The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-17

w. the Com unity Chest has
tlon1 taken by the budget commit.
oes4 tor ratification by the board Of
tee . ~ of the Chest, the Rev.
aae 1.ar 3. Freed, president Of the
wet Ta said last night.
OI nis statement was made in COM
nl s IN a communication laid be-
n s1sa the city council yesterday hint
fore " IAN exhaustive study into
lns ,t Of the Associated Charities by
'sa Community Chest, of a pos
ta NE Withdrawing of Chest funds
SlDis +be Associated Charities, and
lI0ii .,a establishment of a new
0. ,onization to be known as 1.-THE
T 9lsrl Service Agency.
fs Tse Communication was the copy
NV letter under date of August
:. q forwarded to the Rev. Mr..
,od bv Rabbi Mordecai M.
Ls' rn and the Rev. Mortimer
9 e1.rer resident and vice-president
U.a.sgnectively. of the Associated Cha
Fs t.;ps protesting the Chests antic-
'g Nv grounds that the Associated
ct Wy is not a private agency,
o.unrrespntatives of the Community
r lSs are seeking to withdraw
c css funds, and to use the $4,000
. ., appropriation for mainten-
snrs Of the proposed new social
s s.sncv, the communication init
mates. ,. E.oa III
,Ined TO either confirm or deny
NJ. .,l entire content, however, he
.-stpd that discussions on the mat
.or had been made at prellmln-
srv hearing of the budget COM
mittee. .. oo;,
rom me Associated Charities
which he did not release for pub
fcaton". Freed stated last night
hat he had written to the officials
n the Associated Charities.
The city and county governments
,re affected by any future action
concerning the Associated Chart
.;ps inasmucch as both governments
contribute heavily to that social
srgan cation, directed by Mrs. L.
! O. Ellis. o..
rails still feel that the establish
ment of another agency is essential
md that curtailment of funds is
necessary, the Associated Charities
should appreciate receiving from
voI within ten days, written notice
IN that effect" wrote Thurman and
| Glover.
Should the Associated Charities
be denied membership in the Com
munity Chest, we propose to con-
duct our own campaign for funds
and acquaint the citizens of our
community with all the facts" the
letter concluded.
Full context of the letter to Freed
follows:
AT a meeting of the Board Of
Directors of the Associated Chart
ties on August 10, report was
made by our budget committee
which had met with the budget
committee Of the Community Chest
on August 9.
The report stated that the bud
get fixed by our committee was
approved. However, our represent
tatives were informed that a group
Of citizens interested in the estab-
lishment of Family Service Agen-
cy had requested an appropriation
Of S3,206 to that end. Furthermore.
our committee was advised that If
the Family Agency were approx
ed and subsequently established
the budget Of the Associated Chari-
ties would in all likelihood be cur
tailed or entirely eliminated.
We have been told, from time
to time, by representatives of the
Community Chest that an exhaus-
tive study Of the Associated Chart
ties, covering a period of several
months, had been made by COM
mittee composed of Chest officials.
This committee came to the con-
cuslon that the Associated Chari-
ties is not private agency and
4 recommended the esta blishment Of
Family Service Agency.
The privilege of studying the
exhaustive investigation of the
aforementioned committee, the
composlt'on of which is still I'M
known, has been denied the Off
Gals Of the Associated Charities
oeSplte repeated requests made
curing the past few months. Such
report, it seems to US, should
nave been available to the Asso-
Gated Charities, especially since
lis very life depended upon the
scceptances or rejection thereof.
during the several joint meet
MsS held to determine whether or
lo' me Associated Charities should
W continued as member of the
e9mmunity Chest, representatives
T., u our organization have repeated
y asked for evidence of made
gua'e and inefficient service to the
~ Of our community under
, uie existing relationship between
NE associated Charities and the
apartment Of Public Welfare. To
.ilS DAY no such evidence has been
1 11o"h or brought to our attention.
thlaSmuch as the Community Chest
aaS Jailed to prove the inadequacy
O VI me existing set-up, we see no
T T for any change at this time.
~. assertion that other cities OF
;saUalpaafable size have Family Serv-
se Agencies is at once untenable
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