Evening star., 1950-08-11
S4 Million Goal
Set for Chest
Fund Drive Here
16% Gift Increase
Sought in Campaign
Opening in October

The 1851 Community Chest
Federation campaign-to begin
early in October-will have as its
goal $4.1 million.
This figure, which represents a
16 per cent increase over last
years actual giving, was set yes
terday by joint action of the Fed
eration's budget, executive and
campaign committees.
Approval backed up the recon-
mendation Of General Campaign
Chairman Hugh X. Duff1eld and
knocked out a higher goal of $4.4
million, proposed earlier by Budget
Committee Chairman Charles E.
SmcOt.
The Washington Chest, its five
companion agencies in nearby Vir-
ginia and Maryland and the hos
pitalization fund will get higher
ALLEGATIONS, if the goal is met.
through the action yesterday of a
special session of the executive
committee.
2-Principle Formula.
It instructed the budget COM
mittee to set up appropriations to
individual chests on the basis Of
a 2-principle formula. Through
it, thesrelative positions of the
chests in 1947 will be restored and
a percentage increase (based on
the goaD given.
Washington United Community
Services has taken severe cut
in it's allocations since the 1947
figures. It's percentage share of
the total distributed to the six
chests has declined from 800 in
1947 to 1881 in 1850.
On June 8, the Federation ex-
ecutive committee adopted the
following formula for 1851 allo-
cations:
That the present pre-campaign
ALLEGATIONS be the appropriations
to the individual chests for 1947
or 1850, whichever is the larger,
plus 10 per cent. This percentage
was used by the budget commit
tee in figuring its proposed higher
goal.
In light of the goal set yester-
day, however, the 10 per cent in
crease is expected to be nearer
312 per cent. The budget COM
mittee will make, it's report of al-
locations early next week.
Tells of Minimum Needs.
In proposing the goal, Mr.. Duf.
field emphasized:
THE minimum needs of this
town are nearer S. million. 1t is
our intent to raise all the people
will give, taking into account
community needs, irrespective Of
a goal.
After an analysis of the giving
potential of Washington, I believe
the goal should be larger than
last years ($3.991 ,000)."
Mr.. Duff1eld said it would mean
that $550,000 more will be raised
than the $3,550,000 of 1949.
Because of the 1850 campaign
deficit of $4,000, it was pointed
out the following services were
not provided:
A total of 1920 home nursing
visits for 3,744 sick persons, 5.04
days of institutional care for IA
old folks, 15,600 days of institu-
tional and convalescent care for
II children, $500 days of hos
for $50 persons and
5000 clinic visits for 1900 pa
tients.
In connection with resulting
UCS agency cutbacks, Lee D. But
Ter, president, described the de-
terioration of buildings and the
laying off of several Visiting
Nurse Society nurses.
Distributes Report.
Mr.. Butler distributed a report
showing that Washington agen-
cies serve the entire National Cap
ital Area and still the Washing
ton Chest is the only one of the
six that has suffered ALLEGATION
percentage decreases since 1947.
The report stated further that
WaShington's population repre-
sents much larger percentage
in the lower income group, as COM
pared to surrounding counties.
Still to be acted on is a recon.
in the budget commit
tee report to include in goal funds
the Associated Services for the
Armed Forces, partial successor
to the USO. In light of the Ko-
rean situation, it was brought out,
this national organization has re-
reactivation.
The setting Of a contingency
fund figure was referred to the
budget committee. The commit
tee. in its report yesterday,
proposed $4,000 increase, based
on the higher goal.