Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
Total Audited Figures This
Morning Show $780, 0,866.42
Officially Received.
LEADERS DISAPPOINTED
AT SIZE OF DONATIONS
Delano Declares Gifts Must Be
Larger if Campaign Is to
Be a Success.

eral soliciting campaign for funds for
the Washington Community Chest to-
day, chest officials expect the totals to
go well over 100000 following reports
of division leaders to be made at
luncheon in the Hotel Mayfiower this
afternoon.
Total audited figures reported early
this morning by the Community Chest
auditor revealed sum Of $760, 0,866.42
officially received by the chest. This
does not include the $4,000 gift of
Senator James Couzens, which has been
received and which brings the total to
$772, 2,866.z2.
Audited dgures, Auditor Andrew Lam
druS explains, are invariably smaller
than the figures reported at the report
meetings because of Implications and
because some of the captains report
pledges not yet received, although as
Sured. These cannot be counted, how
ever, until they are in and audited.
Letters from Government workers
Swamped the Office of the Chest this
morning in response to letters sent out
by E. w. Libbey, chairman of the gov
ernmental unit At an early hour 507
letters had been audited, showing total
gifts Of $3,426.57. The gifts reported
prior to today's luncheon, in addition
to the governmental unit figures, show:
Special gifts committee, Robert v.
Fleming, chairman, 757 pledges for a
total Of $604,011; metropolitan unit,
w. w. Spaid, chairman, 6,634 pledges
for total Of S132.416: group solicita-
,259 pledges for total of 15.701.8 IS:
committee on colored coordination, DR..
Kelly Miller, chairman, 104 pledges
with total of 1881.
The team headed by Mrs. Edward
Cafritz, reporting 125 pledges for total
of $3,415, led all other individual teams
in both the number of pledges obtained
and the total raised by any one of them,
as reported at the luncheon yesterday.
Working for Good VIII.
Clarence A. Aspinwall, secretary Of
the Community Chest, in brief address
at the luncheon yesterday emphasized
that "the Community Chest IS working
for good will" and that it appreciates
any gifts received. adding:
tressed because some gifts were smaller
than the donor apparently realized
would be necessary IL we are to reach
our goal Of $1.343,3 ,348.93, but 1t Is not
the policy of the Community Chest to
speak slightingly of any gift or the
failure OF any person to give. That Is a
matter for that persons own conscience
The chief asset of the chest is good will
and IL aI,y giver feels that he had been
in any sense coerced into giving un-
willingly. the chest viii gladly return
his money"
Reports of the group solicitation unit,
which were included in yesterdays
totals, showed marked enthusiasm
among the employees of the various or
ganizations solicited. All employees of
many firms gave. Among the firm con-
tributors were the Acacia Mutual Life
Insurance Co., which reported 1853 sub
scriptions for total of $6,191; Riggs
Bank, 100 per cent. with $2,952 for 245
employees; the passenger department Of
the Pennsylvania, also 100 per cent,
with IS gifts, totaling $2l0; Parker
Bridget Co, 100 per cent, with So en-
ployes giving $521; Frank E. Sherry, 100
per cent, with $161.50 for eight en-
ployes; A. Kahn, Inc. 100 per cent, with
$504 from II employees; Sol Herzog Co.,
100 per cent, with 1912 from Is en-
ployes. Many others reported varying
amounts up 900 reported from w. C.
& A. N. Miller, incomplete; Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co. $1,440.25, in
complete; Woodward & Lothrop,
$1,660.20. incomplete.
The Georgetown Progressive Citizens
Association gave $50 from the associ-
alton treasury and challenged other
citizens associations to match 1t.
Delano Disappointed.
Disappointment at the progress Of
tNa stevr1 <iuwx
by Frederick A. Delano, president of the
chest, who declared: I'VE must have
larger gifts If the campaign is to be a
success. The people do not seem to
realize as yet that this is not just an
other drive but Is one-time appeal
for the year for 81 different agencies
and that they are being relieved Of 56
other appeals by the concentration of
the 81 into one. We are not anxious
for cash. The giver has the option of
his payments over the entire
year, paying quarterly or otherwise as
he sees fit, but gifts simply must be
larger or we are going to fall short Of
our goal of $1,343, ,348.93."
Among other contributions Of $500
or more reported yesterday were:
John Hays Hammond, $1,000 (nak-
ing his total subscription 100000:
CleVelauQ EeTKulS, S4,UUU, WdSiilIlSOil
Gas Light Co., $500; DR.. Malcolm
Gibbs, $4,000; Mrs. w. K. Brownson,
81, 500: Mr.. and Mrs. Whitman Cross,
$4,000; Mary B. Adams, $1.551: Mrs.
Herbert Slocum, $1,500; Mrs. John C.
Simpson, $1,000.
One thousand dollar gifts: Admiral
w. X. Brownson, Alice Grandin, Flor
ence Grandin. management of the Hub
Co., National Furniture Co.
Ruth II. Mccormick, A. G. Moses, Ma
tional Electrical Supply Co.. Mr.. and
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