Evening star., 1950-06-16
.UCS 10 Combine
3 Chest-Aided
Welfare
z Agencies Added
To 81 on List;
Lee Butler Elected
By james 6. Deone

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agencies will be taken soon b,
United Community Services.
The agencies. all Communit.
Chest-supported. are the Chill
drens Protective Association
Family Service Association ant
Foster Day Care and CounselinI
Association.
The merger was approved a
yesterdays meeting of the UCs
Board of Trustees. which also:
Approved Chest support in 1875
for two hitherto Independent
agencies. the Washington Com
mittee for Education on Alcohol
ism and the Ionia r. Whippel
Home, a maternity home for un.
married Negro mothers. Fifty -ont
other agencies were retained or
the Chest roster.
Denied 1851 Chest support tt
two other applicants, the Junior
Police and Citizens Corps anc
Armed Services YMCA. The latter
is independent of the regular Dis.
trict 'MCA, which is partially
Chest-supported.
Butler Elected President.
Elected Lee D. Butler as UCs
president to succeed Frank r. Jel.
left. Charles C. Glover III becam,
first vice president, G. Howlane
Shaw. second vice president; Mrs
Henry Gichner. secretary, and F
Elwood Davis, treasurer. DR.. Gar.
net C. Wilkinson remains thirc
vice president.
A nearly unanimous vote marked
the action on the three-agency
merger. which had been opposed
by the Childrens Protective Asso.
citation but unanimously backed bJ
the other two agencies.
B. Woodruff Weaver, vice presi.
dent of the child-welfare organi.
zation, urged delay to permit 6
study of the proposal by the Chile
Welfare League of America. HI
expressed doubt the merger woulc
be beneficial to the public and as.
serted that the combined group
would have difficulty finding suit
able quarters" at a price it coulc
afford.
Sees Better Service.
Preston B. Kavanagh. chairman
of the UCS Family and Child Wei.
fare Section. declared, however
that Washington has "a cross,
section of as good planners as you
can find anywhere in the United
States. and this is the plan we're
behind" He said the move woulc
mean more efficient service"
Mr.. Weaver said that, despite
his groups view. it would give "ful
and enthusiastic backing" to- the
UCS decision.
An interim committee, includ.
ing seven members of each agency
board and four others appointed
by the Family and Child Welfare
Section, will be set up to make
plans for the new agency. The
trustees called for completion ot
plans by November /.
In admitting the Whipper Home
to Chest support, UCS said it is the
only maternity home in Washing.
ton for unwed Negroes and calico
the need for this service acute.
The home. at 5713 East Capito
street Sc. was named for its
founder. Chest funds will provide
for a case worker and for girls moi
able to pay for care.
Clarification Awaited.
The trustees explained their de.
nial of Chest funds to the Junior
Police and Citizens Corps by stat.
ing they were deferring action
until such time as the relation.
ship OF the organization to the
Metropolitan Police Department
and its youth serving program Il
clarified. and until it can be dem
onstrated that the activities Col
the corps fit into a community
program without duplication o1
effort and money as required by
the UCS bylaws" :.
The corps was admitted, how
ever, to general UCS membership
which does not entitle it to funds
The organization Is headed by Po-
lice Pvt. Oliver A. Cowan and
works among youth to encourage
good citizenship.
In turning down the Armed
Services YMCA, UCS said a study
now is under way on the whole
area of service for military per-
sonnel in Washington" and action
on the application should await
completion of this study.