Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-30
ALL CHEST UNITS
TO REPORT TODAY
ON FIRST EFFORTS
Heaviest Snow of Winter
Spurs CanvasserS to
Make Good Showing.
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All campaign units engaged In wash
ington's million dollar charity drive
win meet at the Mayf1ower Hotel today
to render q report of the frst day of
united effort for the Community Chest.
Thermometers stationed at stragetic
corners in the downtown section will
record for the public the progress Of the
campaign toward the completion of the
$1,7S6,737.07 budget for the year, the
largest sum ever asked for charity and
welfare work in the District.
Undismayed by the handicap of the
heaviest snowfall this Winter In their
city-wide canvaSsing, the 1000 volun-
teers Of the Metropolitan Unit were
putting forth extra efforts this morn
ing to swell the amount Of the first
days financial report This Metro
politan Unit. representing the rank and
flle Of the army Of $500 workers, are
counted upon by the campaign strate-
gists to pull the Community Chest out
of the hole.
Gifts Committee TO Continue.
The special gifts committee is still
short $4,000 in its efforts to raise its
newly fixed quota Of $S75 900, reduced
from approximately $95O,00O. Newbold
NoyeS, its chairman, has warned that
the committee will keep at its Job until
the last cent Of the quota has been
raised.
The group solicitation unit, facing a
bigger job than it tackled last year, is
counted on TO raise a minimum of
$260,000 from business and industrial
IN I10 o{k n
or more persons. This leaves the goal
Of the Metropolitan Unit at approx
mately $4,000
Realizing that the Community Chest
campaign has reached its crucial stage,
John Poole, general chairman, ex-
pressed the belief today that the en-
tire budget can be raised by February
6, when the campaign closes, If Wash
ington displays the needed teamwork.
That the colored population of Wash
ngton is responding heartily to the
cause of the Community Chest was in
dicated by the partial report rendered
last night at the meeting of region
five Of the Metropolitan Unit at the
Whitelaw Hotel More than $1,000 has
been obtained in gifts of 500 or more
from colored citizens, and the first full
report of the regional teams is expected
to make splendid showing.
DR.. Motion Is Guest.
Dr. Robert r. Motion, head Of Tus-
keegee Institute and one of the most
widely known colored leaders in the
United States, was an unexpected
guest at last nights meeting. He was
stopping at the hotel, en- route through
Washington, and when he learned that
the colored citizens were engaged in a
Community Chest campaign he at
tended the meeting. DR.. Motion heartily
Endorsed the Chest movement and what
it means to the welfare of the less
fortunate Of all races and creeds and
appealed for its support.
John r. Hawkins, president Of the
Prudential Bank was the chief speaker
at the meeting. He stressed the neces
sity of giving every colored resident nj
Washington an opportunity to give to
the Community Chest He declared
there could be only two classes of peo-
pie in Washington-those who give "a
the Chest and those who need aid and
receive it from Chest organizations
Unless citizen could show that ne
was receiving aid from Chest organi-
cation he should be able to give" he
said.
DR.. Kelly Miller is chairman OF
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