Evening star., 1946-11-21

tton campaign, tUhich iods Sched-
Iled to end last Tuesday, has
reached only 7I.S4 per cent of its
goal OF $4,200, 900 and is being er-
tended this ioeek. To find out Just
ho,u the I25 agencies OF the
federation aoould be affected If
the driue Dere a failure, The Star
interviewed the directors of the
JolloBtng agerciessE Other inter
DieDs piH appear or subsequent
days. : A'ss =
st. AIMS Infant Asylum would
have to turn down some OF the
children who need help. Children
who are unable to remain in their
own homes because of family emer-
gencies such as death, or illness of
one or both parents, cannot be left
on the streets, Neighbors cannot al
ways take them in. st. AIMS has
been able to provide temporary care
while the family emergency lasts or
until more permanent plans can be-
made for the child. If the fedora
tion drive fails, some of these chill
dren will have to be told I'VE can't
take care of you.1
Social Hygiene Society would have
to curtail its counselling service and
Its health education work. With only
three persons on the staff now, the
loss of any one of them would seri-
ously limit the work of the society
at time when venereal disease.
juvenile sex delinquency and iHegit-
imcay are on the increase, Ray H.
Everett, executive secretary, said.
Many Government agencies send all
their counselling cases to the society,
MIR. Everett said, from the young
unmarried mothers to the older
women whose marriages have run
into problems The society just
would not be able to help all of them
and would not be able to give health
education lectures to all the PTA,
church and civic groups which re-
quest them.
Southeast House is the only COM
munity house for the colored In the !
Southeast section, and if its recrea-
tion program had to be curtailed,
there would be no other form of |
wholesome recreation facility in the |
community to which the boys and |
girls could turn. If the budget were |
cut very much, the nursery school,
where working mothers can leave
their children during the day, might |
have to limit the number it can take.
And there is nowhere else these
working mothers can turn to find a |
safe place to leave their children. I
Mrs. Odessa G. Parks, executive di-
rector, said the adult program, in
cluding the evening classes in sew
ing and homemaking for mothers,
probably would have to be discon-
tinued.
Camp Fire Girls would lack the
personnel to organize new groups
This would mean girls needing
wholesome recreation for their lei
sure time would be denied the op-
portunity for fun and the chance to
receive training that would make
them better adult citizens. Although
many volunteers give their time to
the program, they need trained
leaders to carry on sound program
in groups already organized. II We
have to say mo- to girls who want tos,
take part in our program" Mrs. REQ
Purcell, executive director of the
Potomac area said, .the girls will
turn to other forms of recreation,
perhaps not in wholesome surround +
ings" =
Washington Criminal Justice AS
sociation would have TO curtail its
research and would not have the
personnel nor the money to publish
its studies on the administration of /
criminal justice in the District, ac-I
cording to Edward ]. Flynn, assist
ant director The association, which,
acts as watch dog to guard against
any breakdown of criminal justice
in the District. has a staff of only
four persons, and any cut in the
budget would hamper the studies
constantly being made of the work
of the police, the prosecutors, the
courts, and Of probation, parole and
prison officials.
Department of Welfare, Washing
ton Federation of Churches, would
be unable to give churches assist
ance in developing their volunteer
and social educational program in
their welfare work with families.
Local churches and church agencies
spend thousands of dollars each year
for welfare purposes. A cut in the
budget, the Rev. Francis w. Nc
Peek, director, said, would mean a
cut in "our already small staff, and
a corresponding reduction in the
efficiency of this liaison Office" This
in turn means a waste of money
contributed to church welfare funds.
sWe would be back where we started
from to years ago." the Rev. Mr..
McPeek said.