Evening star., 1941-06-20
Chest Names 58
Welfare Units
As Members
18th Annual Fund
Drive to Be Held
November 1877

Fifty-eight welfare agencies, in
cluding one new group, were elected
to membership in the Washington
Community Chest at meeting of
its Board of Trustees yesterday in
the United States Chamber of Com
merce.
The board set November 13 to 27
as dates for the 14th annual Chest
fund drive, and named chairmen and
vice chairmen of five important
committees who will carry on the
campaign.
j. Clifford Folger, general cam
paign chairman, announced the fol-
lowing committees: Advance Gifts,
Richard H. Wilmer, chairman and
Randolph G. Bishop, vice chairman;
Group Unit, A. G.. Neal, chairman,
and Lawrence E. williams and John
]. Hasley, vice chairmen; Metropoli-
tan Unit, John A. Reilly, chairman;
Speakers Bureau, J. S. Gorreu, chair
man, and Audit Unit, James A.
Councillor.
The name of the Government
Unit head will be announced within
the next two weeks, Mr.. FoIger re-
ported.
New Agency Admitted.
The Washington Urban League
was the one new agency recon-
mended for membership by the
Executive Comittee and elected by
the trustees yesterday. The agency
deals with problems Of housing,
disease, delinquency, unemployment
and undernourishment among the
colored population of the city.
Dropped from membership in the
Chest we're two Parent Teacher As
sociation shoe and rubber funds.
Reason given for their withdrawal
was that both receive generous
public support through newspaper
and radio appeals made during the
Christmas season.
Coleman Jennings, Chest presi-
dent, in his report to the board, an
nounoed the receipt of s2,338.17
under the will Of the late Isaac
GaSs, and said this brought the
Chests endowment fund to $685.
45c53.
Mr.. Jennings pointed out that
Chest officials had gladly" given
permission to those Chest agencies
included in the United Service
Organizations fund campaign to
solicit, outside the Chest drive, the
funds necessary for them to play
their part in meeting the national
emergency"
Mr.. Reilly. Chest treasurer, re-
ported net pledges to date of 81 ,946,-
926.67, of which a total of 1892
06043 had been collected This left
balance of s6l4,866 "a to be col
lected before the end of the year,
he said.
Christ Child Society Aided.
The president also announced that
$4,000 had been set aside as an
underwriting fund to enable the
Christ Child Society to use the
buildings at Bald Eagle as a demon
stration camp for three months for
convalescent care of colored chill
dren.
The So agencies elected to mem
bership follow:
Barney Neighborhood House, Boy
Scouts of Washington, Montgomery
and Prince Georges; Boys Club of
Washington, Bureau of Rehabilita-
ton, Catholic Charities, Catholic
Charities of Prince Georges County,
Child Welfare Society, Children's
Country Home, Children's Protec-
tive Association, Christ Child Fresh
Air Farm for Convalescent Chill
dren, Christ Child Settlement
House, Council of Social Agencies
of the District of Columbia and
Vicinity, Department of Social We'll
fare of the Washington Federation
OF Churches, D. c. Rehabilitation
OF the Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans, Episcopal Home for
Children, Family Service Associa-
tion, Department for the Blind,
Summer Outings Committee; Flor
ence Crittenton Home.
Friendship House, Georgetown
Children's House. Girl Scouts of
D. c. and Montgomery County. Girl
Scouts of Arlington County, Girl
Scouts of Prince Georges County.
Hebrew Home for the Aged, In
structive Visiting Nurse Society, In
structive Visiting Nurse Association
of Arlington County. Jewish Com
Center, Jewish Foster Home,
Jewish Social Service Agency,
Juanita kaufman Nye Council
House, Legal Aid Bureau, North
west Settlement House, Phyllis
Wheatley Y. w. c. A.
st. Anna's Home, st. AIMS Infant
Asylum, st. Joseph's Home and
st. Roses Technical School,
St. Vincent's Home and School, Sal
vation Army, Social Hygiene So
ciety, Social Service Exchange, So
cial Service League of Montgomery
County, Social Service League Of
Prince Georges County, Southeast
House, Washington Welfare Asso-
ciation; Southwest Community
House, Stoddard Baptist Home,
Travellers Aid Society, Twelfth
Street Branch of the Y. M. c. A.
Washington Animal Rescue League,
Criminal Justice As
Washington Heart Asso-
citation, Washington Home for
Foundlings, Washington Housing
Association, Washington Institute
Of Mental Hygiene, Washington So
ciety for the Hard OF Hearing,
Urban League, Welfare
Department Of the American Le-
yion, Young Mems Christian Asso-
ciation, Young Women's Christian