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The TOWNSEND PLAN, a proposal made in Jan. 1934 by California physician Francis E. Townsend for a $200-a-month guaranteed income for each senior citizen, found such strong support in Cleveland that Townsend located his national headquarters here from 1946-56. After the national organization disbanded in 1966, the Ohio headquarters at 11102 Detroit Ave.

TRACKSIDE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. See CLEAN-LAND, OHIO.

TRANZONIC FOUNDATION, 30195 Chagrin Blvd., was incorporated in 1976 by Tranzonic Companies, which manufacture and distribute paper, cloth, and vinyl products. As a company-sponsored enterprise, the foundation supports Jewish welfare, community funds, health and social services, and community development, primarily in northern Ohio.

The TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY, a free service for people in difficulty away from home, was established in Cleveland in 1920, 3 years after the National Travelers Aid Society. As a member of the Welfare Federation, the society was first supported by the Community Chest. The Travelers Aid Society was the idea of Brian Mullanphy, mayor of St.

The TREMCO FOUNDATION, in BEACHWOOD, was established in 1950 by Tremco Manufacturing Co. (later TREMCO, INC.).

The TREU-MART FUND was founded in Cleveland in 1980 by Elizabeth M. Treuhaft and WILLIAM C. TREUHAFT to address the needs of CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

The TREUHAFT FOUNDATION distributed funds for charitable purposes in Cleveland and elsewhere from 1955 to 1991. Founded by WM. C. TREUHAFT with EUGENE H.

TULLIS, RICHARD BARCLAY (12 July 1913 - 31 Oct. 1999) was an industrialist and civic leader who headed Harris Corp. and University Circle Inc. Tullis was born in Western Springs, IL, to Ester Izelah (Gilmore) and Lauren Barclay Tullis. He graduated in 1934 from Principia College in Elsah, IL, where he studied mathematics and physics. Tullis worked for two years with Dictograph Products Co.

The UNDERGROUND PRESS developed to serve the communication needs of political and cultural radicals in the 1960s and early 1970s. Its salient features were its opposition to the VIETNAM WAR and its promotion of drug use, rock music, and free sexual expression.

UNION OF COUNCILS FOR SOVIET JEWRY. See CLEVELAND COUNCIL ON SOVIET ANTI-SEMITISM.

UNITED APPEAL. See UNITED WAY SERVICES.

UNITED BLACK FUND OF GREATER CLEVELAND was founded in 1981 by George W. White to raise and distribute funds to social organizations that served the AFRICAN AMERICAN community of Greater Cleveland.

The UNITED FREEDOM MOVEMENT (UFM), established 3 June 1963 in Cleveland, was a coalition of more than 50 civic, fraternal, social, and civil-rights organizations inspired by the southern civil-rights movement.

The UNITED LABOR AGENCY, the direct outgrowth of the Cleveland AFL-CIO community-service department in Cleveland, has operated since 1970 as a labor-based multiservice agency. The agency began in 1968 when contacts between representatives of the community-service department of the Cleveland AFL-CIO and the UNITED WAY revealed the need for kidney dialysis among union members.

UNITED SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS. See JOINT VETERANS COMMISSION.

UNITED TORCH. See UNITED WAY SERVICES.

UNITED WAY SERVICES of Greater Cleveland, a centralized campaign established with that name in 1977 to raise money for health and human services, evolved from the city's first coordinated fund drives sponsored by the Federation for Charity and Philanthropy (later called the Welfare Federation, see FEDERATION FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING).

The UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT, organized in 1926 as Univ. Neighborhood Centers, was one of the last major SETTLEMENT HOUSES founded in Cleveland. The School of Applied Social Sciences (SASS) of WRU created the centers as an experimental program to provide training for graduate students and to serve the community.

UNIVERSITY SOCIAL SETTLEMENT. See UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT.