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Group to Be Named
To Revise Plans for
Merging Compoiens

MORE imam IUU area CIVIC icAO-
erS voted today to create a COM
mittee 10 devise plans for uniting
major charity drives.
Frank j, LuchS OF the Com
munity Chest Federation was
named temporary chairman. He
said he will appoint committee
members within a few days and
the group will seek to work out
a merger plan TO be put in oper-
alton by next fall,
The meeting was held at the
District Building on invitation OF
Commissioner John Russell Young
and included representatives from
numerous fund raising and civic
organizations.
There were no opposing votes
on creation of the Planning Com
mittee. However, DR.. George H.
Rutland. executive director Of the
District Cancer Society and for
mer District health offlcer. point
ed out that his organization is
committed nationally to inde-
pendent fund raising.
Better Spacing Suggested.
Edward F. Bartlett. assistant
secretary of the Treasury and
Government chairman in this
years cancer drive, in a letter
said it was "debatable" whether
some kind of super fund. or per-
haps a better spacing Of the pres
ent individual drives, is prefer
able"
A number OF speakers urged an
end TO the present multiplicity OF
/ drives.
Among them were Woolsey W.
Hall, president OF the Federation
of Civic Associations; Miss Viola
S. Schantz, president of the Dis
trict Federation OF Federal En-
ployes' Unions; Paul A. Hill, bust"
ness manager of the Arlington
Chamber of Commerce: County
Manager A. T. Lundberg OF Ar
lington, Einar Christensen, presi-
dent of the Silver Spring Board OF
Trade; Harold Hammond. member
of the Montgomery County Coun-
Gil: Mrs. Franklin G. Sartwell or
the Inter- Federation Council.
Frank Sherry, vice president Of
the District Department, American
Federation Of Government En-
ployes; r. Elwood Davis. former
president of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce; Jerome B. Mckee.
president OF the Federation OF
Businessmen Associations: Bour-
bon A. Dawes. executive director
of The Washington Hotel AssOcia-
ton; Mrs. Hazel Markell OF Radio
Station WToP.
Parker Suggests Plan.
Chauncey G. Parker, president
of the Community Chest Fedora.
ton, proposed a plan for single
concurrent campaign uniting the
Chest with certain national fund
appeals.
A new overall organization to
manage such a united campaign
was recommended by Mr.. Parker.
He suggested that major causes
such as the Chest, the Cancer
Society and the Red Cross would
conduct their campaigns simul.
taneously within the areas busi-
ness organizations under the name
United Services Campaign"
Contributors would designate
their gifts to one or more Of the
participating organizations, with
undesignated donations being
divided according to mutual agree
ment.
Mr.. LuchS told reporters his
committee would attempt to work
out plan for either one, two or
possibly three united appeals dur.
ing the year in place of the nu.
merous separate drives now car
ried on. Considerable sentiment
was expressed at the meeting for
two major drives-one for ma
tional health organizations, the
other for local groups OF the
type now belonging to the Com
munity Chest.
Bigger Gifts Needed.
Mr.: Parker. in presenting his
plan, emphasized that a higher
standard for individual gifts would
be needed in order to provide suf-
f1cient funds for all participating
groups.
Daniel w. Bell, chairman of the
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