Evening star., 1948-10-16

ahllated with any member agency
UCS has absorbed the functions
of the Washington Community Chest
and the Council of Social Agencies
It Is the Washington member of the
Community Chest Federation, now
in the midst of a fund drive to
support many agency members o1
UCS<
Other officers elected with Mr.
Jelleff to lead UCS in its first year
include: William j. McManus, first
vice president; Mrs: Theodore O.
Wedel, third vice president; Charles
c. Glover, Sd, secretary, and Alfred
H. Lawson, treasurer. The post OF
second vice president remains to be
filled.
IS Elected to Committee.
Eighteen members were also elected
to the 25-member Executive Com
mittee in addition to officers.
The move to increase the board
membership to achieve q balance
between members affiliated and
non-afhliated with any agency was
offered to the trustees for approval
as an amendment to UCS bylaws
The proposal earlier had been ap-
proved by the so-called Interim
Committee, headed by Mr.. Nc
Manus. which has had the task OF
setting up the new UCS out of the
two older organizations. The In
terim Committee, in turn had acted
on the strong plea of Chest Fed
Grafton campaign officials that the
action be taken to satisfy critics of
UCS who might endanger the sue
cess OF the money raising drive.
Opponents of the proposed amend
ment branded it a move Ito sepa-
rate the sheep from the goats,
challenged the authority Of the In
terim Committee to amend the UCS
bylaws and protested that not
enough time had been given the
trustees to study the proposal.
Immediately after the proposal
was defeated, however, opponents
joined with proponents to recon-
mend that the Executive Committee
study the possibility of enlarging the
membership of the board without re-
gard to agency affiliation.
Trustees Elected Annually.
Under the present UCS setup,
trustees are elected annually by q
general assembly which meets once
or twice a year.
Mr.. McManus is an official of the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
CO. Mrs. Wedel is member of the
Board of Public Welfare and the
wife of the Rev. Theodore o. Wedel,
canon Of the Washington Cathedral; !;
Mr. Glover is an attorney and Mr..
Lawson is president of the Washing
ton Loan g. Trust Co.
Eight members elected to the
Executive Committee by virtue of
their Craftsmanship of standing COM
mittees are Mrs. Pearl B. Klein,
administration: John w. Thompson,
jr., public relations; Robert w. Will
son, budget; Miss Cecil Lester Jones,
family and child welfare; Mrs.
Blanche La Du, corrections; DR..
Winfred Overholser, health and hos
|pital; Duane Paul, recreation, and
Mrs. Isabelle Ward, neighborhood
councils.
The 10 other members chosen were
Col. Julius Peyser, attorney; Miss
Jane Hoey, official of the Bureau
of Public Assistance of the Social
Security Board; Lee .. Butler, busi-
nessman; c. F. Preller, Central La
Dor Union leader; Benjamin Striner
of the Federation of Businessmen
Associations, Clifford H. Newell OF
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions, Hugh Duf1ield, Sears Roe
buck official; Herman Neugass, off,
cial of Lansburgh's Department!
Store; w. w. Everett, jr., Official
of Woodward & Lothrop, and Col
Campbell johnson of the Office oi
Selective Service Records.