Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
CHEST FORCES VOTE.
ITO CONTINUE DRIVE.
'Campaign Is Extended to
Tuesday, With 1929, 1896 to
Be Raised.
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5'ist preceded Gen Pershing. urged the
workers to redouble their efforts in rails
ing the amount required to meet the
deficit in the budget.
You have the greatest thing in the
world to sell, and If you present it
properly to the people of Washington,
there is no reason why you should not
sell it." DR.. Pierce said. Somebody
solicited me. That somebody did not
ask me for an increase over my SUBJ
Scription of last year. If he had asked
Tor it, that increase would have been
given"
When he said that. Mr.. Noyes quietly
slipped a success pledge card calling for
an additional contribution in front of
DR.. Pierce. 1t did not appear to phase
+ the pastor, however, for he reached for
1t and said: Nov, if some one will sup
ply me with a check on the bank of
which Mr.. Poole is president, Will
make it out right now" Chairman
Poole Immediately supplied the check.
Hears Minister Hasn't Aided.
DR.. Pierce declared that he had heard
that one of the ministers in the city
not only refused to give toward the
! Community Chest. but had advised his
congregation against giving.
Il think what should be done he
said, lis to send representatives of each
of the IS agencies to him. in turn, ask
ing for a gift for each and showing him
what he could have avoided by giving
once for all for the Community Chest
when it comes to the Community
Chest, 1 don't think any laity ought
to let preacher say from his pulpit
that his congregation should not give"
w. D. Burroughs. better known as
Pep" Burroughs, made talk on Chest
craftsmanship.
The comparatively small financial re-
Spouse to the Chest appeal yesterday
would have been much larger had all
divisions of the Metropolitan Group re-
ported. Many of the teams were too
busy to attend the meeting. This also
was a contributing factor to the de-
cision to postpone the final meeting
until Tuesday night and eliminate
report meeting tomorrow.
1854 Contributors.
The total toward the Chest budget
S Sl,492, 90192 to date, with 2,408
pledges reported yesterday, making a
total of 1854 contributors, compared
With 5000 last year.
Chairman Noyes of the special gifts
eommittee aroused enthusiasm by re-
porting an additional gift of $4,000
rom Secretary of the Treasury Mellon,
who had previously given 1000 to the
Chest, the largest contribution from
ingle individual. Secretary Mellon, he
Said, had agreed upon the increase in
his gift because of the emergency that
aces the Chest campaign. Earlier in
he day, Director Edwood Street had re-
teived as a parting gift" from Sir
Esme Howard, the British Ambassador,
Who is soon to retire, check for $110.
From "a givers, Mr.. Noyes reported
total of SIS, $50 in special gifts. We're
veil over the top, but the whole outfit
working hard to raise at least
100000 of the 100000 deficit" he
aid. The total amount raised by his
ommittee to date is 1891 $50.
For the group solicitation unit of
which Frank r. Jelleff is chairman. ad-
litional contributions amounting to
10, 206.69 were reported. OF this sum
691 in increased pledges was turned
n from bank employees.
Linn c. Drake, secretary, who made
he report for the committee explained
hat the key" men in the various busi-
hess and industrial houses had not COM
pleted their work nor had report been
rendered yet from the police and fire.
nen, who are contributing generously
o the Chest fund. The unit reported
,227 new subscriptions yesterday.
Chance Calls On Chairman.
Merritt o. Chance, chairman of the
Metropolitan unit, followed his usual
ystem of calling on the regional chair
nan and Graham H. Powell, acting for
Simon Lyon, chairman of region /,
called up two division chairrnen pres
ent who reported as follows: Arthur
Adelman, division /, $128: G. B. Craig
hill division 6. $161. Mr.. Powell ex-
plained that all other division cFlairmen
bnd their captains were too busy to at
tend the meeting or to make reports.
H. L. Rust, jr., chairman of region
D. reported through his division chair
man as follows: r. A. Birgfeld, division
ID. S1,l28.50; Leon S. Ulman, division
P-25. $500; John w. Hardell, division
1, $67l: Coleman Jennings, division
2. of which Chauncey G. Parker, IT.,
s co-chairman, 1,305.
Radford Moses, chairman of region
reported through his division chair
men. as follows: S. H. Kaufman. di-
7ision Is, $546; j. Frank Kelly, division
4, S13o.75; Robert S. Stun, division
5-A. $1,193.10; w. M Schoonmaker,
division 153. $16S.5O; w. N. Freeman,
division Is, $l63; F. E. Rogers, division
1919, S278.
Acting for James F. Conifower,
chairman of region 4. M M. Mclean
reported $295 for division 1921, of
which he is chairman and reported
Through the other division chairmen
for this region as follows: Harry E.
Stull, division 26, s136: Mrs. Allan
Davis. division 81, 1895 Mrs. ]. P. s.
Neigh. reporting for G. M. Yeatman.
division %. Sl83; Frank E. James, di-
vision 20, 1892. Chairman Poole an
bounced that region 5, which embraced
the colored population of the city, had
Npsry fod q total IF conn Vfrhfnh uo 1ho
metropolitan unit $32076.34 for the
day.
Checking Up Is Discussed.
Chest leaders discussed ways and
means Of checking up on the outStand-
anK pledge cards and of obtaining,
most important of all. increased SUBJ
gcriptions and new gifts.
A letter from Allan Pope stated that