Evening star., 1943-04-15

Chest Agencies Meet
Wartime Challenge,
Wi|IeH Reports
Board Of Trustees Elected !;
VoIue Of Social Services
In Britoin Sketched
OPERATING REPORT of Com
munity Chest for 1942. Page C-s
Pledging that I'VE will continue to
keep faith with those who have
given their money and time, and
with those who, are giving their
lives" Herbert L. Willett, jr.. director
Of the Community Chest. yesterday
reviewed in his annual report the
manner in which Chest agencies
have met the challenge imposed by
war conditions.
Mr.. Willett's report was a high
light of the Chests annual meeting
in the United States Chamber of
Commerce Building. Other features
OF the session included election of
the Board of Trustees, the treas
urer's annual report. presented by
John Reilly, outgoing treasurer;
commentator of members of the
Chest staff and volunteer workers
by Coleman Jennings, president,
and description of conditions on
the home front in England by Senior
Comdr. Pamela Hammick, head of
the Women's Auxiliary Territorial
Services In this country.
Tells Of Social Services.
Comdr. Hammick, who has been
a member of the zoo, ,000-women
ATS, similar to the American
WAACS, since early in 1910, de-
scribed what Britain's social services
have done to meet problems result
ing from total mobilization. She
told Of the organization of COM
munal feeding centers. the opening
of day nurseries, recreation clubs
for youthful war workers and the
care given children evacuated to the
rural areas.
Welfare societies are keeping the
home front on an even. keel
smoothing out dinnculties which have
arisen through war work and look
ing after the growing generation. {"
she said. I'VE in England are very
thankful to them for what they have
done In the past We also realize
that we shall have to look to them
more than ever in the future when
postwar Britain is being built"
Meeting New Problems.
In his review of Community Chest
work last year, Mr.. Willett declared
that member agencies have con-
tinued to meet the challenge. They
are graphing with new problems
every day and are laying careful
plans for the challenge of the
future" he reported.
The central planning and CO.
ordinating agencies of the chest
were described as today doing the
toughest, most important job in
their history"
Through these central organiza-
tions, all agencies, both public and
private, are able to bring the fun
firing power of their common re-
sources within range efnciently and
rapidly" Mr.. Willett said.
Community Chest agencies were
hampered in their work in the past
year by lack Of adequate personnel,
he said. He pointed out, however,
that many volunteers have enlisted
In the work. .. - w.
The active support of volunteers
Is continuing, and when properly
trained and given a chance to un-
derstand the Importance. of the job
they are doing. they are proving to
be loyal workers and enthusiastic in
terpreters to the community of the
work We are doing he observed.
Board Shoulders Responsibilities.
The Chest director also praised
the members of agency boards as
being another great force In meet
ing the problems at hand"
The day Of the socially prom
hert Board Of Directors which
would take the credit without the
responsibility is happily gone for
ever he said. Agency executives
need and deserve boards made up. of
people with convictions born of q
sympathetic, human feeling of COM
munity responsibility and, in addi-
tion, both the ability and the will
ingness to help the agency attain
ever higher levels Of community
service
ALL nominees recommended by the
Nominating Committee for election
to. the Board OF Trustees became
members Of the board when the
meeting voted unanimously to ac-
cept the committees. report. Her
bert ]. rich. committee chairman
announced the addition of the name
Of Frederick s. Weaver, assistant
editor Of the Washington Tribune
and deputy recorder Of deeds for
the District. to the list of nominees
published last week, In The star.
some members Of the Board Of
Trustees represent member agencies,
others represent the contributors to
the Chest. In. addition; N onacjals
Of the District, Government were
named as ex-olncio members.
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