Evening star., 1953-04-23
Housing Group
Voted Out Of
Chest, 65-54
Trustees Also Accept
Legion Welfare
Unit as Member

The Washington Housing As
socfation was voted out of the
1854 Community Chest, 65 to 54,
yesterday by the United Com
munity Services board Of trus-
tees.
The action followed spirited
debate at Barker Hall of the
YWCA, Seventeenth and K streets
NV. where the session was held.
It sustained the Executive Com
mittee'S custer by a 13 to 10
vote on April 9.
The trustees voted, with res
ervatlonS, to admit the American
Legion Welfare Department. A
mutual examination by the UCS
Executive Committees subcom-
mittee and the Legion's District
Department Of the welfare ac-
tivitieS will be made. This will
determine the scope and activ-
tiles Of the group. Future Chest
action will be based on this study,
but the department will def
nitely be in the campaign this
fall.
Own Campaign Possible.
Charles C. Glover III, UCS
president. read an American
Legion department resolution
which said If it was denied
Chest support. it would conduct
its own campaign this fall for
funds. Robert Bunch, American
Legion department commander,
was met by laughter from board
members when he said the reso-
luton was not a threat.
The Welfare Department is
doing a job in caring for vet
erans ana their families that can
be handled only by the Legion
organization. Mr.. Bunch con-
tended.
Mr.. Glover was criticized by
other speakers for reading the
Legion'S resolution before the
vote was taken. Percy Weinberg,
director Of the Legion'S Welfare
Department. appealed from
ruling by Mr.. Glover, justifying
his action. But the membership
upheld the chairman by over
whelming voice vote. holding the
Legion resolution was properly
part Of the boards official
records.
Hugh Dufneld, UCS leader,
told the trustees that failure
to support the Legion group
with Chest funds in 1854 would
be disastrous to the Chest itself.
Vote to Admit Home.
The trustees also voted to ad-
NIT the Ionia Whipper Home
for unwed colored mothers, 5713
East Capitol street. provided it
has reorganiZed and met certain
Chest standards by October.
The trustees agreed with their
executive committee and voted
to defer action for one year on
the Bakers Dozen Youth Center,
lS07-1511 Fourth street NV.
Patrick Deming. UCS trustee,
explained this will give the or
ganization time to prove it's
Embarrassing abilities and clarity
the relationship between the
group and Bakers Dozen, Inc.
The rest of the UCS organiza-
tionS sailed through to approval
with practically unanimous votes
and no debate.
Shaw Pleads for VIVA.
@. Rowland Shaw led off the
debate in favor of the Wash
ington Housing Association. He
warned the trustees the conse-
QuenceS Of their action would be
far reaching. He charged oppo-
sition came mainly from real
estate interests for selfish rea-
sons and not from the public
generally.
Frank LuchS, real estate man,
recalled he headed the Chest
campaign in 1850 and has de-
voted considerable time to its
activities. But he said he got re-
Bluffs from real estate men and
the building industry generally,
because many persons felt VIVA
should not use Chest funds to
advocate public housing and
rent control extension. He de-
clared that voting VIVA out
would eliminate continued con-