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Community Services Capitol Secretary

A special subcommittee has been
appointed to review and evaluate
applications for general member
ship in United Community Services
of Washington, now being organ
lied to replace the Washington
Community Chest and the Council
of Social Agencies.
William j. McManus, chairman
Of the interim committee created
by the Chest and Council to set up
the new organization, named nine
men and women to the subcommit-
tee, it was announced yesterday.
1t is expected the new organiza-
ton will take its place as a men,
Der Of the Community Chest Fed
Grafton, the campaigning organiza-
ton for six Community Chests in
the Washington area.
Mr.. McManus said the primary
job of the General Membership Sub
committee would be ito encourage
and study general membership ap-
plications for Washington commu-
nifty organizations in addition to
the regular operating agencies"
Requirements Listed.
He added the types of community
organizations under consideration
are business associations, service
clubs, civic and citizens groups, fra
ternal organizations. veterans or
ganizations, labor groups, profess
sional associations and religious
groups.
Operating agencies contemplated
include tax-supported, self financed
and Chest-supported agencies.
Mr.. McManus said criteria for
eligibility for community organi-
cations membership, while not vet
crystalized, will include the fol-
lowing:
l. The organization must be city
wide in scope.
2. 1t must have been actively con-
cerned with some phase of COM
munity health, welfare or recre-
alton for at least two years.
3. 1t must have a department or
committee currently concerned with
these fields.
4. Wherever there are feder-
atlons or associations of community
organizations, the federation or as
sociation only shall be eligible for
membership.
Several Received.
Other qualifications as to size or
representation may be added by the
subcommittee, which will be re-
sponsible for recommending gen
eral membership status" of groups
applying, according to Mr.. Nc
ManuS
He said the interim committee
has received several applications
for UCS membership from agencies,
but none has been acted on def
nitely. He stressed that eligibility
for Chest support is not involved
in current consideration for general
membership.
When complete, the general as
sembly of UCS will comprise some
400 individual assemblymen-two
from each COM
organization and operating
with another group of 80
to 100 assemblymen at large.
This assembly of 400 will create
small board of trustees to replace
the present boards of the Chest and
council. The UCS board will consist
of one nominee from each commu-
nifty organization and operating
agency and another 40 to so men,
bers at large.
Members Named.
Mr. McManus emphasized COM
organizations will in no way
submerge their identity or auton-
omy by becoming UCS members.
The UCS discussion and action will
be on the basis of individual interest
and opinion of the representatives,
and will not commit respective
member organizations to any point
of view or action without their own
separate continuation
The subcommittee members are
H. L. Rust, jr.. chairman; Frank R.
Jelleff, Col Campbell C. Johnson,
Mrs. c. D. Lowe, Msgr.. John J. Rus
sell, Dean Hill Stanley, l.. Corrin
Strong. John w, Thompson, jr., and
j. C. Turner.
Applications may be directed to
the Interim Committee at United
Community Services of Washington,
ll01 M street NV.