Adams Explains Plan
Carson Adams, campaign chairman,
pointed out that the Community Chest
idea was not a new one, that the
plan was now successfully operated
in some 50 cities, and that Cincin
nati, O., was now preparing for its
ninth consecutive campaign. The
Community Chest movement, he Said,
was a revival of the united war drive
of 1918, when all forces pooled their
resources in one cohcerted campaign
on behalf of all war activities. He
predicted that the same spirit of co
operation would be manifested in the
present effort and declared he felt
no apprehension as to Birmingham'#
response.
Crawford Johnson, president of the
permanent Community Chest organi
zation, outlined a plan for the par
ticipation of civic bodies in the active
work of solicitation. Approval was
voiced by representatives of several
organizations.
Oscar Wells declared that he had
at first viewed with some misgivings
the Community Chest plan, and had
written to a dozen bankers in dif
ferent cities to ascertain their atti
tude toward it. Approval was so
unanimous and the reasons assigned
so convincing that his early objec
tions had been dissipated, he said.
