Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-14
MOVES WILL DIRECT
SPECIAL GIFTS UNIT
Community Chest Committee
Expects Generous Aid
in 1891 Campaign. !

Newbold Noyes again has accepted
chairmansap of the Special Gifts Com
mittee for The 1891 Community Chest
campaign, 1t was announced by Edward
r. Colladay, campaign chairman.
Mr.. Moves was chairman Of the Com
munity Chest unit in the 1880 cam
paign, and under his leadership the
Special Gifts Committee obtained con-
tributions Of $500 or more totaling
1892 $685., Is compared to sos, 1885
in 1929.
Chest oficials yesterday pointed out
that there was consistent gain in gifts
Of $500 or more in the 1880 campaign
over that Of 1929, not alone in the
amount Of money contributed, but in
the percentage Of the total pledged.
Total pledges for 1890 amounted To
81 ,612, $3.50, as compared to $1,487,-
20O.7l for 1929. Gifts Of 5000 or more
for 1880 totaled $310,18e.4e, as COM
pared to $236, 1852 for 1929; gifts Of
$1,000 to $4,000 totaled $346, 200.e5 for
1880, as compared to 1907, 402.4l for
1929; gifts of $500 to 1893 totaled
SITS $3.50 for 1890, as compared to
$50 ,632.23 for 1929.
Ratio Of Larger Gifts.
Gifts Of $500 and more comprised
SIG per cent OF the entire amount
pledged for 1890, as against 474 of the
centage gain was carried out through
out the whole range Of larger gifts.
I'VE are going to have to raise more
money this year than was contributed
in $780," Mr.. Noyes said. Statistics
received from Chest cities in all parts
Of the country show substantial gains
In the amounts raised as compared
with 1880, and In almost every instance
analysis Of the pledges show that IN
creased larger gifts are largely respon-
sible for these gains.
IAN emergent situation exists. The
Community Chest, Washingtonss great
est communal activity, Is the proper
organization to be used in meeting this
emergency. This can be done only by
making every Washingtonian realize his
obligation to his city and its less
fortunate residents, and that he must
give to the utmost OF his means. Many
Of our citizens already are doing their
full part. The task of the Special Gifts
Committee, as / see 1t, is to bring the
true situation home to every potential
large giver Of the city in order that all
may do their full part. Only by these
methods can the situation be met
Case Statement Cited.
Mr.. Noyes then referred to q state
ment made by j. Herbert Case, chair
man of the board Of the Federal Re-
serve Bank, New York City, and presi-
dent Of the Association of Community
Chests and Councils, in which Mr.. Case
said:
"Possessors Of wealth throughout the
country are, during time Of unem-
ployment such as now exists, confront
ed by an extraordinary obligation-an
obligation which this Fall and Winter
and their peace-time patriotism. They
must be prepared to give of their sur
plus and If necessary Of their substance.
They must give not only more gen.
erously, but more thoughtfully and
more constructively than at any time
since the troublous days of the war.
This obligation devolves primarily
upon those who are gainfully employed
and those who are well-to-do. It does
not appear that a large number OF the
great fortunes have been seriously dis
turbed during the recent depression,
nor have their larger operators in vari-
finance suffered to the point Of per-
sonal discomfort.
Where Pinch II Hardest.
"The desperate pinch has been felt
by those in the intermediate realm and
by the salaried and the wage-earning
groups. / do not mean in any sense
that these latter groups would be en-
tirely relieved of responsibility for 9TH
ers. They would be the first to pro-
test because, after all, they have felt
the pinch themselves.
mo, the financing OF our necessary
welfare service Is now, as always, q
community obligation to be shared pro-
portionately. But those who possess
large means must recognize that q con-
siderable portion Of the burden this
wear Is theirs. Under no circumstances
should they consider reducing their
usual contributions. They should not
give merely in good fellowship, or for
purposes Of public policy or TO main
tain o precedent. They should give for
the preservation of public health, Of
public welfare and Of public morale,
and with the same thoughtfulness and
acumen that an individual or Germany
must exercise in making appropr ions
to meet business emergency. This
the Community Chest helps thsm