Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01
Pledges Yesterday Received
From 1887 Contributors
Total $55,472.
OFFICIALS ARE COUNTING
ON METROPOLITAN UNIT
Second Days Report Leaves $780,
697 to Be Raised-Percentage
Gain Over 1929 Shown.

Revised figures for the Community
Chest campaign made public today gave
rise to confidence that if the percentage
of increased giving can be maintained
during the rest of the drive, the 1890
budget of $1,786,737.07 would go "over
the top" by next Thursday. Chest Off
Gals are counting on the Metropolitan
Unit to pull the campaign out of hole
With only. 1915 per cent of the entire
budget raised to date, the Chest officials
pointed to the showing made by the
Metropolitan Unit Yesterday as indi-
eating the hope for victory in Wash
ington's second year of campaigning
for organized charity. Yesterdays
pledges of $55, 472.66 received from 1857
contributors by the Metropolitan Unit,
1t was said, compares most favorably
with the 1889 pledges amounting to
$44,790 reported by the same unit the
second day last year, or an increase of
approximately Is per cent.
Following the second days report last
year there remained 100000 to COM
plete the budget total, and while there
Is 500, 697.55 more than that, or $780,
697 SIS to raise in the remaining days
of the present campaign, it was pointed
out this morning that the increased
percentage Of gain made yesterday, If
maintained, will easily accomplish this
result.
Units Out in Full Force.
Cheered by this note of optimism the
three combined units of the Chest
turned out in full force today to in
crease by substantial sum the amount
Of yesterdays total collections.
The revised figures furnished by the
auditing committee showed $6,950
raised by the special gifts committee,
$1,721.50 by the Group Solicitation
Unit, this report being made last night
by Chairman Frank r. Jelleff, and $55,-
SO by the Metropolitan Unit. These
gifts came from total Of 3,102 SUBJ
ScriberS, which makes total of $685.
persons and firms contributing to the
Chest to date.
Intense rivalry is being shown be-
tween the various metropolitan divisions
as the campaign progresses. Division
8 Of Region 2, of which James B. Evans,
Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith and w. c.
Hanson are co-chairmen, won the silk
fay yesterday, offered as a reward for
making the highest percentage of its
quota. Division reported Is per cent
of its quota for the opening day of the
campaign and led all other divisions
Yesterday with a total of $12,7l2.55 for
their days work.
Reports of Chairmen.
AS checked by the auditing depart
ment, the reports of division chairmen
we're as follows:
Arthur Adelman, Division l, 1889;
Lee D. Latimer, Division 2, $1,081 !:
Graham H. Powell, Division 3, So, 693 so;
Dion S. Birney, Division AS, 1881 so;
G. B. Craighill, Division 6, $4,000; F. A.
Birgfeld, Division Z, S4,271.50; w. c.
Hanson, co-chairman with Mrs. Charles
A. Goldsmith and James B. Evans, Dr.
vision 8, $l2,712.55; Leon S. Ullman,
Division 9-25, $1,258.75; ]. Leo Kolb,
Division 1924, 1925: John w. Hardell,
Division IL, $2,682.80: Chauncey G.
Parker, jr., and Coleman Jennings, CO.
chairmen, Division IL. $9,269.
S. H. Kaufman, Division IS, $3,7l0;
J. Frank Kelly, Division IA, $500;
Robert S. StunZ, Division 15A, 81, 626. so;
w. M. schoonmaker, Division l5B,
$l44.35; w. N. Freeman, Division 16,
II, $285.50; F. E. Rogers, Division 1919,
81 ,292.50 NJ. M. Mclean, Division 20
81, $1,997; DR.. Percival Hall, Division
1928, $24325; Harry N. Stull, Division
26, $500; Mrs. Ahan Davis, Division 81,
S122.53; G. M. Yeatman, Division 20,
$4,000; Frank E, James, Division 30,
$54.
Region which embraces the entire
colored population of the city reported
total of $934.40 for the day, giving
the Metropolitan Unit a total of $685.
472.68, which added to the special gifts
and the group solicitation brought the
total to $64,144.18.
Thorpe Will Be Speaker.
Merle Thorpe, editor of Nations
Business. will be the guest speaker at
today's report meeting.
Each day the attendance of team
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