Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-03-07
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T0HOSP|TAL FUND
Workers Open Campaign to
Procure Subscriptions for
Emergency and Casualty.

Four hundred and sixty-two Emer-
gency and Casualty hospital cam
paigners last night started the ten
day drive for 100000, with an open
ing dinner in the New Willard Hotel
at which announcement was made
that President Coolidge already had
rendered a contribution. Addresses
punctuated by enthusiastic demon
strations. marked the meeting.
Senator Copeland. guest of honor,
sounded the keynote of the campaign
in stating: There isn't any better
thing you can do for any community
than to give it good hospital"
President Sends Check.
Col. Edward Clifford. chairman of
the force of more than 500 workers
engaged in the movement, presided.
and before beginning the program an
nounccd that he had received an I'M
solicited check from President Cool
idge. The fact that the campaign is
for both Emergency and Casualty
hospitals. and that people from all
sections of the community are help
ing to raise the fund was strongly
emphasized by Col Clifford in his
opening talk Music was furnished
Marine Band.
a two-act play depicting the right
and the wrong way of asking for
subscription was presented.
Woodbury. Blair. Address.
Woodbury. Blair spoke briefly. say
ing: LAS president OF the board OF
directors of Emergency and Casualty
hospitals. l now anticipate the result
of this campaign. and | thank you
now for your successful work IN
rescuing our hospitals. They are sec
ond only in Importance TO the hre ana
police departments.
Unfortunately they are not main
tanned as they should be. Our charity
work for the last year has entalled IA
net loss to us of over $4,000, for
which We have received no remunera-
ton whatever
He referred to senator Greene. who
has been in Emergency suffering
from bullet wound. and said he
had been informed during the day
that the senator is in taIr way TO
recover.
Col. Clifford praised Mrs. Reginald
S. Euidekoper. chairman of the Wom-
ems division. who responded briefly.
saying: Il have every confidence in
the outcome of this campaign. We
can feel perfectly sure that in our
chairman we have the right man in
the right place. | am proud of our
womens division: every one in IT is
enthusia site and ready to work with
Il will. | want especially TO thank
my three vice chairmen for their
splendid work-Mrs. {. c. Glover. jr.;
Mrs NJ. ]. Vaughan and Mrs. Floyd
+. WagEaman.
Senator Cope land Introduced.
senator Copeland was then intro
duced by Col. Clifford. who described
him as the greatest living autharity
on the conservation of health"
Senator Copeland spoke in part as
follows:
There isn't any finer thing that
can be done for this community than
to make a success of this campaign
for Emergency and Casualty hos
pitfalls. There isn't any more important
investment any city can make than
in a hospital.
"Mr. Blair, you saiu that the hos
pital came next in Importance to the
fire department and 20 the police de-
partment. l don't think it does.
don't think either the fire department
or the police department is half as
important as our hospitals. is GER
tainly necessary to protect ourselves
from fire and to protect ourselves
from being robbed but the hospital
protects our health, and that is more
important than anything else.
Ancient Plaques an Example.
is there any reason why We should
be SO confident that the terrible
plaques of ancient times are gone
forever. In RUSSIA III the HNf
years there have been 45.000.080 cases
of typhus and 100000 victims died.
Why do we fiatter ourselves that we
I'm Washington are safe from these
things =?
There is d square mile in New
York city with population of
100000. There is nothing like it
anywhere else on earth. There is
only one place in the world worse
than that, and that ia in the alleys
of Washington If ease of typhuS
started in one of our alleys inside
OF months time 100000 people
might die of it..
The population of Washington is
years before it is twice what it is
now.
Senator Greene in Modern Quarters.
II recently visited my colleague
Senator Greene, at Emergency Hos
pital and | was delighted to find such
splendid, modern, well-conducted
Institution. I WAS shocked to find that
when the senator was brought there
there was not a vacant private room
to put him in. and he had to be
placed in a semi private room with
another patient over night. until a
private room was available. IT is a
Shome that We so overcrowded
in our hospitals here in Washington.
This is condition that must be cor
rected. Go into this work with a will
and raise the 100000 you are seek
ing, and then go ahead and raise
another $500 900 after that