Evening star., 1933-10-15
Community Chest Essential
To Relief Here, Hogan Asserts
Campaign Chairman Dra,cs Distinction
Between Day-to-Day Needs and Emer-
gency Unemployment Relief.

Seeking to clarity In the minds Of
District residents the purpose Of the
Community Chest campaign Of Novem-
Der 20 to 20, and its relation to the
emergency relief activities Of the Gov
ernment, Frank j. Hogan, campaign
chairman. issued a statement yesterday
setting forth the aims and objects of
the Chest this year.
Emergency relief never was a normal
function of the Community Chest agen-
cieS, but was undertaken here because
of the lack Of public funds for that
use. Mr.. Hogan said. At one time the
Chest was supplying almost all local
relief funds, he pointed out. while in
Of relief funds were met with public
funds.
Mr.. Hogan's statement follows:
Striking changes have taken place
recently in the services rendered by the
welfare agencies of Washington in the
amount of money available and in the
degree of which District and Federal
government have taken responsibility
for relief.
Needs Remain the Same.
"Yet human needs remain the same.
Food, shelter, employment. guidance,
good home life, hospitals. care OF the
sick and the aged, had to be provided
for thousands even in the boom days.
Prosperity was never so universal in its
effects as the depression has been, and
there always were people who needed
help of various kinds Social agencies
we're formed to provide the skilled serv-
ice which the public conscience de-
manded before the depression came to
focus the spotlight sharply on bread
and coal.
"The Community Chest was formed
i five years ago to finance these services
more economically than could be done
by separate effort; to distribute funds
equitably according to need, and to I'M
prove business methods. The Chest
has more than lived up to its early
promise.
"As poverty increased rapidly IN
Washington under depression conditions
of the past few years, it was imperative
that the hungry be fed. The Com
munity Chest undertook to raise funds
for this purpose in addition to the
funds for the regular services. This
emphasis on relief Of the unemployed
was at the cost of essential services,
such as hospital care. character build
ing and care Of dependent children and
old folks. While expenses for relief
were adding a tremendous burden to
private philanthropy as expressed In
the Community Chest, contributors
themselves were suffering losses, and
many had to reduce their gifts.
Staggering Burden Shown.
"The District of Columbia and the
Federal Emergency Relief Administra-
ton have taken over in Washington
the burden of unemployment relief,
which has grown to staggering size.
Three million dollars, it is estimated.
will be required from public funds for
! the District of Columbia to serve the
more than 1000 families and individ-
uals who will come under the care of
the emergency relief division of the
Board of Public Welfare during the
year. Now IS per cent of the total ex-
penditure for relief in Washington
comes from public funds. Such funds
assure us that people out of work need
| not starve or freeze to death or sleep in
the streets.
But these are not the only human
needs. Private gifts made through the
Community Chest still must be relied
upon to provide other essentials Of
civilized life. The regular job Of charity
and philanthropy still remains to carry
on such necessary services as:
IuUllC IlcdlIIl lluTSulS, IlOI only DeO-
side care, but training in how to keep
we'll
Foster homes and institutions for
children with no fit shomes Of their
own.
Baby clinics.
Summer camps for undernourished
and underprivileged children.
Free and part-pay hospital and
clinic care for those unable to pay for
all or part of their care; special diets
and treatment.
Other Families in Need.
Relief to families who are destitute
for some reason other than unemploy-
ment.
Training and aid for the blind
Skilled personal service to men and
women and young people who ask ad-
vice, whether or not they need money.
Trained workers who can deal with
| the misflts, the exceptions, the border
liners; who take time to listen to
peoples troubles; who bring courage
and sense of neighborlinesS; who seek
to heal the wounds caused by the de-
preston and to help people back into
their normal places in the community.
Character building and crime pre-
vention through group activities Of boys
and girls and young people; sort of