Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
More Funds
Are ChonneIed
To Community

send higher percentage Of each
charity dollar into actual com.
munity service than ever before,
the organizations board of di.
rectors decided yesterday.
A reduction in operations costs
will make that possible. Cam
paign costs will be cut from Sc
per cent to Al per cent and adj
ministrative costs will be cut
from 3.5 per cent to "a per cent,
in budgets approved yesterday
by the board at a meeting IN
the District Red Cross chapter
house.
The United Givers Fund is
now engaged in its first one
package campaign to raise S6.6
million for 1872 local and ma:
tional health. welfare and char
acter-building agencies.
The UGF board approved
budgets calling for expenditures
of $4,000 for the current CAM
Ipaign and 100000 for next
years administrative costs.
Cost Trimmed S26,224
The campaign figure is $26,224
less than that spent to raise
$6,039.520 by al separate CAM
paigns last year. The adrninis-
trative figure is lower by COM
parison with last years Com
munity Chest Federation ex-
pense.
Additional savings will be real.
lied by many UGF member
agencies in reduced staff work
during campaigns. The UGF or
ganization has taken over much
of the campaign work, freeing
agency stats for direct commu-
nifty service.
Compared to national averages
for united funds, the current
campaign will cost IS of / per
cent more, because this is a first.
year effort, the directors re-
ported. But administration costs.
even in the first year, will be S of
l per cent less than the national
average.
The UGF board also arranged
for three-year rotation of its
125 members. BY lot, one-third
of them were chosen to end
their terms in February. 1857,
another third in 1853 and the
remaining third in 1859. Here
after, a third Of the directors will
be elected each year to a three
year term.
Interim Group Selected
The board selected the seven
UGF officers and Is other direc.
tors to serve as an interim execu-
tive committee until formal or
ganization is completed at the
February annual meeting.
They are E. K. Morris, presi.
dent; Daniel w. Bell, senior vice
president; Morris Cafritz, John
S. Hayes and H. H. Vogel, vice
presidents; John B. Duncan, Sec
rotary, and Bruce Baird. treas
urer.
Also, Caesar L. Aiello, John T.
Barnett, Albert C. Borghi, Clark
G. Diamond, Mrs. David E. Fin
ley, Aaron Goldman, George e.
c. Hayes, Maj. Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey, Ray C. Hopkins. Mrs.
Frederick B. Lee and Francis
McGuigan.
Also. William w. Parsons,
Joseph w. Rabbit, jr., David
Scull, Carleton D. Smith, Philip
M. Talbot, Charming S. Walker
and Glenn E. Watts.
Nominating Committee
The board also elected a
nominating committee which
would act to I'LL any vacancies
that might occur before the
February meeting. They are:
Philip L. Graham, publisher
Of the Washington Post and
Times Herald, chairman; Mrs.
G. Rowland Chase, George
Fleming, William M. Griffin,
Henry j. Holtzclaw, Judge Bess
James H. Lemon, Charles
H. Mason and Harrison q.
Reynolds.
Acting on a Joint study by the
UGF finance committee and the
admissions and ALLEGATIONS COM
the board approved this
distribution of the $50 million
from the campaign.
among member agencies. Addi-
tional collections will be distrib-
1ted on a percentage basis: