Evening star., 1918-03-21
GETTING READY FOR
RED CROSS WEEK
D. C. Committees Named for
$5OO,m Drive Beginning
May 20.
FIRST GIFT ALREADY IN

Preparations for the coming RED
Cross financial campaign in the week
beginning May 20, to raise half a mil
lion dollars in Washington as its snare
of the hundred millions to be raised
in the country, are well advanced The
executive committee of the District
chapter finance committee. which has
been planning for several months. is
now meeting more frequently and VIII
open headquarters next week. Thomas
Bell Sweeney. who attended its meet
ing yesterday afternoon and accepted
the Office of executive secretary, Will
have charge of the headquarters, Civ
ing his whole time rs = volunteer
The entire finance committee will
meet on Good Friday. March 20. at the
Willard for its first general meeting
for this campaign solicitor General
John W. Davis, counselor of the Amer
Jean Red Cross; Henry White and 9TH
ers will speak on what tie Red Cross
has done with the one hundred millions
raised last year here and abroad and why
II needs one hundred millions more for
service to the Army. Navy and Marines,
their dependents and the allies.
Big Undertaking for Washington.
All the reports at yesterdays meet
ing were optimistic. although it was
realized that the task was big enough
for the National CapitafS best efforts.
and that II could succeed only by being
made community undertaking. in
which every man. woman and child
should take part The American Red
Cross wants every one of the 100000
population to have part in the fund
and expects all to contribute according
to their means. AS a result of the
Christmas membership drive there are
now nearly 10000 members in the Dis
t-ict chapter, who Will be active in the
campaign.
The officers Of the District finance
committee are: Henry B. F. Macfar-
land. chairman; Corcoran Thorn. vice
Chairman; G. A Aspinwall, secretary;
c: H Rudolph, financial secretary:
Thomas Bell Sweeney. executive secre-
tary, and Milton E. Allies.
Personnel of subcommittee.
: The subcommittees, the chairmen be-
Ing members of the executive commit
tee, are:
Meetings and speakers-George E
Hamilton, chairman; Eugene L. Thomp-
son. vice chairman; Miss Louise T
Dyer, secretary. Cooperation of civic
fraternal, patriotic and other organiza-
tions-W- T. Galliher, chairman: Lem
Towers, jr, vice chairman: Lee A. Row
er. secretary Cooperation of churches
colleges. clubs and schools--John r.
Hidil, Davis, wee
chairman; A s Vipond, secretary Gov
ernmental organizations-W. j. Eynon
chairman; c. G Griffith, vice chairman;
Robert Gibson, secretary. Large in
dustries -Myer Cohen, chairman;
Charles W. Sennes, vice chairman; E.
3. Eynon. jr, secretary: Benjamin
Woodruff, assistant secretary. Pub
1icity-B. F. Saul. chairman; Joseph NJ
Stoddard, vice chairman; H. Clifford
Bangs secretary. Personal soIicita-
tion-Charles Henry Butler, chairman;
James Parmalee. vice chairman; Charles
P. Light. secretary Conservation of
results of membership drive-Arthur
Peter, chairman.
Any one who wishes to contribute to
the 1915 campaign can do so now The
hrst gift, SIS check andJ interest on
$1.50O worth of liberty ponds, came
from Oscar Berkly. now In the navy
yard machine shops. formerly man-of-
wars man in the Navy. who sent il
through Capt A l. Willard. u S. N.
conanandant of the navy yard, with the
statement that an old man who could
no longer fight on shipboard and want
ed to hight with his dollars sent the
contribution. besides subscribing to
81 500 worth of former liberty loans and
who would subscribe 81 1,e00 to each of
the future loans, all of the interest to
60 to the Red Cross.