Evening star., 1933-05-17
STREET EG|VESPLEA
FORD: CHARITIES
Citizens, Forum Urges Gen.
trail Administration After
Hearing Talk.

Maintenance Of the regular charities
which must go on at all times now Is
Washingtons greatess problem OF phi
1antrophy, Elwood Street, director OF the
Community Chest, asserted last night in
an address, before the Citizens Forum
OF Columbia Heights.
After his address, the association
adopted . resolution asking that all
relief agencies be incorporated under
one head for the sake of efficiency and
economy. In his address, the Chest
director said,
Now as always we must care for
the sick and injured, the orphaned, the
aged, the wayward and delinquent, and
those who need guidance along their
way in life through the charitable and
welfare organizations which are feder-
ated in the Community Chest.
Praises Congress.
I'VE hope that the funds which are
made available through the Wagner
Lewis act, together with the amount
to be included in the District appro-
priation bill. will make it possible for
the emergency relief division of the
Board Of Public Welfare to care for
those people who are destitute because
Of unemployment and the emergency,
Is specified Ia this act.
THE greatest praise Is due to the
members Of the House and Senate Dis
t1ct Committees and Appropriations
Committees for their vision which has
thus encompassed national and local
need and made 1t possible for public
funds to assume the burden which pr1-
vate philanthrophy no longer could
carry.
I'VE have . great problem locally
now in continuing until the end Of the
,;r,o$t $t@vae
- the Associated Charities, the Jewish
Social Service Agency, the American
Legion and the Salvation Army.
;. "They have carried q burden twice
Nhat was estimated when appropria-
aons were made earlier In the year.
TT IL to be hoped that they can
transfer enough families to the emer-
gsncy relief division Of the Board Of
Public Welfare soon enough to enable
them to continue through the year the
care Of those families and individuals
which cannot be handled according to
the law by the emergency relief d1N-
sion.
In spite Of the cordial cooperation
Il the Board OF Public Welfare and its
sdlcials, this is . very real problem.
Other Needs Cited.
mot only the family welfare organi-
AtiOnS, but also the orpnanages, tne
homes for the aged. the hospitals, the
dispensaries, the Visiting Nurses, the
settlements. the boys clubs and other
character building organizations have,
on account of unemployment, much
heavier burden at this time than they
had year ago or at any time in their
previous history, because people without
resources are unable to pay for services
for which they previously could have
paid and because of the great need
for services which keep up the morale
and provide wholesome recreation in
this time when many people cannot
afford to pay for any recreation at all
to sustain them In this time OF tribu-
lation.
.'AN this means that with every
possible economy that can be worked
out, the Community Chest faces the
necessity of still closer pairing even
than what has been done, and 1t Is
important that every contributor pay
every dollar that he can Of his pledge
and that those who can give additional
amounts do so to meet need that Is
still greater and cannot be adequately
handled by public and private funds
combined"
The associations president. w. w.
Cculette. and Oliver E. Foulk, secre-
tary, presided at the meeting, held In
the Powell Junior High School,