Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17
CHEST UNIT PLANS
FOR SOLICITATION
National Corporations Drive
Outlined at Meeting Held
at City Club.

Plans for the solicitation of national
corporations doing business in the Dis
trict. in the Community Chest cam
paign, were outlined at a meeting of
the unit handling that end Of the cam
paign at noon today at the City Club.
Mai Charles Demonet, chairman OF
this unit, presided.
we feel that these people, doing bus
mess in Washington, even though their
governing boards are located elsewhere,
should be sufficiently interested to con-
tribute to this cause" Maj Demonet
said This meeting today is to give
local representatives time to place our
plan before their boards, and we hope
for substantial contributions to the
chest from this source"
All space necessary in the downtown
stores for the display of posters and
other advertising matter for the drive
has been promised by the members OF
the department store group Of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association
and billboardS about town have been
offered for the drive by the Liggett g.
Myers Tobacco Co. of New York, the
Chevy Chase Dairy of Washington and
the General outdoor Advertising Co.
1t was announced today at chest
headquarters that the employees OF w.
B. Moses g. Sons were the first group
of this sort to 60 "over the top" for
the drive, pledging 100 per cent CO.
operation with the drive after hearing
an address on the aims and plans OF
the chest by o. T. Wright.
Large Pledges Received.
While the figures were not reported
Of Sn6Fial
gifts unit of the chest yesterday after
noon, 1t was announced that early
pledges Of donations of large sums have
been received by members of this group
and these pledges are held TO be a
bright augury Of success for the chest
campaign Chairman Robert v. Flem-
ing of this unit expressed himself as
satisfied with the result Of the first
solicitations and optimistic as to the
final outcome of the units campaign.
Many of Washington's largest Civ
ers." he said, require few days
notice in order to arrange their affairs
for the size gift they wish to make
and that Is why the special gifts unit
is already at work seeing these peo-
pie. And ! want to stress the fact
that we do not require all cash with
pledges A subscription may be paid
quarterly or even at more frequent in
tervals."
Promises of very large" contribu-
tons to the chest fund already have
been received, Mr. Fleming said.
Members of the special gifts unit
are:
Robert V. Fleming. chairman; Clar-
ence A. Aspinwall, Charles j. Bell,
Thomas p. Bones, Harry K. Boss, Fred
erick M. Bradley. w. w. Bride, Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, Frank
A. Bright. Elmore Burdette. D. ]. Cal
lahan, Charles T. Clagett, Dwight
Clark, Myer Cohen, Oscar Cooiican.
Levi S. Cooke, w. S. Corby. Miss Anne
Covington. Fernando Cuniberti, Mrs
James F. Curtis. Floyd z. Davis, Fred
eric A. Delano, Victor Deyber, Dale D.
Drain, Charles D. Drayton. Miss Kath-
crime Dunlop. Mrs. Walter e. Edge,
Thomas Eagan, Henry P. Erwin, L.
Whiting Estes, Joshua Evans, IT,; w.
W Everett. David E. Finlay, William v.
Freeman, Norman B. Frost, J. Eugene
c. c. Glover, IT.; Mrs. Charles A. Gold.
smith, Charles A. Goldsmith, Amiral
and Mrs. s. Cary T.. Grayson.
Randall H, Hagner, william r. Ham.
George z. Hamilton, j. H. Hanna, Ar
thur HELEN, Frank s. Hight, Mrs. Jo-
seph Hines, Joseph Hines, Mrs. s. c.
cooper, Mrs. Reginald Huidekoper,
Richard w. Hynson, Harvey D. Jacob,
Joseph D. kaufman, Mrs. r. M. Kauff-
mann, John B. Larner, Alfred H. Law
son, Edgar K. Legg. jr.: Paul Lesh,
Charles p. Light. John M. Littlepage,
Denarest Lloyd, Charles G. Long, Nor
ton ]. Luchs, Rudolph Lyon, Roland
Frederick d. Mckinney,
Miss Julia Maths. George Miller, Mr..
and Mrs. Barry Mohun, Louis B. Mont
fort, c. G.. Morgan. George Hewitt
Myers, Roy Newhauser, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Parker holland, Newbold Noyes,
Col Arthur O'Brien. John j.. O'Connor,
John e. Parker. Mrs. Rushmore Patter-
son, Edgar Allan Poe, Mrs. Wiseman
Priest, Mrs. John j. O'Connor. Lawrence
II. Proctor, William K. Quinter, Mrs.
Robert Ransdall. Eugene B. Roberts,
Hugh Reilly. T. Baker Robinson, Mrs.
Gwinn Rust. H. l.. Rust. B. r. Saul.
John Saul, E: p. H. Siddons. William
H. Somervell, James Soper, George
Starkey, Gen Anton Stephan, Charles
p Stone. Thomas Bell Sweeney. Mrs.
Sidney r. Taliaferro, Warerly Taylor,
Corcoran Thorn, Mrs walter Tucker
man, Winslow B. Van Deyanter, Ken
meth S. Wales. George Watson, Monroe
w dlAEh. OdRts A4ICobEk WC43O, nA1c.
Parker W. West. Mrs. Charles Wheeler,
Harry p. White. Roger Whiteford,
Spottiswood White. Frederic William
VILE, Charles r. Wilson, Grosdale
Wits, George Y. Worthington, IT,
While its individual members ex-
pressed themselves in hearty accord
with the principles of the; Community
Chest. the Board of Education, meeting
yesterday, decided by close vote not to
permit committee of scheol officials to
accept Chest campaign subscriptions
from teachers and other school en-
ployes, as had been proposed by Elwood
Street. Chest director, on the ground
that contribution appeals made to en-
pioyes by their superiors would consti-
tute form Of mental coercion" which
should not have the approval Of the
board.
Discussion of the kind and extent of
participation which the schools could
undertake in the Community Chest
campaign for funds was launched when
Or. Ballou addressed to the board four