Evening star., 1953-09-15
S5.6 Million
Chest Minimum
Seen as sNeed
Goal to Be Revealed
Probably Next Week
For 1854 Campaign

community CheSt-USO needs
in the Washington area total
$5,565.0 at a minimum, it was
reported today by Aaron Gold
man. general chairman of the
1854 Community Chest Fedora
tion-USO campaign.
The Red Feather agencies
have been operating for several
years, however. on about 70 per
cent of this amount, he said.
Mr.. Goldman said the 1854
campaign goal would be an
nounced, probably within the
next week, at the conclusion of
a realistic" study of the mini
mum needs.
Funds Don't Meet Need.
Since the Community Chest
Federation became successor to
the Community War Fund in
1916. less than 81 million has
been raised annually, despite the
SIS 5 million needs, he said, add
ing:
I'm convinced that most of
us have been taking the Red
Feather-USO campaign too
much for granted. Our interest
has become passive. We must
recapture the glow of that first
successful Community Chest
crusade Is years ago next Janu-
ary."
He noted that the 1852 fund
campaign raised only $685. ,029
and the 1851 campaign, $685.
854.
Need Growing.
Mr.. Goldman listed these rea-
sons why the need to help peo-
pie through Chest agencies has
grown:
l. The National Capital COM
munity has grown to about is
million in population.
2. The original 81 Chest
agencies in the 1929 campaign
have expanded to more than
100, affiliated with six Chests
in Arlington, Fairfax, Mont
gomery and Prince Georges
Counties, Alexandria and the
District.
3. An amount equal to nearly
10 per cent of the goal for local
needs is now asked by the Unit
ed Defense Funds as this COM
munity's share in the USO pro-
gram and other services to serv-
icemen and women at home and
overseas.
4. Higher prices for food and
supplies and other increased
costs apply to Red Feather agen-
cieS as to all other local estab-
lishmentS.
Service ImpresseS.
Despite the below-needs budg-
cts. the agencies are giving i'm
preSSive service, Mr.. Goldman
said. For example, the agencies
in 1852:
Arranged TT child adoptions,
gave care to 164 persons in
homes for the aged, cared for
965 homeless and neglected chill
dren, helped 347 unmarried
mothers, gave personal. marital
and family counseling to 24,969
persons, gave clinic care in 34,-
393 visits, cared for 508 children
of working mothers, granted A.
797 cases of emergency relief,
provided hospital and GONZALES
cent care to 1919 persons, and
supplied mental health services
to 528 adults and 979 children.
They also made 135,025 nurs-
ing visits, provided recreation
services for youth development
to 100,891 children and young
adults, gave rehabilitation serv-
ices for physical handicapS to
1.454 persons, provided a Spe-
cial homemaker service to 108
families with emergency needs,
furnished 9,775 meals and 1910
nights lodging to transients and
the homeless, and made USO
hospitality facilities available to
675,376 members of the armed
forces and their families.
A small portion of the Chest
dollar went for planning for the
community'S health and well
fare. Budget appropriations are
related agency to agency and
then each agency to the COM
munity'S total program.
Representatives of Washing
ton newspapers attending
meeting at the Hotel Statler yes
terday with campaign leaders in
cluded John T. O'Rourke, editor,
and Matt Meyer, business man
ager of the Daily News; George
R. Titus, assistant advertising
manager. and Frank Smith, edi-
torial writer. of the Times Her
aid; Robert Eastabrook, editor
of the editorial page; Kenneth
Harter. news editor, and Raoul
Blumberg, director of retail ad-
vertising of the Post, and Her
bert F. Corn. managing editor,
and Crosby N. Boyd. treasurer,
0f Tho Star