Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-26
Separate Drives
To Be Halted by
July ] DeodIine

AAC OAIleCu 1ANClo uLldb
Washington's new one-package
charity organization. today set
a July l deadline for participate
ing health. welfare and recrea-
ton agencies to stop holding sep
arate fund campaigns.
The deadline was announced
after meeting in the Statler-
Hotel of the organization's key
admissions and ALLEGATIONS COM
mittee. The deadline is incor-
porated in an overall statement
of policy approved by the COM
mittee.
Agencies wishing to join the
United GiverS Fund and share
IN the proceeds of its first cam
paign in october must submit
applications by June l, the COM
mittee ruled. Action on appli-
cations will be taken by June Is,
committee chairman John T.
Barnett said.
81 Million Goal
The United Givers Fund. in
corporated here in January, is
designed to reduce the multi
plicity of charitable drives in the
Washington area. 1t will in
clude both local and national
agencies and is expected to bring
in an all-time record of about 81
million its first year.
Today's policy statement said
the new group aims at maxi
mum inclusiveness of acceptable
agencies and 1.-The broadest
possible open-door policy for
these agencies to participate and
to receive funds in lieu of their
putting on separate wide
campaigns.
These are highlights of the
policy statement:
l. Agencies must already have
demonstrated general accept
ability with the community as a
whole" Those which are strictly
cultural, educational, political,
religious or propagandlstic will
not be eligible.
2. At first, Community Chest
member agencies will come in as
a group, on certiflcation by the
area Chests. Other local agen-
cies, at first, should apply for
United Givers Fund membership
through the Chests.
Must Furnish Audit
8. National agencies-thoSe
whose national associations
exercise a fairly rigid control
of program and policy over the
day-to-day agency operations
may submit applications either
from their national headquarters
or from local chapters. Where
there are several area chapters.
these should apply to the fund
through single representative.
a. Each member agency must
furnish an audit of its last
separate campaign. ALLEGATIONS
to agencies will then be based on
the amount raised in the last
separate campaign. plus pro-
portionate increase from the one
package campaign total.
5. Participating agencies cam
not campaign separately for
operating funds. once they be-
come members. But they may
conduct separate campaigns for
capital or building funds if they
secure advance approval from
the United Givers Fund. Limited
Embarrassing efforts, such as
bazaars, benefits and shows, may
be held-except between Sep
TENDER and December with.
out United Givers' Fund APP
proval.
6. Each member agency will
have the authority for its own
budget planning and manage
ment of its own agency affairs.
7. Givers may designate the
agency or agencies they want
their contributions sent to.
Each agency will receive all its
designations. without restriction.
Would Exceed Total
Mr.. Barnett said that plans
for the first campaign in October
are based on the assumption that
money raised will exceed the
total raised by all participating
agencies in their last separate
campaigns. This is based on
results in other cities. where
united funds have averaged
about 20 per cent more than
separate drives in their first year.
Today's policy statement was
the result Of more than two
months of intensive WORK nv tha