Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-25
THE APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
How Department Employees Can Give
Experiences of Canvassers.

How Department Employees Can Give
Experiences of Canvassers.
Reports are being received by Chairman
Truesdell of the committee on canvass in
dicating that the subcommittee are active
ly at work in every part of the District
Already contributions of money are begin
ming to come in and pledges of supplies and
clothing. The canvassing committee had
yesterday to deal with serious question
1t has been generally expected that there
would be canvass made in the department
buildings among the officials and employees
of the government, and this expectation, il
was thought, had prevented contributions
being made to the canvassers who have
called at the houses of clerks. The matte:
has been considered by the cabinet, and
that body has decided that 1T would be I'M
wise to permit formal canvass to be made
by the citizens committee in the govern
ment buildings. This decision made II
necessary for the executive committee &c
consider some other means of reaching the
thousands of employees of the government
who form so large part of the populat ii IN
of Washington. While the house house
canvass may reach many of them, 1t Is
thought that there might be hundreds who
are not houSeholders who would not be
given an opportunity to contribute by the
means already provided by the committee
The committee finally decided as the bes,
means of securing the contributions Of all
the government employees who may be will
ling to give to issue an appeal, and state In
IL how contributions might be forwarded to
the canvassing committed. In compliance
with this decision Chairman Truesdell last
night issued the following:
An Appeal to epartnent Empioyex
The heads of the executive departments
have declined to permit formal canvass
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the government buildings, and therefore
made it impossible for the committee to
reach all of the thousands of employees OF
the government by direct personal appeal
For this reason a general appeal is address
ed to the department employees, who form
so large and so important a part of this
community. The government employees are
fortunate In the enjoyment of reguia- and
undiminished incomes at time when many
are out of employment. If every one OF
these fortunate ones gave but small per-
centage OF his monthly salary, the fund
thus formed would save many deserving
families from hunger and cold
The central relief committee has expend-
ed all but few hundred dollars OF the
money contributed by citizens, and the calls
Tor relef are increasing in number. There
are thousands of families in the District In
want because there is no work for their
bread winners. 1t is believed that the dis
tress, which even now exceeds anything
come much greater as scanty stores OF
savings become exhausted.
In the past no appeal for a deserving
cause was ever made in vain to the EN-
ployes of the government departments. and
1t is believed they will now respond gem
erouSly to the cry of the destitute for food
or the intirm and sick, and of helpless chill
dren for warmth and shelter and protection
against the rigors of winter. The citizens
committee, therefore, begs every govern
ment emplOye TO give.
II Is hoped the clerks in every room or in
every division will choose one of their num-
per TO serve this committee and this cause
Dy receiving and accounting for their con-
trfbutfons. Where this Is not done If 10
trusted every clerk will forward his own
contribution to the chairman of the citi-
zens committee on canvass either directly
or through a member OF the district COM
mittee In the district where the clerk re-
Sides
To those to whom either of these modes of
transmission may be incouvenient il Is
suggested that contributions will be re-
ceived and accounted for at the Offices of
the daily newspapers
Pledges of subscriptions to be PAYABLE
after the LIST of the coming month NAV be
forwarded, with the addresses of the sub
scrfbers, and members of the committee
will call at the addresses given to collect
the amounts pledged at the time named
1t is earnestly hoped that every employe
of the government will avail himself of one
of these methods of sending his contribu-
ton to the committee.
GEORGE TRUESDELL,
Chairman Citizens Committee on Canvass.