Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-01
GROUP CANVASSNG
EXTENSION PLANS
TO INCREASE FUNDS
All National Capital Firms
Employing rs People to
Be Solicited.
PROSPECTIVE KEY MEN
TO BE SEEN PERSONALLY
Executives, STAFF Members and
Other Organization Workers to
Hold Family Rally" Tuesday.

Extension of the group solicitation
plan to every organization in the Ma
tional Capital employing IS or more
people is planned by the Community
Chest organization in the 1880 cam
paign, which will begin January %
and continue to February 8, 1t was an
nounced yesterday by Frank r. Jelleff,
chairman of the group solicitation unit
at meeting held at the Cosmos Club.
Instead Of the $50 firms listed for
group solicitation purposes last year Mr..
Jelle6 said there will be 500 firms this
year to be divided among his is division
chatrmen. A large increase in the
amount Of contributions obtained
through this plan is expected, he said.
Elwood Street. director of the COM
muntty Chest, explained the group So
licitation plan of operation to members
OF the committee, Stressing the impor-
lance Of obtaining the proper key men
in each organization.
Personal Work Important.
The important work before the divi-
sion chairmen prior to the campaign,
he said, is to visit every firm listed and
talk personally to the prospective key
men, arranging with them to solicit the
employees of their establishments when
the campaign starts.
Chairman Jelleff announced that his
list of division chairmen had been
practically completed and includes the
following: Division /, hotels, no chair
man; division la, restaurants, Bert
Olmsted, chairman: division 2, pure
food products, Ernest Daniel, chairman;
division 3, transportation, Daniel L.
Norman, chairman; division ga, street
railway, no chairman; division 4, print
ing crafts, Jack Sherry, chairman;
division 5, retailers, Sydney Strauss,
chairman; division 6, public utilities,
Frank Taft, chairman; division Z, con-
struction and building trades, William
e. Russell, chairman; division 8. manu-
featuring, returned to the chest; divi-
sion 9, automotive trades, Rudolph
Jose, chairman; division 10. laundries
and dry cleaners, Frank Greyson, chair
man; division IL, insurance, John +.
Cremen, chairman; division IL, finance
banking, E. j. McQuade, chairman;
| division la, finance brokerage, no
chairman; division Is, civic and pro-
| fessional organizations, no chairman;
division Ia, social agencies, Miss Ger
| trude H. Bowling, chairman, and divi-
sion Is, cosmopolitan, l.. z. Rubel,
chairman. Linn G. Drake Is secretary
| Of the unit.
Mr.. Jelleff stated further that several
| divisions had been purposely left with
| out chairmen, as he expects to see the
heads Of those organizations personally.
Executives, staff members and other
workers Of organizations afhliated with
the Community Chest will hold a
family rally" next Tuesday at pm.
in the first floor auditorium of the Jew
ish Community Center, Sixteenth and @
streets. Maurice Bisgyer, executive sec
rotary OF the center and chairman of
the committee on arrangements, will
preside.
The purpose of the meeting is to ex-
plain to all workers affiliated with the
Community Chest the part they are TO
play In the campaign and how 10 ex-
tend the results of the campaign
throughout the year. Methods OF CO.
operation between the various organiza-
tions which will result in the greatest
possible good from each dollar expended
will be discussed.
Chairman TO Speak.
Community Chest, will describe the
importance of the Community Chest to
the community. John Poole, chairman
OF the campaign committee. will explain
the plan of the campaign. Corcoran
Thorn, chairman of the budget COM
mittee. will tell how his committee
operates. Miss Gertrude H. Bowling,
superintendent of the Instructive Visit
ing Nurse Society and chairman of the
social agencies division of the Com
munity Chest group solicitation unit,
will speak on How We Can Help With
Our Gifts" Mr.. Street will tell how
the work Of each employee and star
member can aid in making the Com
munity Chest a success.
There will also be five playlets and q
contest among staff members of the
Georgetown University Hospital, the
Twelfth Street Young Mems Christian
Association, the Salvation Army and
the Washington House for FoundlinRs,
each giving a two-minute speech on
What Employees Think About the Conn
munity Chest" A prize will be given
for the best speech. There will be
music by the Jewish Community Center
orchestra and community singing led
by q member of the local Y. NJ. G. A.
stan.