Evening star., 1950-06-16
UCS 10 Combine
Chest-Aided
We|fareUnits
2 Agencies Added
To 81 on List;
Lee Butler Elected
By jones 6. Deone

The first step toward combining
three Washington private welfare
agencies will be taken soon by
United Community Services.
The agencies, all Community
Chest-supported, are the Chill
dren's Protective Association,
Family Service Association and
Foster Day Care and Counseling
Association.
The merger was approved at
yesterdays meeting of the UCS
Board of Trustees. which also:
Approved Chest support in 1851
for two hitherto independent
agencies, the Washington Com
mittee for Education on Alcohol
ism and the Ionia r. Whipper1
Home, maternity home for un-
married Negro mothers. Fifty-one
other agencies were retained on
the Chest roster.
Denied 1851 Chest support to
two other applicants, the Junior
Police and Citizens Corps and
Armed Services YMCA. The latter
is independent Of the regular Dis
trict INCA, 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 became
first vice president, G.. Rowland
Shaw. second vice president; Mrs.
Henry Gichner, secretary, and F.
Elwood Davis, treasurer. DR.. Gar
net c. Wilkinson remains third
vice president.
A nearly unanimous vote marked
the action on the three-agency
merger. which had been opposed
by the Children's Protective Asso-
citation but unanimously backed by
the other two agencies.
B. Woodruff Weaver, vice presi-
dent of the child-welfare organi-
cation, urged delay to permit a
study Of the proposal by the Child
Welfare League of America. He
expressed doubt the merger would
be beneficial to the public and as
serted that the combined group
would have difficulty finding "suit-
able quarters" at a price it could
afford.
Sees Better Service.
Preston B. Kavanagh, chairman
OF the UCS Family and Child We'll
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 would
mean more efficient service"
Mr.. Weaver said that, despite
his groups view, it would give full
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 of
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 called
the need for this service "acute."
The home, at 5713 East Capitol |
street Sc, was named for its
founder. Chest funds will provide
for case worker and for girls not
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 is
clarified, and until it can be dem
onstrated that the activities (of
the corps) fit into a community
program without duplication of
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.