Evening star., 1932-11-16
81 Days Crossed Off CaIen-
dar of Misery in Report
This Afternoon.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
SHOW S37,267 INCREASE
Bishop Freeman, Joseph P. Tumulty
and Others Broadcast
Appeals.

1ne army OF WORKERS IN the COmmu-
nifty Chest campaign had erased poverty
and distress from three months Of the
black calendar Of 1888 when the total
Of $577,053.8O had been tabulated on
the campaign scoreboard at the close of
today's report meeting in the Willard
Hotel.
Exactly 81 days had been crossed of
the calendar when the reporting was
completed.
The total was reached with 15,O07
subscriptions, and puts the Chest sub
scriptions at approximately the one
quarter mark, somewhat behind the
pace established last year at this time,
when the same amount, $2,4l9, ,7s7, was
raised.
The special gifts unit again led all
otner groups Of solicitors, adding S84,-
1910 from 70 subscribers to the pre-
v1ouSly reported total of 1921, ,672. 60
from l06 SUBSCRIBERS for a grand total
TO date OF 1886, from a total of
265 subscribers.
AspinwalI Leads Unit.
Clarence A. Aspinwall, chairman of
this unit, still leads the workers Of this
group, having collected 42.51 per cent
OF his quota. The metropolitan unit
was next on the list, adding S34.195.S6
from 1925 subscribers to the previous
total Of S51, ,172.41 from 2,O04 sub
scribers, for a grand total from $3.50
subscriptions making S85 ,368.27.
The group solicitation unit added
$50, ,941 .93 to a previously reported total
OF $38,3l2.54 for a grand total of s69.-
754.47 from total of 6,351 subscribers.
The other unit reporting, the Gov
ernment unit, added today SGT ,267.6s
to the previously reported total Of $I8,-
25l.59. making a total Of $55,51927,
from total of 4,863 subscribers. That
represented 81 per cent of the Gov
ernment quota.
Riggs Bank Gift Biggest.
The largest single subscription report
ed was from the Riggs National Bank,
which subscribed $500. Next was the
subscription Of Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew
of $1,000. Other large subscriptions to-
day included $1,000 gifts by Mr.. and
Mrs. Adolph Miller and Mrs. William
Corcoran Eustis. The Palais Royal gave
$4,500; Mrs. Herbert Slocum, $4,000;
Mrs. Henry Strong. $4,000; Garfinckel
& Co, $4,000; H. L. Rust, ST., $2,500;
Keith Merrill. s2.5O0; Secretary Of
State and Mrs. Henry L. Stimson,
$4,000; Judd e. Detweiler, S2,500; Harry
kaufman, $2,500. Several other con.
tributions Of $1,000 and more were re-
ported.
Newbold Noyes, campaign chairman,
called upon the workers to redouble
their efforts, declaring that the cam
paign is not coming up to the expecta-
tons of the leaders at this time. He
said:
"You must multiply your efforts In
this campaign If we are to make 1t a
success. know the group solicitation
unit will do better as the campaign
progresses. The metropolitan unit must
do better. personally VIII go out to-
morrow under the leadership of H. L
Rust, jr., chairman of this unit, and
take the toughest section of the city
and see what the problem Of the Chest
solicitors is. want you to understand
here and now that we will not have any
continuation of the campaign when the
campaign period Is over. The cam
paign will end next Wednesday night
and we will be through when the final
reports are made at the meeting on
that night. You must double and treble
your efforts and put this thing over"
Honor Banners Awarded.
Honor banners were awarded to Mr.,
Aspinwal in the special gifts unit; to
area i've of the group solicitation unit,
headed by George o. Vass, for the high
est percentage of 100 per cent firms re-
ported so far; to w. B. Robinson, cap
tain nf fI1a faor In aelx
istation of the Government unit, for
attaining 100 per cent in Government
department employing less than so
persons; to the Public Buildings and
Public Parks team for obtaining 657
per cent Of the quota in Offices employ
ing more than 1000 persons; to the
honor team in the metropolitan unit,
No. 142 of area one, j. r. McAndrews,
captain, and to the honor division, di-
vision three, area one, captained by
Mai. Charles Demonet.
Honor guests at today's meeting were
Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes, wife of the
Chief Justice Of the United States Su-
preme Court; Mrs. Harland Fisk Stone,
wife of the Associate Justice of the
United States Supreme Court; Mrs.
Owen j. Roberts, wife Of the Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court; Daniel Frohman, dean Of Amer
ican theatrical directors; E. F. Colladay,
chairman of the campaign committees
Of the two preceding campaigns of the
Community Chest and James A. Coun-
cilor, who has devised the auditing sys-
tenn upon which the Community Chest
works.
Frohman Pays Tribute.
Mr.. Frohman in a short talk paid
tribute to the work Of the campaign
army saying:
Il have seldom seen such a sympa-
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