Evening star., 1932-01-27
metropolitan Unit for Second
Day Leads With $48,789
in Pledges.
DRIVE ONLY $753,984
SHORT OF GOAL SET
Admiral Henry V. Butler Congratu-
lates Workers on Their
Energy.

With receipt of new contributions
totaling $98, ,56O.23, the Community
Chest today was within striking dis
tance of the 100000 mark in its drive
Cor S2,60l 900. The new grand total
is sl,847O1649.
For the second consecutive day the
Metropolitan Unit received the greatest
amount of applause at a luncheon in
the Willard Hotel as result of having
led all groups The Metropolitan total
for today was $48,789.50. H. L. Rust
jr, unit chairman, announced no eX-
CuseS were being accepted for failure
to donate except death.
Edward F. Colladay, general cam
paign chairman, pointed out today S
receipts exceeded those of Yesterday by
approximately 200 per cent. He pre-
dicted today's collections would be
similarly overshadowed by those an
nounced tomorrow.
Group Unit Second.
The group solicitation unit ranked
second today with pledges amounting
to $24265 SO. Reports for this group
we're conducted by E. S Brashears, act
ing chairman. Clarence A AspinWall,
chairman. reported S24,240 on behalf
of the special gifts unit.
The total was completed by miScel-
laneous donations.
Rear Admiral Henry V. Butler, COM
mandant of the Navy Yard, the guest
Of honor, congratulated the workers
upon their energy.
h ic
he said, Il feel sure nobody need worry,
because see in your faces the will to
win"
Vernon G. Owen auctioned away a
concert program autographed by IgnaCe
Paderewski, famous Polish pianist, for
$50 to Mr. Brashears. The money went
into the Chest.
Metropolitan Unit Leads.
The metropolitan unit forged ahead
yesterday with pledges aggregating
S37.86l.73. Loud cheers greeted the
reports of Mr.. Rust, Samuel H. Kauff-
mann, Mark Lansburgh and James E.
Collifower, region chairman. Numerous
increases over gifts of last year were
announced. They were inspired by the
unemployment crisis.
Subscriptions amounting to S2,320
were obtained by the special gifts unit,
under the leadership Of Clarence A.
Aspinwall the group solicitation unit,
headed by Lloyd B. Wilson, reported
$13,218.25, while Sidney F. Taliaferro,
chairman of the schools unit, told OF
donations totaling S2,443.
Mrs. Norton Optimistic.
An optimistic note was sounded by
Mrs. Mary T. Norton, chairman OF the
House District Committee, the guest
of honor.
"As a welfare worker in my city and
State for IS years Mrs Norton de-
clared, Il know just how you feel. NO
matter what else you do, there IS no
satisfaction like that of counting up,
at the end of the day. the money you
have collected for the Community
Chest. No other feeling can be SO great
as that of having done something Tor
the less fortunate of your city. You
are going to get more out Of this drive
than you put into it"
Mrs. Norton said Washington has not
been as hard hit by unemployment as
have some other cities. She declared
conditions are deplorable in some sec
tions and that some people are going
hungry. She said this had caused tax
of Communism, but no ism Would
gain a foot hold if jobs were proVloed
for the unemployed.
Mai. Daniel J. Donovan, DlStrlct
auditor, and Col E. G. Bliss OF the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
were named as trustees of the Chest
from the District Committee on En-
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