Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-27
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Now York, March 2S.-Reports lndi'
Gates that the states OF NC" ioIh'
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, MASSACRE =,
sctts, and New Jersey nave ralseo
+be largest amounts tor the endow-
mont of the Woodrow Wilson Awards
for public service, it was ANNOUNCER -i
nv Hamilton Holt, executive dlrGcCoi
~ the Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Mr. Holt said that these five states
alone have raised more than one
third of the present total OF the 1uno'
The results of the campaign IN DC
half Of the fund of 81 ,0OO,OVo or mort more
as reported up tc the present Iiinc
in these states were announcGu do
follows: New York, $4,000; Penn
svlvania, $4,000; Kentucky, aol'Uoo'
Massachusetts, $4,000; and Ne" 'er-
sey, $4,000. +oao,,
Enthusiastic reports came TO-DAY
from many of the state chalrmeh. g.
Warren Davis, of Trenton, n. j. tel
epraphed, Upwards Of $30,00o acs.
ually in haNd. Less than S2o,ooo OF
quota remains to be collected. Dc
ginning now will put forth strenuous
effort tor completion of fund" MRS.
Clarence Renshaw, oil Pittsburgh,
chairman Of the womcn's committee
stated that the total for Pennsylvania
is based on the partial reports.
Oregon, it was reported, has now
reached 60 per cent. OF It's quota, ana
the work is being continued with en-,
thusiasm. Tennessee IS leading an
southern states, having passed Nofth
Carolina this afternoon. The latter
state has raised II per cent. Oh us
allotment, while the work in Tenn
esse is 10 per cent. finished.
Among the contributors today was
Joseph A. knedlhans, a New York
Czccnoslovak vino offered his service
TO make an appeal for the Foundation
among persons Of his nationality.
With his contribution he wrote:
81 am sure that the Czechoslovak
people would collect and contribute
to the fund We Czechoslovaks re-
member we'll what eX-Presldent WI
son has done for oppressed small nat
ions in Europe and especially for our
newly born Republic. can assure
you that Mr.. Wilson as well as Pres
idcnt Masaryl1 will be celebrated as
the libcrators of the CZechoslovak
nation forever in history"
The largest contribution Tor the Gay
came from Thomas l.. Chadbournc,
the New York lawyer, who sent his
check for 81 900. Mr.. Chadbourne,
was formerly counsel of the War
Trade Board at Washington. An
other OF the prominent contributors
was Alexander koMta, who sent SlO0.
Mr. Konta wrote:
II conceive that when the pcrs-
pcctivc of the world Of thinking men
and women becomes enlarged-when
we all emerge from the mists which
seemingly, at present, crYclop the
great figures of the world-war per-
iod and their acts-onG giant figure
will stand OUT clearly and insplringly
as the man who, under stress without
parellcl, ever labored unta!tcrlngiy
and wish supreme vision IN the per-
mancnt interest of his fellow men.
The progress of the Woodrow Wilson
Foundation should prove Il measure
Of that cnlargeing perspective anc
promise OF that universal recogni-
ton Of Woodrow Wilson'S unforgct-
table service to mankind"
Among the other contributors TO-
day was Mrs. George II. Childs, pres
idcnt Of the Womcn's Democratic Club
of New York, who also sent large
number Of other contributions. Sub
scriptions of thsc who decide to be-
come founders OF the awards are