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 a 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, II
was thought. had prevented contributions
being made to the canvassers who have
called at the houses of clerks. The matter
has been considered by the cabinet, and
that body has decided that 1t would be un-
wise to permit q formal canvass to be made
by the citizens committee in the govern.
ment buildings. This decision made 1,
necessary for the executive committee to
consider some other means of reaching the
who form so large part Of the population
Of Washington. While the house-to-house
canvass may reach many of them, it 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 best
means of securing the contributions Of all
the government employees who may be will
ling to give to issue an appeal, and state In
1t how contributions might be forwarded tc
the canvassing committee In compliance
with this decision Chairman Truesdell las,
night issued the following:
| An Appeal to Department Employees
The heads of the executive departments
have declined to permit a formal canvass
to be made by the citizens committee in
the government buildings, and therefore
made 1t 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 regular and
undiminished incomes at time when many
are out of employment. If every one OF
these fortunate ones gave but a small per
centage or MS monthly salary, the fund
thus formed would save many deservins
| 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 call
for relief are increasing in number There
are thousands of families in the District In
want because there is no work for thei,
bread winners. 1t is believed that the dis
treSS, which even now exceeds anythins
known in the history of the city, will be
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-
ploye5 Of the government departments and
1t is believed they will now respond gen.
erously to the cry of the destitute for food,
OF the infirm and sick, and Of helpless chill
dren for warmth and shelter and protection
against the rtgors of winter. The citizens
committee, therefore, begs every govern.
ment employe to give.
1t Is hoped the clerks in every room or In
every division will choose one Of their mum.
Der to serve this committee and this cause
by receiving and accounting for their con.
tributtOnS. Where this is not done ii Is
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 inconVenient 1t 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 may be
forwarded, with the addresses of the sub
scribers, 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