Evening star., 1947-12-29
Che4B4d5efs
Cut 1Pct. by
Drive Failure
Serious Hardship
Reduced Services
Seen for Agencies


Chester Morrill,, Budget Committee
chairman, announced a total O,
s3,2S0,OO0, or about IS per cent o1
the campaign goal, would be dis
tributed by the federation. The re-
cent drive had sought $3,900,000.
The Budget Committee, made ul
OF Is representatives of the Chests
voted after assessing expected rev.
enue from all sources to base its
recommended allocations on a tota
which is S31 900 more than has beer
raised to date.
Expect Mail Drive Help.
Federation officials, however, are
confident the s3l 900 will be avail
able after a systematic mail cam
paign directed toward all contrib.
utors to previous campaigns who die
not contribute this year, it was said
The six Chests, those of Wash
ington, Alexandria, and Fairfax, Ar.
lington, Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties, make up the fed
Grafton which raises funds for 12S
welfare and social agencies in the
area.
The reduced allocations, resulting
from failure of the recent drive, are
tentative and should be considered
subject to minor modification later
it was emphasized.
Small Sums Come In.
The campaign continues to bring
In through mail appeals small sums
which may be applied to increase
ALLEGATIONS to the individual Chests
Additional contributions totallne
s5986.16 were reported today. They
sent the grand total pledged tc
date to S3.249 ,446 1852 per cent
of the goal
Mr., Morrill, said the Chests face
SERIOUS hardship" as a result OF
the cut and that "every phase Of
Chest operation will suffer
The Budget Committee. he SAID
~made the reduction in ALLEGATIONS
to the Chests with full realization
of the meaning of those cuts to the
six similar budget committees
whose members are much closer te
the realities of agency needs. IL IL
these Chest budget committees Whe
must face agency directors ano
board members in the next few days
to distribute inadequate funds.
Below Essential Needs.
Mr.. Morrill, added that compared
with the recommendation OF the
Budget Committee of a minimum
GOAL of 4.566,O0O, the fund now
being allocated is about 71.8 per
cent of the sum known to repre-
sent the most conservative estl-
mate of all agency needs"
The deficiency will impose a
"critical strain" on the stalls OF
the agencies and those they serve
he went on. pointing out also that
costs of operation are rising ana
that human demands for service
are multiplying in number ana oe-
gree. ooo
Even compared with the S3,9oo,-
600 goal" he declared, "the funds
being allocated represent a shortage
of tragic proportions. In dollars, the
failure of the campaign left a total
deficit of about $620,0O0. That is
slightly more than one-slXth OF the
goal.'
Reserve Funds Allocated.
In its effort to stretch available
funds as far as possible across
Chest budgets, the federation Budget
Committee wiped out two proposed
reserve funds totaling Sl63,643, Il
was said. The amount was reappor-
toned among the six Chests.
These funds were the special re-
serve" sum of $63,643 which hao
been put in the precampaign fed
Grafton budget to provide for small
salary increases long delayed ano
the contingency fund" of $lOO,ooC
which the precampaign budget car
ried as an emergency fund.
The reapportionment. Mr.. Nor
rill said. leaves the federation with
out money for extraordinary neeos
or emergency situations which may
arise in 1913.
Unable to Expand.
Chest presidents asserted the
agencies face the prospect OF gong
without needed funds for operation
and inability to expand their SER
vices to meet increased needs.
Malcolm Smith. president OF thu
Fairfax County Chest, said:
I'VE feel that a good many
agencies will have to curtall Jhell
services to a point where they viii
be somewhat Ineffective in the COM
munity. Possibly some agencie:
may have to close down for time
That will mean turing people away
from needed help
William o. Tufts, acting director
of the Washington Chest, sale
serious complaints may be expected
concerning the agencies inability
to meet the demands of the needy
inability to use rooms and beds In
the convalescent homes for chill
dren. vacancies in homes for the
aged despite waiting lists, and radi-
cal reductions in the field of char
cter-building activities.
Expenses Show Increase.
Hugh MaGrath, chairman of the
Arlington Chest Budget Committee
pointed out that budgets Of member
agencies were set at the minimum
last spring and that normal oper-
ating expenses of several agencies
have increased materially since the
budgets were prepared.
This circumstance is now being
met, he said, by increased alloca-
tions from reserve funds held by the
Arlington Chest with the GER
tainty that further increases ovel
budget estimates must be made fol
194S."
In order to provide for the very
minimum needs of its agencies, il
will be necessary for the Arlington
Chest to utilize to the point OF
exhaustion reserve funds accumu.
late over several years and help te
meet extraordinary emergencies,
he added.
Farm Bureau to Meet