Evening star., 1937-10-02
IMMEDIATE DRIVE
MAPPED FOR FREE
SCHOOL LUNCHES
Citizens Committee Plans
Quick Action to Raise
$4,000.
MOVE TO UNDERWRITE
FUND is SIDETRACKED
Group to Consider Ways and
Means Tomorrow-Milk Bottles
to Collect Contributions.

W VU11cCt VVutIlVuL1OuS.
In an effort to get the school free
lunches started next week, the Citizens
Emergency Committee to raise the
necessary 100000 plans a major drive
for approximately $4,000 at once.
Although Works Progress Admins
tration authorities have not approved
projects of less than three months
duration, Mrs. Mary Steele, w. P. A.
official, told committee members at
a luncheon at Harvey's Restaurant
yesterday she would seek and back
Federal approval of two-week prof.
ect to provide the labor if sufficient
money could be raised to get the food
for that time.
The project must be operated joint
ly through Federal and private funds
covering labor and non-labor costs.
respectively.
Underwriting Plan Sidetracked.
Though Mrs John Boyle, jr, chair
man of the civic group, made strong
appeal for group to join with her in
underwriting the project, the commit
tee decided to proceed along other
lines Underwater solicitation, it was
thought, even if successful, might in
terfere with the Community Chest
drive next month.
Announcement was made Of long
list Of benefit programs beginning
with a daredevil flying exhibition at
College Park today and tomorrow at
pm. and including boxing bouts,
dance, a parent-teacher movie prof.
ect, and a theater project, but the
committee felt revenue from these
events would not be available in time
to enable immediate beginning OF the
lunch service
Committee to Weigh Plans.
In the meantime a special Steering
Committee, headed by Arthur Claren-
don Smith and including Mrs. Boyle,
Allen De Ford, Maurice Simon and D.
j. Kaufman, will meet tomorrow to
decide on means to raise money enough
to get underway.
A milk bottle will be placed in
| every restaurant in town bearing the
sign Take hungry child to lunch
today-it will cost you seven cents"
Mrs. Boyle announced, and following
| suggestion by Simon, local insur-
ance broker, an appeal will be made
to the Board of Education to allow
| installation of donation boxes in the
schools.
This is children's problem"
Simon said, land there is no better
way to attack it than working
through the children"
Following suggestion by Arthur
Brown of radio station VOL, an
effort will also be made to install COL
lection boxes at sporting events.
There Is no one more generous
with his loose change than the sport
ing FAM" Brown declared.
Churches to Cooperate
Special offerings also will be asked
at special school children's Sunday
in churches of all denominations and
creeds under plan suggested by
Rabbi Abram Simon. He thought
October IL appropriate
L am sure these benefits are going
to give us the necessary money but
we need some badly right away" Mrs.
Boyle explained.
Police Inspector L. I. H. Edwards
assured the group Of police co-opera-
ton and endeavor in the selling of
tickets for the prize fights October 18
at Griffith Stadium.
Meanwhile, contributions are con-
tmulng to come in. DeFord, a food
broker, who presided at the luncheon.
announced contribution of 500 by
dairy
Street Blamed
Mrs. Boyle laid responsibility for
the lack of federal funds to run the
entire project at the door of Welfare
Director Elwood Street.
In 1884, I went before Congress"
she told the group. land succeeded in
having included in the local relief bill
clause that not more than $4,000
shall be set aside from the $4,000 600
fund to provide lunches for necessi-
tous school children"
In conference the word shall was
changed to may" she continued,
and Mr.. Street wrote the free lunch
project to take care of both labor
and materials from the regular relief
fund instead of setting aside the
$4,000. Had he not done this. the
service might now be operating on
annual specific appropriation by Con-
| preSS"