Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-17
Public Given
Bigger Part in
Operation
Places on Board
Increased to IS
BY New Bylaws

the United Community Services
yesterday, resulting in increased
representation of the public on the
board of trustees.
The new rules were adopted by
the board, meeting at the YWCA.
In a vote on admission OF
agencies and community organiza-
tions to general membership in
the UCS, the Washington Chapter
of Americans for Democratic Ac-
ton was denied membership. The
vote was 80 for admitting the
organization. 81 against. Two
trustees abstained from voting.
At present there are SO trustees
representing the public at large, or
80 per cent of the total of 1874 on
the board. Under the new bylaws,
the public at-large members will
number IS or 37.5 per cent Of the /
new 200 total. This number may
be even larger under the election
formula adopted.
The trustees are elected from |
the general assembly. That body
now has 800 members. Of whom
81. or 20 per cent, are from the
public at large. The new general
assembly will have six more mem
bers, those from the public being
increased to 100.
Reduction Voted Down.
An effort to amend the proposed
bylaws that would have had the
effect of reducing the percentage
of the public representation was
voted down. It would have reduced
the public-a t-large representation
on the board to 81, or about %
per cent of a total of 1862. 1t also
would have reduced the public
representation in the general
assembly to so. or about 18 per
cent of a total Of 276.
Amendments to this effect,
which failed. we're presented by
DR.. Caroline Ware, representing
the Association for the Study of
Community Organization. She is
a member of the faculty of the
School of Social Work of Howard
University.
The present board also in
cludes a trustees representing
community organizations inter-
ested in social welfare problems,
SO representing social service OPP
Grating agencies and II sectional
representatives. These numbers
will be unchanged in the new
board.
$2,792,325 Asked for 1850.
The superseded bylaws were
temporary and were drawn up by
the Community Chest and the
Council Of Social Agencies as a
plan of organization when UCS
was formed. The new bylaws
were drawn up by a committee
headed by Charles c. Glover III.
Robert w. Wilson. reporting for
the Budget Committee. said ST.
792,325 has been requested for
1850, or about 100000 more than
was appropriated for this year.
John w. Thompson, jr., re-
porting for the Public Relations
Committee, which he heads. told
of measures to win public accept
ance of and support for the vari-
Gus agencies.
The trustees voted on admission
of IL operating agencies and three
community organizations. Ben
jamin Striner, reporting for the
Committee on Applications, said
all have met the qualifications for
membership.
ave, Rotary Admitted.
Denial of membership to Amer
leans for Democratic Action was
foreshadowed in discussion when
the question was asked, why not
admit the Republican National
Committee"
Community organizations which
were voted into membership were
the Greater Washington Council
of the American Veterans Com
mittee, by vote of 80 to %, and
the Rotary Club. II
The operating agencies which
were voted membership are the
Armed Services YMCA. Baptist
Home for Children, Board of Child
Care of the Baltimore Conference
of the Methodist Church. Catholic
Youth Organization, Davis Me-
mortal Goodwill Industries, Dis
trict Auxiliary of the Navy Relief
Society, District Society for Grip
pied Children, Hospital Service
Agency, House of Mercy, st. Johns
Orphanage, Swartzell Methodist
Home and the Washington Com
mittee for Education on Alcohol