Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-11

son who is rccosnizcdly a liberal giver
is left off the list,
Names of business and professional
men and OF wcll-known women are
then collected from scores of different
sourccs-directors and managers Of
financial and commercial corporations
merchants. property owners, members
of clubs and business organizations.
women whose affiliations indicate so
cial or financial standing or interest
in altruistic and Variable work The
collection and assembling Of these
lists was day-and-night task. in
which dozens Of women connected with
tho Retreat were enlisted last week
DUPLICATE SOLICITATION
Is THEN ELIMINATED
These names are written on cards a.
tho first step. Thousands OF duplicates
are made unaroda bly,. where tho same
name occurs in several separate lists.
Finally. when every available source
has been exhausted. the cards are
sorted into alphabetical order and as
the duplicate cards come together they
are thrown out. Once III order, the
cards go through numbering ma
chine, and then the names and adj
panying index numbers. on long
sheets of papcr-and the working
lists" for the campaign teams, are
ready for the onslaught Of the workers.
The opening nigh, of Tic campaign
secs this array of names. divided al
phaoctically into twenty-siX or more
sections. passed around, sheet by
sheet. among the workers. Each team
puts in it's claim on nifty, seventy-fvc
or several hundred names. Ey the
simple eNpodient of entering the team
number opposite the name claimed. the
thing is done in an hour or two,
and then the force or clerks draws the
cards by serial number of distrlbu-
ton 10 the teams
The purpose CT campaign lists LIS to
avoid duplication in solicitation: and
4. team is entitled TO the exclusive
right TO solicit any person whose card
il holds. There is no SOLICITING: by
districts under the plan adopted by
the retreat committee. The selection
by the teams of the names of individ-
uals on whom they will call is purely
roiuntary-no worker is assigned" 10
solicit any individual. 1t is not con-
sidcred nice campaigning ethics' for
worker TO solicit ANY individual I'M
less his team holds the card bearing
the prospects name. One OF the rules
OF the game" in fact, is that there
must be no indiscriminatc solicitation
-tiiht the team must confine its can
HaSsins strictly To tho persons whose
names 1t has drawn. This prevents
the same person being solicited over
ahd over again by different workers
which only results in discoura cement
10 The workers and loss of temper 10
the victim OF the unnecessary calls.
ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE
ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE;
The work ing list for the Retreat
Tor The Sick campaign will contain
about 1000 names. The effort nova
DAYS in making up campaign lists is
TO keep them from being cumbersome
An orer-largc list is burden to the
workers. who should be able to sean
the whole array OF names between the
beginning of the campaign and the
closing day. The easiest list To pre-
pare. OF course. would he to- copy a
city telephone directory. But such a
list defeats it's own purpose in being
too long.
students OF campaigning have found
that 500 workers can very easily make
q personal solicitation OF 1900 people
every twenty-four hourS-and that
without giving excessively Of their
time from business or other engage
mentS. This average Of iivc Soicita-
tions per working per day has actually
been attained in many campaigns
where the campaign machinery is in
smooth running order. Such an aver