New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Check for 100000 Is R..
ceived From Rockefeller
Foundation
downtown Work
Nets $1,63o,oss
Mgr. Lavelle Says Re.uh
Show Patriotism Of
City's Catholics

At the close Of an cight.dav 49,.
palgn, the New York Catholic NJ m
fund last night shot over the ton n,s, M
the three-million dollar mark. yes,.s ''
day brought the largest single ,on
tribution of the drive-a check ..
100000 from the Rockefeller Fomss
tion.
The exact total last night was ss,2s
4S9. Just how much more will be .aas.
IS matter of speculation, but lendos.
OF the drive are certain that il r,;,,
reach $3,250,000
TIL. downtown committee w;,, -
conclude its canvass of the tinarc;.,
dictrict until to-day. At its luncheon a,
the Bankers Club yesterday totn, os
$l96,780 was announced. This o;vo.
the downtown committee :. total Of 81
63O,0S9.
At the luncheon, Judge Morgan !
O'Brien, chairman of the downtown
committee. read the following letter
from George Z. Vincent, president Of
the Rockefeller Foundation:
at was pleasure to all of us con-
nectcd with the executive committee
OF the foundation to vote the annro
priation of 100000 to the New Yorl
Catholic War Fund. am enclosing an
ofilclal letter from the secretary of tho
foundation, which will take the n,ace
of filling out the blank.
"As | explained to you over the tele.
phone this Afternoon. we desire to have
TINS money go for the camp work Of
the Knights of Columbus. 1t was
pleasure to meet YOU and Mr.. Ryan
this morning. and to discuss the work
with regard to which we share vour in.
terests and confidence"
Foundation Resolution
The executive committee of the
Rockefeller Foundation, at its meeting
last Thursday, passed the following
resolution:
Resolved, that the sum of s1OO.OM
in addition to the sum appropriate
under r. F 1904, be and is hereby ap
nropriated to the war work of the
knights of Columbus for the year
1918"
Monsignor Laveltc, who was at the
luncheon of downtown workers, in a
brief address. said in part:
Before this drive was inaugurated
the Catholic authorities in this city
wondered whether they ought to put
New York's quota as high as 100000
Eventually. it was put at more than
three times that amount, and now the
war fund has gone far beyond the pre-.
scribcd figure Of $500, ,OCO. The work
I am sure, will be of lasting advantage
to all of us, and will show that the
Catholics of New York are ever pre-
j pared to take the lead in all movements
relative to safeguarding the welfare of
our soldiers and sailors at home and
overseas"
Among the large contributions an.
nounced yesterday were the following:
Harry Payne Whitney. $4,000; Feli1
NJ. Warburg. $4,000: John D. Rookie
Teller. ir., $4,000; Edward Stettinus
$4,000; Robert J. Collier. $4,000: Brew.
/ e.s' Board Of Trade. $1,000; William J
Ryan. $2.500; Guggenheim Brothers
$500; Hubert American Sugar Com
pany, $4,000; j. l.. Reploglc, $4,000;
Smeaton, Hanscond & Co., $4,000, ant
David Iselin, $3.50
Candy sales at the Huyler stores Fri
day netted S7O0 for the Catholic Fund
to which Huylers added $50, as con
tribution from the firm.
Navy Clerks Contribute
Miss Katherine G. Mcbride, Of 81
Clark Street, Brooklyn, sent the follow
ing letter with her collection for the
fund.-
Enclosed herewith is a check for
S17S5O. the amount of subscriptions
to the Catholic War Camp Fund BY the
clerks of the supply department. navy
yard, New York. The greater part Of
the sum was donated by non-Catholics
and in recognition of the spirit they
! have shown, / should appreciate your
having the publicity committee ac'
knowledge this contribution in the
newspapers. :"
In a letter to the committee il
charge, Macch di Cellere, Italian An.
i bassador, writes in commentator o.
I the campaign:
Every one knows at present th,,
value of the morale of soldiers ant
sailors in the war; and, therefore, any
thing intended to raise their moraa
and give them assistance of whateys'
kind before they are called into actiel
and when they come back from the fe1
of honor is of the utmost importance
Yesterday afternoon downtown Nes
York was stepping lively TO the marts,
music of the fife and drum corps o
the Boy Scouts of St Catherine o
Siena, 420 East Sixty-ninth Street.
young army of collectors pried ioos
coins from rassersby.
AT Carnegie Hall tonight and %.
morrow night the seven-reel feature
! film. Gross Bearer" viii be shown :. 70,
the third and fourth times to swell "a.
contributions for the boys who ar a..
avenging the Belgian atrocities 'hs
n.m portrays.