Evening star., 1946-12-31
Visiting Nurse Society
Receives Highest Sum
OF 81 Chest Agencies
By Mory CoodeII

The Instructive Visiting Nurse
Society received $3.50 ,222 to carry on
its work in 1947, topping the 81
agencies of the Community Chest OF
Washington which today had been
allocated a total of 81 $3.50, ,265.
Receiving the second highest allot-
ment was the Family Service Asso-
citation with $l28,520. The Salvation
Army with $95,l10 was third and
the Boys Club of Washington was
fourth with an appropriation OF
500, 900.
Other funds were distributed to
the remaining 81 agencies and the
five special funds or Independent
departments of social agencies en-
about the same basis as the 1946
level.
Compared to ALLEGATION of Chest
funds last year, the Instructive Wis.,
iting Nurse Society is receiving
$4,531 less, the Family Service AS
sociation $4,031 less and the Saliva
ton Army $5,488 less. The funds
originally allocated to all Washing
ton agencies last year were 81 ,916,-
074, but these were supplemented
during the year, raising the total to
$2,140,662.
The money for these additional
appropriations came from unex-
pected contributions and from re-
serve funds that now are exhausted,
Chest officials said.
Camping Support Curtailed.
The cut in the Salvation Army
allotment was because of the Chests
decision that it was unable to help
support the camping program of the
organization. Similar cuts were
made in the budgets for the Boy
Scouts and Boys Club 1t was de-
cided, however, that the camping
program of the Summer Outing
Committee, part of the Family
Service Association, must be contin-
ued because it served the "neediest
cases." officials said. The commit
tees allotment is separate from that
of the Family Service Association.
The increase of $44,191 between
last years and this years original
allotment was distributed among
the institutions supported by the
Chest, in an effort to help them
meet the rise in the cost of living,
officials said.
ALLEGATION of the $1,960,265 was
approved yesterday by the Board of
Trustees of the Washington Chest
on the recommendation of its Budget
Committee headed by Elton Rogers.
The appropriation was received from
the Community Chest Federation,
National Capital Area, Of which the
Washington Chest is a member.
Protests on Four Agencies.
The Executive Committee reported
to the trustees that resolutions had
been received from various civic
groups requesting that four agencies
be removed from the Chest budget.
Reply has been made to the civic
groups, according to Herbert L. Will
lett, jr., executive director OF the
Chest, that the agencies already were
approved members of the Chest for
1947, but their requests for removal
would be taken into consideration
when the 1948 budget was discussed
Every agency's membership in the
Chest must be renewed annually,
Mr.. Willett pointed out.
The four agencies attacked are the
Washington Housing Agency, Wash
ington Urban League, Department
of Welfare of the Washington Fed
Grafton of Churches and the Council
of Social Agencies.
Chest officials said resolutions re-
questing the removal OF these
agencies had beensreceived from the
Southeast, Fort Davis, Randle High
lands and the Rhode Island Avenue
Citizens Associations.
The board approved an executive
committee recommendation that Al
chest agency officials be elected to
the board of directors of the Chest
Federation. The action was taken
to give the Washington chest its
proper participation in the Chest
Federation organization, Mr.. Willett
explained.
Lee D. Butler. president Of the
Washington chest, told the trustees
the executive committee of the
Chest Federation had planned for
an early re-appra.sal of the chests
entire structure in order to set up
the Federation organization as ef1-
o;optly &c poSSjhle
A vote of thanks to volunteer
workers in this years campaign was
passed at the meeting.
The budget approved by the trus-
tees was a reduction Of $l35, ,735
from the appropriation of $2,0s6, 900
which had been anticipated early
this year when the individual bud
gets of the Washington agencies
were approved. The new recommen-