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...newly-clected members are: Benjamin L. Alpers, Social Studies, Lowell House; Alexander Bakal, Biology, North House; Christopher G. Caines, Literature, Lowell House; Christopher D. Carroll, Economics, Lowell House; Timothy C. Chang, Applied Mathematics, Lowell House; Timothy C. Chang, Applied Mathematics, Lowell House; David, H. Chin, Chemistry, Quincy House; Michael S. Dettelbach, History and Science, Quincy House; Philip R. Dormitzer, Anthropology, Dunster House; Glenn D. Ellison, Mathematics, Currier House; Stephen A. Engel, Computer Science, Eliot House; Jesse M. Fried, Economics, Winthrop House; Riyaz A. Kanji, Social Studies, Quincy House; Richard D. Katz, Applied Mathematics, Leverell House; Nicholas R. Lawrence, English...
...Bakal chronicles some of the well-known charity deceptions that gulled the generous. Baltimore's Pallottine Fathers, a missionary order, collected about $56 million between 1970 and 1975 to feed and clothe the poor but spent much of it on Florida real estate. Nebraska's Boys Town eagerly solicited funds after it built up a net worth of well over $200 million and an income from investments that was easily enough to cover operating expenses...
Charities, Bakal argues, should be subject to some truth-in-giving regulation. He charges that, in its fund-raising appeals, the Red Cross often avoids mentioning that it helps servicemen with financial aid and counseling. Instead, the organization promotes its more popular activities, notably disaster relief...
...Bakal also takes aim at the United Way, the nation's largest fund raiser; it collects more than $1 billion annually and aims to triple the total by 1985. Most of the money comes from payroll deductions. Bakal cites evidence that some companies strongly pressured their employees to donate their "fair share." A Pacific Telephone & Telegraph executive, he says, threatened to deny raises to those who would not contribute; Ohio Bell Telephone recorded the names of those who canceled or reduced their pledges; Northwestern Bell Telephone workers were told by supervisors and union stewards how much to give...
...riposte, William Aramony, the head of the United Way, accuses Charity U.S.A. of being superficial and doing "a disservice to all philanthropy." Other critics charge that Bakal is out of date. Two of his main conclusions are shaky. He suggests that a new federal agency should regulate charity much the way that the Securities and Exchange Commission regulates securities transactions. He also believes that most functions of philanthropy should be taken over by the Government. Few taxpayers will agree that the U.S. needs another bureaucracy or more federal spending. For all the book's flaws, anyone...