Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-11
Trustees Urge
Chest Expand
To Nearby Area
Recommend Agencies
In Three Counties Be
Included in 40 Drive

To-Day. Inc recommendation Will NC
passed upon at an early meeting OF
the board.
Under the proposal the Chest
service would be extended to Alex
andria and to Arlington and Fair
fax Counties, Va, and Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties in
Maryland, bringing the number OF
units to So.
Herbert L. Willett, jr., director OF
the Chest, said that if the recon-
mendation is accepted, I'VE hope
that this forward step in co-opera-
ton and community planning will
stimulate a generous wave OF CIV
ing by people in the suburbs"
List of Agencies Applying.
The suburban agencies recon-
mended for admission are:
In Alexandria, the Social Service
League. the Boys Club, the Girls
Club, the Girl Scouts and the Hop
kins House Association. The Boy
Scouts and the Salvation Army are
recommended for inclusion as
branches of these organizations in
Washington.
The Chest also would use Alexan-
dria contributions to purchase serv-
Ice for the needy sick at the Alex
andria Community Health Center,
Inc, and the Alexandria Hospital
In Arlington County the Girl
i. Scouts, the Instructive Visiting
Nurse Association and the Social
Hygiene Board are recommended as
separate agencies and the Boy Scouts
as a branch agency.
In Fairfax County the County
Family Service League and County
Health League are recommended as
separate agencies and the Boy Scouts
as a branch agency.
In Montgomery County the Social
Service League was recommended as
a separate agency and the Boy and
Girl Scouts as branch agencies.
In Prince Georges County the rec
commended agencies were the Cath
Ole Charities. Girl Scouts and
County Social Service League. The
Boy Scouts would be a branch
agency and service would be pur-
chased for the needy sick from the
Prince George Clinic,
Election Is for One Year.
Mr.. Willett pointed out that the
expansion will bring nearby agen-
cies into a federation of voluntarily,
supported units organized to solicit
funds in one annual campaign.
Election to membership is for one
year and each member must reapply
for membership and be reelected.
In discussing the proposal Mr.. Will
lett said:
only if the people living in the
suburbs support the work of their
own agencies with much greater en-
thusiasm than in the past will those
agencies be able to render the extent
of service that any study of condi-
'tions reveals is essential to the well
fare of the community"
John A. Reilly, president of the
Second National Bank of Washing
ton and Chest treasurer, declared:
The ability of the Community
Chest to expand services depends
entirely upon the vision of citizens
who realize the extent of the need,
and upon the generosity with which
they respond to that need.
The Community Chest cannot
give money to suburban agencies
unless suburban citizens by their
gifts provide that money and take
a full share in carrying on the serv-
ices which affect, directly or indi-
rectly, every individual every fam
lily, and every home in Greater
Washington.
The Community Chest is not
holding company which has a sum
of money it can use at the discretion
of a Board of Directors. 1t is
community wide enterprise. Every
contributor is voting member.
Every member agency has a specific
service or group of services to per-
form"
The approaching Chest cam
paign, scheduled for November 8 to
%, will enlist nearly 10000 volun-
teer workers whose task it will be
to present to every potential con-
tributor in Washington, Alexandria
and the four adjacent counties the
opportunity to contribute toward the
support of member agencies which
minister to the needs of their I'M
fortunate neighbors without regard
Ito race, creed, or color
Volunteers Being Organized.
Volunteer campaign workers are
now being organized into six units,
Mr. Reilly pointed out: Advance
gifts; Government; group solicita-
ton. covering business and educa-
tional organizations employing Is or
more people; metropolitan, which
= solicits homes and smaller business
organizations; capital, which sollcits
colored citizens not reached in other
units, and suburban.
The Chest Budget Committee, also
composed of volunteers, studies the
work of all the member agencies
and impartially allocates funds for
the services that they render The
public relations department uses
every possible channel to let contrib
utors know how their money is used.
Pledges which the volunteer cam
paign workers obtain from contribu-
tors must be paid so that the Chest
and the member agencies may COM
>plete the task for which they are
organized, Mr. Reilly emphasized.
Contributors must realize that
the final results depend upon them"
he continued, there is no place in
the Chest for an unpaid pledge.
THE safety of children, the Sc
curity of families-the way in which
the Chest member agencies are able
to meet the needs of the whole COM
munity-depend upon how fully con-
tributors keep their promises and
make systematic payments upon
their pledges"