Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1927, Page 16

i 16 e STUDY OF WELFAR NQURY VDT Councit ~f Social Agencies to Request More Uniform Questionnaire. A resolution urging that the ques- tionnaires sent out by endorsement committee on welfare organization— appointed by the District Commi ers—to the various welfare organi tions, with a view to determining their status prior to indorsement, be so changed as to make it more clear #nd unitorm was adopted by the Washington Council of Social Agen- cies at a luncheon in the Young ‘Women's Christian Association Build- inz yesterday. The rvesolution introduced by Rev. W. L. Darby, executive secretary of the Washington FKederation of Churches, requested that a commit- e them through appeals to the public of varions sorts. And according to the reports, he added, the sums of money raised by the various organi- zations was obtained at a cost to them of from one-half of 1 per cent to 33% per cent of the money ob- tained by them individually. There should be some standard method of computing costs of various sorts, he said. Mr. Shaw criticized the methods of soliciting money for tickets over the telephone, declaring that much of it is done by professional solicitors who, in some cases, keep the greater part of the amount raised, with very little actually going to the organization the money is supposed to be for, $178,873.43 Raised in Year. s. W. A. Roberts, executive sec- of the council, reported 2 izations which have fav " raised a tota the past year. 1 expenses in the oming under the | re was made a e S. Wilson, di- ector of com chairman just what the needs to increasing the facil I'nl. EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1927. persons there are in the District, with 1 view to securing a vocational school for them. Miss Lydifa Burklin of the chil- dren’s committee told of members of the committee meeting with Howard Gill of the Bureau of Efficiency, at which time he outlined his recommen- dation for a privately managed chil- dreén’s bureau. Following, she said, a committee was appointed to study the plan and a recommendation made that a representative be sent to New Haven to study the model children center there. DIES OF HIS INJURIES. William H. Bean Was Fatally Hurt by Unidentified Auto Driver. ‘William H. Bean, 57 years old, of | 2115 'Lwelfth street, who was knocked down by an autome at Twelfth and V streets the night of November died at Freedmen's Hospital yes- y COLDREN ANSWERS FOES OF PARK PLA Profit Most, He Tells Citi- zens’ Meeting. other than those from the District in the District than Washingtonians, who would be paying the largest share for their purchase and upkeep, a recent count of automobiles usin Rock Creek and East Potomac Park showed 85 per cent District tags, 5 per cent Maryland, 4 per cent Virginia lind 6 per cent tags of other States, Fred G. Coldren of the National C ital Park and Planning Comm Brookland _Citizens’ Association, onic Hall, streets, last night. The recent purchase of Fort Bunker Hill, in the association's territor: would provide the residents with p: d playground facilities, he said st and Northeast Washington pr nt the best opportunity in the city for development, he said, comparing the possibilities with those of Kansas Police of the eighth precinct con- ducted an investigation, but failed to stablish the identity of the driver. oroner Nevitt conducted an inguest t the morgue today. 1 fon of the late Amos n of Bethesdn, Md. vices will be conducted S. Sergeon's Out-of-Town Persons Would Not 1t Contrary to the belief that citizens on sald in addressing a meeting of the in Twelfth and Monroe |was charged 1n_resolutions adoptea | urging Congress to enact a bill to confer on the insurance department of the District authority to supervise rates looking to the removal of dis- criminations and adjustment claims, ’ The executive committee was di- rected to study the proposal to have ,& reconsideration of the airport prob- lem and make recommendations at the December meeting. Edgewood, Michigan Park and Dahlgren Terrace Citizens’ Assoclations will be asked o cooperate in selecting a site for high school and urging the Board of Education to make provision for its would benefit more from public parks erection in the near future. C. B. Phelps, chairfan of the car- nival committee, announced plans for a street parade and carnival to he given soon. Lean presided. st IR Held in Automobile Case. Pleading not guilty to a charge of foy-riding, George Joseph Friedman was held yesterday under $1,000 by Judge Hitt in Police Court for the ac- tion of the grand jury. Friedman was | wrested by Policeman 0. Staples of the third precinct, and is said to hav | taken an automobile belonging to Da- ivid Pettit, 1308 H street northeast, without his consent. . of | C. B. Carlton, Mr. Helm ||| s and Capt. C. D. Mueller were elected to membership. President Marvin Me. | CALLS ON PRESIDENT, Four alumni of Amherst College met at the White Iouse today when Dr. Ernest Hatch Wilkins, new presi- | dent of Oberlin College, Ohio, called on | college days for 10 minutes. Dr. Wil- kins was introdiced to the Presi by Edward P. Clark, Amherst, personal secretary, and F. S Crawford, Amherst, '97, one of President’s secretar Dr. Wilkins, who went from University of Chicago to take presidency of Oberlin, graduated from Ambherst in 1900. 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DON'T belittle your dollars, for ‘with them, by the advantageous plan of this co-operative institution, many fortunes have been built in our 37 years—and hundreds more are building now. Why not YOU? No plan is more help- ful in the accumulation of money, or safer— and few offer the interest. personal or pecuni- ary, that we do. SAVINGS EARN At least WEHAVE \Gz ity of, : HOMES Under Supervision of the U. S. Treasury 949 9th Street N.W nection, she said, the con a to determine what plans the National Capital Park and Planning ('m_x\u\ls- sion has for “district! " the District Jowed reports that no uniform meth- | with a view to supplyving the recrea- od is emploved by the various |tional needs in the various communi- welfare hodi in computing co: ot | ties. ©peration. dward Shaw, s lar of the Merchants and Manufacturer. th street, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Interment will be in Holy Rood Cemeter: tee study the questionnaire with a view to recommending the desired changes. 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