Evening star., 1933-09-07
Lawrence {. RubeI Accepts
Chairmanship of Unit-Lust
to Explain Sound Film.
Committee MEMBERS
HAVE BEEN SELECTED
RicAberg Outlines How Hospitals
and Welfare Groups Nay
Join n. 3. A.

Publicity work for the 1888 campaign
Of the Community Chest viii get under
way with the first Yall meeting Of the
committee at pm. today at Chest
headquarterS in the Investment Build
ing. Lawrence z. Rubel of Underwood
& Underwood has accepted chairman
ship Of the publicity unit.
A special sound picture to be used
IN the campaign Is being arranged for
BY Sidney Lust, head Of the motion pic
ture subcommittee of the unit, and viii
be explained at the meeting.
Other members Of the committee are
Eugene MacLean, Robert Dougan, Nor
man Kal, Gait Burns, John Payette,
Strickland Gillian, Frederic ]. HaSkin,
Robert J. Cottrell, Garnett Lee, Lowell
Mellett, John Shoemaker, Earl b. Nash,
Allen De Ford, Louis Brown, w. w.
Wheeler, Thomas Shipp, Ernest Smith,
Frank La Force, Harris T. Baldwin and
Raymond Thompson.
N. b. A. Conditions Outlined.
In connection with the opening of
the campaign. the Chest Yesterday re-
ceived . copy Of letter written BY
Donald r. Richberg, general counsel Of
the. National Recovery Administration,
clarifying conditions under which hos
pitfalls, charitable and social welfare or
ganixations can qualify to display the
Blue Eagle. The letter was addressed to
Allen T. Burns, executive director Of
Community Chests and Councils. Inc,
Ths local Chest already displays the
sign.
Mr.. Richberg's letter says:
In response to your inquiry viii
try to clarity the Interpretation Of
emanated from the National Recovery
Administration regarding the applica-
ton Of the national industrial recovery
act to hospitals, charitable or social
welfare organizations.
AT the outset, let me stress that
the Presidents Unemployment agree
ment Is q voluntary measure and may
be signed by any one who desires to
sign 1t, including hospitals. charitable
or social welfare organizations.
Under No Compul&ion.
$50 far as permanent codes are con-
cerned. It Is not expected that codes
viii cover hospitals, Charitable or social
welfare organizations I'm general, as they
are not engaged in trade or industry.
There Is nothing to prevent any Of these
organizations from signing the Presi-
dents Unemployment. agreement and
conforming to its provisions. This does
not mean, however. that subject to the
following paragraph, they are under
any compulsion to do 20, other than
that resulting from q desire to CO.
operate wherever appropriate and 30
far as possible with general program
Of Unemployment at shorter hours and
higher wages.
Whenever hospitals or social vel
eare organizations, even II not organ
tied for profit. actually engage In
trade or industry, they should sign the
President's Unemployment agreement.
and they may come within the terms
Of permanent codes.
There & q procedure set up by which
individual institutions that would incur
unavoidable hardship may sign the
Presidents unemployment agreement
and obtain the Blue Eagle With the
white stripe By conforming to procedure
Mrs. Roosevelt 70 Aid.
Meanwhile Mrs. Roosevelt Was pre-
pairing today to put all her influence
behind . campaign for continued sup
port Of Community Chests and similar
in all parts Of the country.
The First Lady, during her Gx months
in the White House. has made It her
business to obtain first-hand knowledge
Of the seamy side Of hfe. She has
visited the overpopulated alleys /of the
Capital; she has gone, unannounced,
into the West Virginia coal fields; she
has visited rural communities and big
city tenement districts, and she has
sponsored q camp for jobless girls ct
Bear Mountain, N. Y.
Upon this knowledge she win draw
for strong plea for the welfare neces-
stiles Of the coming Winter when the
1888 mobilization for human needs, Of
which Newton D. Baker is chairman,
convenes at the White House tomorrow.
Mrs. Roosevelt has consented to serve
as woman's chairman, and win hold q
womans meeting In the east
room. She, also win address an evening
At her press conference yesterday,
Mrs. Roosevelt decried what she termed
. tremendous feeling" abroad In the
land that, because the Government was
engaged In, relief there was no obliga-
ton to support private charities.
There is need for an infinite num-
ber Of things that the Government can
not do," she declared.