Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-01
Sum of S74,243 Raised Yes
terday Afternoon and
This Morning.
$4,000 IS PLEDGED
BY SENATOR COUZENS
Second Warning on Unauthorized
Solicitors Is Made by
Drive Officials.

A grand total of $758,551 was re-
ported raised in the Washington Com
munity Chest campaign following re-
ports by divisional leaders in the gen.
eral soliciting campaign and the re-
port Of the group solicitations commit
tee at a luncheon in the Mayfower
Hotel today.
Canvassers yesterday afternoon and
this morning raised the sum Of s74,-
24S0l, it was reported.
Revised figures of the Chest auditor
showed that $684,3 4,3O799 had been re-,
ported raised prior to today's meeting,
instead OF $686,151.54 previously report
ed.
Additional sums reported but not yet
included in the audits will swell the
fund to more than $4,000, officials
state
Addresses were delivered at today's
luncheon by Miss Gertrude Bowling,
director of the Instructive Visiting
Nurses Society. and Linn C.. Drake, di-
rector of Boy Scouts.
$4,000 Pledge Received.
A pledge of $4,000 was received
stituting the second largest individual
subscription received by the chest. Sec
retary of the Treasury Andrew w. Mel
Ion and Mrs. James F.. Curtis of New
York and Washington tied for the high
est individual gift with contribution
of $4,000 each. Senator Couzens' gift
was presented to the chest through Mrs.
Sidney r. Taliaferro, whose team has
consistently led the other teams OF the
special gifts committee in individual
contributions. w. S. Corby'S team, spe-
cializing in corporations, however, on
several occasions has reported the
largest sums raised.
The total sums received to date were
made by 1883 people. and includes
funds as reported by Chest officials. as
follows:
Special gifts committee, Revert v.
Fleming, chairman, 757 pledges with
$604,0l1; Metropolitan unit. w. w.
Spaid. chairman, 3,678 pledges with
STA, ,444.49; group solicitation unit, Frank
r. Jelleff, chairman, 473 pledges
amounting to $4.852; committee on COLI
ored coordination. DR.. Kelly Miller,
chairman. so pledges, amounting to
81, ,644.0 .05. No report has yet been made
by Mai. Charles Demonet. chairman OF
the committee on national corporations,
port win be made near the end Of the
campaign. E. w. Libbey, chairman Of
the governmental unit, Is also working
through system of letters sent to
every worker in every department, and
his report will be delayed due to time
taken to collect contributions by letter.
Each of these committees Is expected to
turn in large amounts. Daniel z.
Garges, secretary to the District of CO.
lumbia Commissioners, has written
letter to every District employe, notify
ing them of the campaign and asking
contributions for the chest, it is an
nounced.
An additional gift from John Hays
Hammond. announced yesterday, brings
his total contribution to $4,000.
Pledges reported by the team cap
tains of the special gifts committee in
the Willard Hotel yesterday were as
follows:
BY Mrs. Taliaferro, $14,1a5: Barry
Mohun. s12.076; John Saul, s10.232:
w. S. Corby, $8.l86; Roy Neuhauser.
$5.475; Victor Deyber. s5,400: Arthur
HELEN, $3.50; George H. Myers, S2,-
855; Carol Morgan, $2,10o; r. w. Hyn-
son, $500.
Second Warning Issued.
Chest officials yesterday gave a sec
ond warning to the citizens of Wash
ingto to beware of imposters attempts
ing to solicit without authorization.
Every Community Chest worker carries
credentials and can produce them If
necessary" Mr.. Street said.
John Poole. chairman of the CAM
paign. Yesterday urged the workers to
try for larger contributions. II do not
believe that the people are thoroughly
awake to the fact that they are giving
for one year to 81 agencies Mr. Poole
said. IF they are once made thorough
ly aware OF this fact, am sure that
the general average of the gifts will
increase. We do not want cash. We
prefer larger gifts. distributed over the
four quarterly payments"
While not reporting any large
amounts yesterday, the group solicita-
ton committee members told of great
enthusiasm among the various stores
and industries of the city Several of
the stores have issued challenges to
match their 100 per. cent gifts and
this challenge Is being accepted by
others with the statement that they
viii make more than any 100 per
cent"
DR.. Cloyd II. Marvin, president of
George Washington University. yester-
day applied for 500 pledge cards with
which he promised to solicit the en-
ployes Of the university.
Marvin Praises Chest.
'The Community Chest is a wonder
full thing" DR.. Marvin said, mot alone
from the manner in which it meets
financial situation, but also for its ef-
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