Evening star., 1960-07-13
UGF Clash Is LikeIy
Over Fund Dispersal
Many Units
Protest Drive
Methods Here
BY BERNARD GWERTZMAN
Star STAFF Writer

By BERNARD GWERTZMAN
Star Staff Writer
A behind = the scenes dis
agreement over ALLEGATION of
funds to agencies participating
in the United GiVers Fund is
expected to break into the open
at the August 8 UGF board
of directors meeting.
At the meeting a report
drawn up by the UGF's Ad-
missions and ALLEGATIONS Com
mittee. headed by Attorney
Donald Dawson, will recon-
mend, according to an in
formed source, that the UGF
take over all the budgeting
for its drive-in effect taking
over the work now done largely
by the Health and Welfare
Council.
The disagreement stems, in
directly at least, from a long
standing desire of the Boy
Scouts and the Salvation Army
to receive their funds directly
from the UGF rather than
from the HWC.
The UGF is the Embarrassing
agent of the drive, while the
HWC is the budgeting body,
deciding how much each of the
lat organizations will receive
from the drive. The HWC is
also the contractual budgeting
agency for the six area Commu-
nifty Chest corporations whose
Embarrassing function has been
assumed by the UGF.
Special Agreement
Actually, however, the UGF
has budgeted the funds for
IA So-called national" organ
izations, including the Red
Cross, which has a special
agreement in the drive.
Since the UGF's founding in
1856, the Red Cross has re-
ceived a set percentage of the
proceeds, regardless of whether
the drive reached its goal or
not. In addition, as a result of
"a contract between the UGF
and the Red Cross, the Red
Cross is allowed to conduct a
supplemental COMMUNICATIVE
drive of its own, if it is dis
satisfied with the results of the
UGF drive. The Red Cross is
the only organization operating
under this arrangement.
This has provoked resent
ment among such groups as
the Boy Scouts and the Saliva
ton Army, two national or
ganizations, which are consid-
cred local" groups because
their funds are spent locally
and are therefore budgeted
without special consideration
by the HWC.
The Boy Scouts, for instance,
have continually threatened to
break with the UGF unless
they are allowed to receive
more money either from the
drive, or by a special commu-
nity-wide supplemental drive.
Secession Threatened
/ A spokesman for the UGF
said that these groups have
threatened to secede from the
UGF drive unless they are al
lowed to be budgeted like the
Red Cross by the UGF di-
rectly.
The Dawson report is ex-
pected to satisfy these groups
which would prefer to deal di-
rectly with the UGF than to
have to go through the HWC
and pay administrative costs.
A spokesman for the HWC
today, however, said that he
believed the HWC should be
the budgeting agency, "since
we're in closer touch with the
activities of these groups" than
the UGF which was founded as
a purely fund-raiSing body.
The spokesman said that he
would prefer that the rebel
groups leave the UGF rather
than being allowed to get
special deal"
I'VE are against any deals"
he said. I'VE want equity and
justice for all agencies"
Purpose of Drive Stressed
/ He suggested that if a group
is dissatisfied with it's allot-
ment, it should leave the drive.
The givers, themselves, should
decide how much a group is
entitled to which leaves the
drive because it isn't satisfied
with how much money it re-
ceives."
A spokesman for the UGF,
however, said that the purpose
of the drive is to insure that
there will be only one large
drive.
IF these groups such as the
Boy Scouts break away" he
said, then the purpose of the
UGF drive will be defeated"
He said that the HWC serves
a very worthwhile social pur-
pose, but shouldn't neces-
sarily have to handle budget
/ matters "