Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
CASUALTY HOSPITAL
7OOPEN FUNDDR
Campaign for $50, 600 to Be
Launched Tomorrow Under
Fertich's Direction.

With so workers in the field, the cam
paign to raise $4,000 toward retiring
the indebtedness on the new 100000
Casualty Hospital building and for pur-
chase of additional equipment will be
launched tomorrow under the direction
of Roscoe Fertich, chairman Of the
executive committee.
The campaign will be conducted from
the former Offices of the Continental
Trust Co., at Fourteenth and H streets,
which have been made available with
out charge by the Peoples Life 1nsur-
ence Co.
Other members of the executive COM
mittee who will assist Mr.. Fertich in
conducting the drive for funds are DR..
Joseph D. Rogers. president Of the hos
pital; Thomas p. Hickman, hospital
treasurer: Harry Almond, secretary OF
the hospital; Mrs. M. j. Vaughan, Mrs.
William j. Brewer, Mrs. w. w. Grifnth,
Mrs. Bernard Walls, Brig. Gen. Anton
Stephan, Evan Tucker, Stephen E.
Kramer, Col. Wade Cooper, Robert N.
Harper, Arthur Carr, Samuel H. Rogers,
DR.. Malcolm O.. Gibbs, Melvin Sharpe,
Charles j. Waters and Thomas M.
Baker.
City to BE Divided.
Mr.. Fertich yesterday expressed the
opinion that the campaign would last
two weeks. The city will be divided
and each section assigned to . team,
these groups to conduct their canvass IN
A manner similar to that employed by
Community Chest workers. =.
Casualty Hospital, 1t was explained,
does not receive any Of the Community
Chest funds, as the money 1T needs Is 70
be used for buildings and equipment
rather than maintenance.
Located centrally In the northeast
section of the city, Casualty Hospital
does q great deal Of emergency WORK,
much of which is on charity basis.
In 1929 Casualty had 4,674 emergency
cases and 2,617 ambulance calls. Where
II is necessary for emergency patients
without funds of their own to stay IN
the hospital for more than an hour,
the District Of Columbia pays $2 Gay
for each one. AS most Of the hospitaFs
business is of an emergency nature,
outside financial assistance must be
mad. because. as one oficial explained,
at Is dificult to provide medical and
surgical attention and food Tor 81
day"
Modern New Hospital.
The new hospital building Is built
along scientific, lines and equipped to
provide patients with q degree OF care
Commensurate With the following slogan
recently adopted By the board Of d.
rectors:
''An emergency hospital, run by the
ueople, in which no person shall be re-
fused emergency medical or surgical
~ HQs
iigion, residence or financial condition. :"
An active part in the campaign VIII
he taken by the board Of lady man
ayers, which has membership OF more
than 400. These women already have
furnished the institution with more
than 1000 worth Of linen, draper1es
and other accessories. Mrs. Vaughan
a president of this organization.
Plans for the campaign have been
mapped out under the general super
vision Of an advisory committee, COM
posed Of Ernest Lee Jahncke, Acting
Secretary Of the Navy: Senators Wes-
n. King and Royal g. Copeland; Rep
resentatives William r. Wood, r. @.
Simmons, c. J. Mcleod and Ross A.
Collins; William Green, president Of
the American Federation OF Labor;
Robert v. Fleming, president OF the
Riggs National Bank; Ira E. Bennett,
editor Of the washington Post; Oliver
O. Kuhn, managing editor OF The
washington Star: John T.. Gushing.
publisher of the Times-Herald; Lowell
Mellett, editor Of the washington News:
Isaac Cans, DR.. w. c. Rives and Julius
Garfinckel.
DR.. Rogers became president and su-
perintendent Of the hospital In 1925
and the growth Of the institution DUR
ing the last few years Is In o large
measure attributable to his efforts.