Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-04
Success of Campaign to
Raise $4,000 to Complete
Budget Threatened.
$50 INVITED TO ATTEND
WHITE HOUSE MEETING
Advisory Committee to Special
Gifts Group to Be Formed
Tomorrow.

With a crisis facing the Washington
Community Chest at the outset of its
second year, President Herbert Hoover
Will address meeting of Chest workers
and supporters called for tomorrow
afternoon at the White House to cope
with an emergency which is said to
threaten the success of campaign eff
forts to raise an additional $4,000 TO
complete the 1880 budget
The announcement of the White
House meeting authorized today by
Chairman Newbold Noyes of the special
gifts committee of the Chest was the
first public admission of the seriousness
of the situation which must be over
come to prevent failure of the campaign
scheduled to end in two days.
President Hoover, who is a firm be-
lever in the economy and wisdom of
the Community Chest movement, will
address the meeting at 2:15 o'clock in
the East Room of the White House. 1t
will be attended by approximately $50
persons, especially invited to enlist in
the support of the Chest.
Has TwofOld Purpose.
Besides number of the Chest cam
paign officials, including a group of
the special gifts committee, the meet
ing will be attended by representa-
tive body of large contributors to the
1880 budget. In addition there will be
the heads of a number of the prin-
cipal organizations affiliated with the
Chest.
The meeting has been called for two
purposes. Mr.. Noyes explained. First
to form an advisory committee to the
special gifts committee which Is
charged with the responsibility of OBJ
tanning increased gifts of $500 or more,
and secondly to try to devise ways and
means of meeting the emergency with
which the Chest is faced in the present
campaign.
parent that increased gifts from large
contributors are primarily necessary If
the Washington campaign is to be saved
from defeat in its second year.
Collected s3.1 Per Cent:
Since starting its campaign six days
ago, the Metropolitan Unit has raised
only 1871 per cent of its quota of APP
proXimately $660,000. 1t must obtain
nearly $4,000 by Thursday a task
that seems almost impossible, unless an
avalanche of subscriptions pours in the
final day.
The Group Solicitation Unit, with a
quota of $260,000 to raise by Thursday,
has reported on only $17,615.15 to date,
or CT per cent. Its prospects of reach
Ing the goal, however, are not entirely
diScouraging.
While Chest officials were loath to
predict failure, pinning their hopes on
the fact that Washington never has yet
failed in good cause, the necessity of
raising approximately $250,0O0 a day to
complete the budget, has to be faced.
Yesterdays total contributions from all
sources amounted to only 1901 AS, the
results of two days of campaigning Re-
vlSed figures made public by the audi
tors today show only 579 per cent Of the
$1,786, 737.07 budget actually contrib
uted, or $1,035, 708.21. OF this amount
the special gifts committee has reported
$799. 1857.
Total Up to $1,1O8,544.
Contributions for only $72,846.16 were
reported at today's meeting, compared
with approximately $4,000 yesterday.
This brought the total amount to ST.
108,554.37.
With only two more report DAYS re-
manning, at least $4,000 persons are stiIl
to be solicited, if the number of individ-
ual givers is to equal that of last year
when some $1,000 contributions were
received.
This is a serious occasion" Chair
man John Poole announced at the
meeting. II have no doubt the money
is In Washington, if the entire city is
thoroughly canvassed, and If workers
do not wait until the last day of the
campaign in order to clean up"
A way to reach many thousands of
Government employees who have not yet
been solicited in their homes owing TO
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