Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
$500, Stands Between
Workers and Their Goal.
$75,934.78 Yesterday.
POOLE is OPTIMISTIC
OVER DRIVES SUCCESS
Receipts Are Ahead of Last Years
Figures on Comparative Basis,
Chairman Reveals.

Defeating the Sabbath to work in
behalf of the sick, the manned and the
poor, as represented by the charitable
and welfare agencies affiliated with the
Community Chest, the three units of
volunteer workers engaged in the Chest
campaign were prepared to sally forth
again today with new determination to
reduce through additional pledges the
100000 still needed to meet the budget
for this year.
Within reach of million dollars as
result Of pledges amounting to $75,-
934.7S reported at yesterdays meeting
in the Mayhower Hotel, the Chest cam
paignerS nevertheless faced increased
odds in the final drive to finish the
job by Thursday. Chairman John
Poole sounded note of warning when
ne pointed out that the combined forces
must average approximately S2O5 600
Tor each Of the four remaining report
days If the final goal is to be reached
on schedule time.
Poole Is Confident.
Confident that Washington will not
ran IN the second year of the Chest.
Chairman Poole was inclined to regard
the total of 1862 ,974.3O raised to date
with degree of optimism in Comparing
1t with the total on the same day of
last years campaign. Based on this
comparison, the present campaign is
running about 100000 ahead. The in
creased budget calls for $500, 900 addi-
tlonal TINS year, owing to the fact that
tnere are ID more agencies in the Chest.
SO the difference of only 500 600 must
be met.
especially encouraging was the report
OF the special gifts committee. This
Time last year 1t had raised 1864, 900. It's
total today stands at $796,3I2. Despite
the 1act that Chairman Newbold Moves
warned that his committee has about
struck rock bottom" there is hope of
several additional outstanding gifts of
5000 or more being turned in before the
campaign ends.
Reporting a total Of $1e,8eO yester-
Day. Mr.. Noyes announced that cables
to John Hays Hammond, who is absent
in South America, had resulted in the
famous mining engineer increasing his
git 20 per cent, giving $1,000 this
year. Another special gift of $4,000
from Admiral and Mrs. w. H. Brownson
also was reported, these being the two
outstanding contributions of the day.
Group Unit Gets $3.50.
The group solicitation unit, which is
canvassing employees in 500 business
and industrial establishments of the
city, reported additional contributions
amounting to $5,63674. Added to the
sum the unit previously had raised, its
total amounts to $11,028.54 Chairman
Frank r. Jelleff explained that pay day
Is an element figuring largely on the
solicitation of employe groups and that
the reports from his committee would
come slowly but surely" for this rea-
son.
Reports from individual establish
mentS will not be rendered, he said.
until the work of solicitation has been
completed. AS the campaign pro-
crosses, the reports from the group So
licitation unit therefore are expected to
pick up daily.
The metropolitan unit added
$50, 408.04 to the days total Included
in this amount, Chairman Merritt o.
Chance read a report from region 5
showing contributions of $2.342.65 from
the gifts of 451 colored citizens. This
excellent showing on behalf of region
5 was one OF the most encouraging fac
tors in the campaign.
Division 8, known as the Midcity
division of the Metropolitan Unit, of
which James B. Evans, Mrs. Charles
A. Goldsmith and w. c. Hanson are
co-chairmen, again won the silk flag
for the highest percentage of quota re-
ported to date, leading with 27.1 per
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