Evening star., 1933-05-19
PRESIDENCY
FOR 1888 ACCEPTED
by NEWBOLD MOVES
Associate Editor of The Star
Says Campaign Faces
Greatest Task.
ROOSEVELT AND GARNER
GIVEN HONORARY TITLES
E. C. Graham, Retiring Head, to
Be Thanked for Last
Years Work.

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of The Star, yesterday accepted the
presidency of the Chest, succeeding E
C. Graham, who has served during the
past year.
The board of trustees of the Chest
| in their annual meeting at the United
States Chamber of Commerce elected
President Roosevelt honorary president
and Vice President Garner honorary
! vice president.
] The trustees also elected as vice pres
idents Mrs. Harry Bernton, DR.. Henry
]. Crosson, Admiral Cary T. Grayson
Mrs Joseph Hines and DR.. Kelly Mil
Ter, and named H. l.. Rust, jr., secre-
tary. William j. Flather, jr, was
elected treasurer and Clarence A. As
pinwall and Frank r. Jelleff were added
to the board to fill vacancies.
Pictures Coming Year.
Mr.. Noyes pictured the coming year
as the most crucial yet faced by the
! Chest, declaring:
Ever since the Chest was initiated
four years ago, each year has held its
own particular crisis. The first year
| it was the launching Of the new Chest
enterprise. The second year there was
the danger of overconfldence because
of our superb initial success. Then
came the first year of the depression
Last year is close enough to all our
memories to need no cataloguing. And
now, in 1888, we face, think, our max
| imum task so far
Before the Fall campaign we have
much to do. We must see that every
dollar that has been pledged to our use
goes as far as dollar can be made to
go to alleviate suffering and distress
| and prevent dispair and Generalization
We must, with the aid Of all other civic
J bodies, prevail upon the District Com
missionerS to so meet the emergency
demands of the current crisis from prl-
vate and public funds as to enable each
of our member agencies their normal
communal obligations. We must prove
| to our more than 100000 SUBSCRIBERS
| that the Community Chest OF WASH
ington can cope with the difficult prob
lem with which it is today faced COM
petently and courageously.
These things, to be followed by the
regular Fall campaign, can be success
/ fully accomplished only If we have the
steadfast support of those Washing
| tonians who brought the Chest into eX-
| istence and who are responsible for Its
destinies. And by that I mean the sup
port of practically the entire city, which
has hitherto been afforded the Chest.
Let no one be deluded by certain
essential but subsidiary developments oi
| the past few months. Public FUNDS
supplied from our local tax revenues or
from the National Treasury, vital
though they are to meet an unpredlct-
| able emergency, must be recognized as
basically supplemental and essentially
| temporary in character. The foundation
upon which the structure Of welfare
work, of mercy and charity and hu-
manity rests in Washington is still the
Community Chest.
II can say to every subscriber that
| the Congress would not have approprl-
ated dollar of essential emergency
funds to meet the local crisis If we had
not been able to convince it that our
city had made the superb showing that
it has in meeting It's obligations of pri-
vate philanthropy.
Must Go Forward
1.-THE Chest must go forward. Even
! If there Were and there is not, some
substitute method for raising the funds
wherewith to carry on the fine work OF
| our competent agencies, individual and
personal philanthropy should not be
| done away with. I dedicate myself and
my fellow volunteer workers for the
Chest to the fine and essential task OF
seeing that it survives and flourishes.
| Mr. Graham, speaking briefly, paid
| high tribute to the work of the Chest
and to its director, Elwood Street. He
said he would continue his interest In
the Chest, although the time he could
devote to it would be necessarily some
| what limited.
Joshua Evans, jr., chairman of the
Budget Committee, reported that Com
munity Chest organizations from Janu-
ary to April 80 have used $500 900. or
| 40 per cent. of their total appropriation
Of 81 ,537 900 for 1888.
The agencies doing case work for
dependent families and individuals" he
reported, have spent 49 per cent OF
| their appropriations; the agencies for
, institutional care for dependent chill
dren and adults, 80 per cent; the hos
pitfalls, 26 per cent; the health organi-
cations, 33 per cent; the character
building organizations, 81 per cent; the
| agencies for community cooperation
! 81 per cent, this latter including cam
paign costs, so that the agencies in the
I group aside from that have used less
than 38 per cent"
| Inaugural Check Received.
| Mr.. Evans reported that check for
/ 10000 has been received from the
Inaugural Committee, and earmarked
! for relief of distress" This money,
/ he said, has been put at the disposal
of the group committee on case work
/ for dependent families and individuals
for distribution among relief agencies.
: Thanks are DUE he reported, Ito
! the District Commissioners, the men,
bers of the Board of Public Welfare,
to members of the House and Senate
District Committees, the House and
4 Senate Appropriations Committees and
| to the Relief Committee of the Council
of Social Agencies for the encouraging
outcome to what at one time seemed
insuperakle difficulties"
THE needs of the community" he
declared, "aS served by the Chest
agencies are still greater than can be
financed by the funds which are now
available"
He reported that the Executive Com
mittee of the Budget Committee recon-
mends that the board of trustees au-
thorize the appointment of special COM
mittee to take up with the appropriate
authorities of the District and of Con-
gress proposals for legislation whicn
would make possible reimbursement to
the certain Chest agencies for excess
expenditures which were made In
caring for families and individuals
which were the legal responsibility OF
Federal authorities but for whom, be-
cause of lack of public appropriation
private expenditure had to be made.
The recommendation was adopted
and a committee will be named by Mr.
Noyes.
Reports Made.
A. G. Landrus read the report Of the
treasurer; Mr.. Street submitted his re-
port as director; Mr.. Noyes reported fol-
the Collection Committee; Harry Hites