee. arranged by subcommittee, are:
Joshua Evans, chairman, Budget Com
mittee: Arthur May, chairman, Sub
committee on Character Building, with
the following members: Mrs. Thomas
E. Brown, D. N. Burnham, Mrs. Henry
H. Flather, Morris Gewirz, John r.
Hawkins, Reed F. Martin, DR.. Charles
P. Neill, Mrs. Joseph NJ Stoddard,
Hugh Thrift and George Hewitt Myers.
Arthur Moses is chairman of the Sub
committee on Dependency, with Mem
bers Dwight Clark, Clarence P. Dodge,
William Flather, jr.; Mrs. Charles
Goldsmith John r.. Hanna, Wayne
Kendrick, Allen Pope, Arthur Sund-
lun and Mai. Ennalls Waggaman;
Simon Lyon, chairman, Subcommittee
on Health, with Members James A.
Councillor, Mrs. Whitman Cross, Mrs.
Joshua Evans, Robert V. Fleming, E.
c. Graham, Mrs. Joseph H. Hines, DR..
D. G.. Howard, Mrs. Joseph Sanders,
Henry w. Sohon, Lloyd B. Wilson and
Walter Mitchell, jr.