Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-06
Final Day of Campaign Is
Featured by Strenuous
Efforts of Teams.
LEADERS Confident
OF OBTAINING QUOTA
Solicitation Will Be Continued il
Found Necessary at Victory
Dinner Tonight.

Realizing that larger sum will have
to be raised today in the Washington
Community Chest campaign than on
any day since the drive started in order
to complete the chest budget in the al.
lotted time, the volunteer solicitor,
1urther intensified their efforts to reach
the goal OF 81 ,343, ,348.93 by tonight, the
tlme set for the campaign to end. Re,
ports on returns will be made at "yic.
tory dinner" in the Hotel Mayflower to.
night at o'clock.
To accomplish their object the work.
ers must secure approximately $268 600
II the goal is not reached. however
cnest officials will try to keep the vari,
Gus soliciting units intact until the nee.
eSSary FUNDS are raised, John Poole
campaign chairman, announced,
Auolted figures today show a total OF
Sl,O75,372.97 raised. This is a LITTLE
more than $4,000 less than the amount
reported by chest officials YESTERDAY
afternoon. The reports at that ti,,,s
were based on audited figures of yester.
day morning plus the additional IN.
audited returns of $110,664.93 reported
yesterday afternoon.
The total audited funds have been
raised by the different groups of work.
ers as follows:
Special gifts committee. 900 pledges
with total of $665, ,609.36; groups so.
notation unit, 4.934 pledges for a total
OF SAL ,06023; governmental unit, $685.
pleoges Tor total of $34, ,568.27; metro
colored co-ordination), 1887 pledges
for total of $334,135.11.
Confident of Raising Quota.
With the dinner being held in the
Mayfower tonight, there was no repori
luncneon OF workers this afternoon.
notwithstanding the tremendous
strioe that has to be taken today il
the chest quota is to be filed in the
given time, the workers expressed the
belief that the necessary sum would be
raised,
The special gifts committee, Robert
V. Fleming, chairman, started combine
the city for possible prospects that llac
been overlooked or had not been seen
and also to see number of givers wllc
might add to their original contribu.
tions. Assurance that the special gift,
unit will reach its quota of S725,0O0 by
tonight was given In q brief statement
by Charles j. Bell at the report
luncheon of workers in the general
soliciting campaign In the Hotel May.
flower yesterday.
Members of the various units, mos
of them with prospect cards contain.
ing the names of many persons whit
get contributions from as many rnort
persons as possible.
1t is pointed out by chest official:
that with nearly 100000 possible giver,
to the chest in Washington, less thar
10000 have contributed to date, mean.
ing that there are approximately 20 OOt
additional prospects who may be seen
Many Solicited by Letter.
Contributions from Government
workers, solicited by letter, continue t.
come into chest headquarters. ant
special auditors are engaged in tabulat.
ing the funds so that figures may bt
kept up to date for reports at the vic.
tory dinner" tonight.
The committee on colored co-ordina.
ton will hold victory dinner for IL,
group in the Phyllis Wheatley hrancf
of the Young Women's Christian Asso.
citation tonight at o'clock for report.
to be made on the totals raised by that
group. Their totals will be telephonec
to the Mayf1ower, so that they can be
reported to the group meeting there
DR.. Kelly Miller. chairman of the grour
meeting in the Phyllis Wheatley Y. w
C. A., will preside at the meeting in the
latter building.
Chairman Poole, In a statement to-
day, indicated that large number OF
the largest givers have been solicited
but emphasized the necessity of workers
seeing many other prospective contribu-
tors and to work hard in a final effort
to complete the quota by tonight Mr.
Poole declared:
I'VE have had the cream of the gifts
in many cases and while gathering in
the balance is going to be harder
work, every worker should put added
energy into his efforts in order to make
today the day of days We have to
raise more than $250.000. There is no
such thing as the chest failing to reach
its quota, but everybody in Washington
must help-the workers with increased
efforts and the contributors with in.
creased gifts"
Frederic A. Delano, president of the
chest. said Attainment of our goal BY
tonight means that every worker must
labor constantly between now and that
time"
Gaszner Team High Yesterday.
The team captained by j. H. Gaszner,
with total of $4,046. led all other
divisional teams in totals reported at
yesterdays report luncheon. AS an
honor 1t was taken in hay wagon to
the "Chestometer" in front of the Dis
trict Building, where the mercury in
the thermometer was painted to show
the total funds raised by the chest uu
TO yesterday afternoon.
An additional sum of 5000 was raised
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