Evening star., 1924-04-08
BUSINESS LEADERS
TO HELP CAMPAIGN
Twenty-Three Pledge AID to
Secure Subscriptions for
Associated Charities.

With the aid of twenty-three bust
ness and professional men enlisted 10
mobilize the charitable resources OF
Washington by city-wide occupation
al groups, the annual Easter cam
paign of the Associated Charities and
Citizens Relief Association to make
up s25.o0o balance on its current
budget will be opened at a public
meeting at Rauschers tonight.
The campaign starts tomorrow
The meeting tonight will also cele-
brate the forty third anniversary Of
the organization of the Associated
Charities.
Will Aid Campaign.
Business and professional men who
have pledged themselves to the forth
coming campaign include Milton E
Allies, for the bankers and bank di-
rectors: Raphael Semmes. for the au-
tomobile dealers; Harry Wardman
for the builders and contractors: DR.
w. 1. Darby, for the clergymen of all
denominations; Isaac Cans, for the
clothing merchants; Merritt O
Chance, for the coal dealers; DR.. Al
len Scott Wolfe, for the dentists
sociation; o. A. G. Oehmler, for the
Association of Florists; j. Philip
Hermann, for the furniture dealers
\. l.. Burchell, for the grocers; Will
liam d. West. for the hardware mer-
chants: T. A. Mckee. for the Hotel
Mems Association; Walter c. Gle
phane, for the lawyers; John Dolph
for the life insurance underwriters
Or. Lewis III. Kraskin. for the Asso
citation of Optometrists and Opticians;
Tlr Nnnra ha Gt
pathic physicians; DR.. Charles W
Richardson, for the members of the
VI Nedioal Association; Charles +.
Crane. for the members of the Ty-
pothetae; III. V. Hayden, for the pro-
vision market dealers; Harry X. Boss
for the realtors and affiliated mem
hers of the real estate board; Frank
+. Fenwick, for the restaurant pro-
prietors, and J. c. Wineman, for the
merchant tailorS.
Behind this organized effort of the
citizens of Washington to properly
finance the Associated Charities in
it's work of family welfare and home
mending is the desire of those blest
with fortunate circumstances to
know that nowhere in this great city
need there be any real distress be-
yond the reach of a helping hand
The keynote of this campaign is eA-
pressed in the one word, contrasts.
Plan 5000 Letters.
The idea back of this personal grouT
appeal through enlisted leaders. 1t Is
stated, is to bring to the personal at.
tention of all the more important
members of each group the need ol
these city wide. non -sectarian agen-
] cies for the care and relief Of familie.
| in distress on account of sickness. de-
sertion, death, or other misfortune
| and for the mending of broken homes
The fact is made all the more i'm
pressive coming, as 1t does, in the
form of a personal letter signed by
the well known member of eacf
group serving as it's sponsor. Nearly
!. 900 communications of this charac
sors of the various groups on behalf
/ of this charitable agency.
Each group sponsor gives to hi!
own group the number of those mem
bers who have SO far contributed Il
the Associated Charities budget. ant
frankly appeals TO group loyalty anf
pride to increase SO far as possible
| the percentage of contributors thii
year. The letter also points out tina
| it's purpose is to avoid the more ex'
pensive and sometimes disturbini
plan of personal solicitation by or,
ganiZed teams. and also to save TIL.
time of busy men and women.
These group sponsors Will he tkep
[ in daily touch with the responses Il
their letters received at the Asso
ciated Charities headquarters, 102.
I1th street, and when the returns ar,
all in the sponsors will be Furnished
with a comparative statement show
| ing how the various groups have re-
j sponded, so that they. can inform theil
own groups as to the result.