Evening star., 1933-04-29

Washington gave as it has never CIV
en- before"
Jobholders, facing retrenchments in
their family budgets. were urged to
stick to their pledges to contribute to
the Chest.
Mr.. Streets report OF the Chest
1882 activities was illustrated with a
series of lantern slides.
He said there were increases In
service "all along the battle front of
service in 1882 as compared with 1881
He listed these increases as follows
Families cared for by welfare agen-
cies. q per cent.
Number of cases Of homeless and
transients receiving case work or trav-
el service, 29l2 per cent.
Homeless and transient individuals
receiving material relief, 79 per cent.
Amount of relief to homeless and
transient persons. l44 per cent.
Number of meals served homeless
and transient persons, 1851 per cent,
and number of night lodgings given
them, 96.8 per cent
Old persons cared for in homes for
the aged, 3 9-10 per cent.
Days care given children in Com
munity Chest Institutions, 6 per cent.
Days care given free patients in
Chest hospitals. 3 4-10 per cent.
Visits to clinics and dispensaries,
16 $40 per cent.
Individuals served In mental hygi-
enc clinics, Al per cent.
Public health nursing visits to sick
people in their own homes, IL ITO
per cent.
On the other hand a decrease in
service was shown in one activity. This
was in the days care furnished in day
nurseries, which dropped by 2 per cent
from the 1881 figure. This was at
tributed by Mr.. Street to unemploy-
ment of mothers and fathers.
He urged continued and greater ef-
fort than before by Chest workers and
said that I'VE must be social engi-
neers, engaged in social invention, to
handle the problems of a civilization
overly complicated by mechanical in
vention."
The report of the Budget Commit
tee, made by Mr.. Evans, was read by
mittee chairman, due to illness.
Trustees Are Elected.
Joseph D. Kaufman presented the
report of the Nominating Committee,
and the following were unanimously
elected to the Board Of Trustees as
representing contributors:
Grace Abbott, 1t. Col. Henry O.
Atwood, DR.. Frank w. Ballou, H. A.
Bellows, Mrs Harry S. Bernton, Frank
A. Birgfeld, DR.. e. A. Bocock, Y. E.
Booker, Mrs Frederick H. Brooke, Mrs
Thomas Edwin Brown, Gov. Thomas E
Campbell, Wilbur j. Carr, John W.
Childress. Dwight Clark. George j.
Cleary, Judge James A. Cobb, Edward
F. Colladay. James E. Collifiower, John
Colpoys, Mrs Wilson Compton, Mrs
Coralie F. Cook, w. S. Corby, James A
Councillor, Rev. w. L. Darby, Fred
eric A. Delano, Charles Eliot. End;
Joshua Evans, jr.; w. w. Everett, VIM
j. Flather, jr.; Robert v. Fleming, Rt
Rev. James E. Freeman, j. Louis Gelb-
man, C. C. Glover, jr; Mrs. Charles A.
Goldsmith, E. c. Graham, Col. U. S
Grant. 3rd.; Mrs. Cary Grayson, Rev.
Dr. Francis ]. Haas, Col. West A. Ham,
ilton, John H. Hanna, DR.. John r
Hawkins, Arthur HELEN. Mrs Archibald
Hopkins, DR.. D. c. Howard, Coleman
Jennings, Samuel H. Kaufman, JOS
eph .. Kaufman, Wayne Kendrick
John Rooms, DR.. Jas. P. Leake, E. W
Libbey, T. P. Littlepage, Sidney B
McLachlen, Marvin M. Mclean, Rt
Rev. John M. Mcnamara, Lowell Mel
lett, w. W. MILAN, DR.. Kelly Miller
Walter Mitchell. jr.;; William Montgom-
cry, DR.. Harold G. Moulton, George
Hewitt Myers, A. G.: Neal, DR.. Charles
p. Neill, Newbold Noyes, Mrs. John Jay
O'Connor, Eleanor Patterson, Allen
Pope. Walter s. Pratt, Luther H
Reichelderfer, H. L. Rust, jr.; Rabbi
Abram Simon, DR.. w. w. Stockberger
L. Corrin Strong, Mrs. Sidney r. Talia-
ferro, Corcoran Thorn, s. Percy Thomp-
son, Hugh Thrift, Mrs. Charles Tomp.
kins, Jos. P. Tumulty. John F. Victory
Maj; Ennalls Waggaman, Capt. Chester
Wells, w. w. Wheeler, Garnett c. vii.
kinson, Mrs. John r. Williams, George
S. Wilson. Lloyd B. Wilson, Mrs Luke ]
Wilson, Carter @. Woodson, j. BeSnayt
Wycko6, Edward q. Yonk1.