Evening star., 1940-01-13
S3,945|s Raised Here,
But Only $258 Spent
For Foreign Relief
3596 Used for Expenses
By Collecting Agencies;
Finnish Aid Not Included
By GARRETT d. HORNER.

BY GARNETT d. HORNER.
Seven Washington organizations
authorized to solicit funds for relief
in the countries officially at war in
Europe-not including Finland
actually collected $3,945 .08, but spent
only $258.3O for relief during the
first three months of the war,
State Department report disclosed
today.
The report showed that i,402 IS,
or more than IS per cent of the
funds reported collected by the Or
ganizations here, went for the ex-
pense of administration. publicity,
affairs, campaigns, etc. The organ
izations reported an aggregate bal
ance of $2,284.23 on hand at the end
of November.
In the country as a whole, nearly
200 organizations reported they had
collected total of s1,272,933 and
spent $645 .966 for relief during Sep
tember, october and November. The
total overhead expense was listed
as $67,146, or slightly more than S
per cent of the collections.
The reports concern funds col
lected for humanitarian purposes
in Poland, France, Great Britain
and Germany under provisions of
the Neutrality Act, which requires
organizations soliciting funds for
use In belligerent countries to reg
lister with the State Department and
submit monthly reports.
Overhead Takes All Funds.
Organizations collecting funds for
Finnish relief are not required to
register or report to the State De-
partment, since this country has not
recognized an actual state of war
between Finland and Russia and
has not applied the Neutrality Act
to those countries. Red Cross ac-
tivities also are not reported.
Two local groups, one collecting
relief funds for Poland and the 9TH
er for France, reported all of their
collections were absorbed by over
head expense.
The Association Franco-Ameri-
caine des Parrains ct Marraines de
Guerre des u S. A., which collected
$35 for relief and France and re-
ported it all absorbed by overhead
expense, had its registration revoked
on November 81 for failure to OBJ
serve the rules and regulations.
The Gen. Gustav Orlicz Dresser
Foundation for Aid to Polish Chill
dren reported sl15.54 collected and
spent for administration.
S45 for Relief, $1,000 Expenses.
The largest collections here were
reported by the Central Spanish
Committee for Relief of Refugees,
which collected S3,44649 for use in
France. 1t reported actual relief
expenditures of $45, overhead ex-
pense of $1,229.26 and a balance at
the end of November of s2,17223.
The Polish Club of Washington
reported collections of $236.05, with
$2l3.30 spent for relief in Poland
and $2275 for overhead expense.
Mrs. Carroll Greenough reported
$72 collected for relief in France
and Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman of
Bethesda, Md, reported $40 COL
1ected for use in Great Britain.
Both reported no expenditures dur
ing the three months.
The International Artists Com
munity Club of Washington, au-
thorized to collect Polish relief
funds, reported it had collected
nothing and spent nothing. Its
registration was revoked December
ID at its own request.
$4,000 for Overhead.
In other parts of the country
many organizations reported large
proportions of their collections alb
sorbed by overhead expense, while
several others used all their funds
Tor relief, with no overhead,
The Spanish Refugee Relief Cam
paign, New York, reported collec-
tions of s14,203 and overhead ex-
pense of $10,336. The International
Committee of Young Mems Chris
tion Associations, New York, COL
lected $1,100, of which 1894 was alb
sorbed by overhead.
The Polish Radio Programs Bu-
reau, Hamtramck, Mich, reported
collections of $19,617, all spent for
relief, and the Poland War Suf-
ferers' Aid Committee, Cleveland
Ohio, collected $13,359.07 and spent
all for relief except $70.67 for over
head expense.