Evening star., 1932-11-14
Ambassador Mellon Heads
List With Subscription
of $35, 900.
TWO FIRMS ARE ALREADY
IN 100 PER CENT CLASS
Slogan of "Give Us This Day Our
Daily Bread" Carried to
Four Corners.

campaign workers Tor the Community
Chest had Topped 29 days of the well
fare relief calendar for next year with
a total Of $190,403.5O subscribed by
1857 persons, it was reported at the
first meeting of all teams, In the VIII
lard Hotel this afternoon.
This figure represented per cent,
approximately, of the total Of $2,41e,-
7S7 set as the Chests goal for 1898.
This figure leaves 336 days. with the
quota Of $500 as the daily allotment
for giving Washington's unfortunate
their daily bread yet to be solicited.
The largest single subscription re-
ported today was s35.o0o subscribed by
Andrew w. Mellon, Ambassador to Eng
land. The subscription was obtained
by mail, it was reported by Clarence A.
Aspinwall, chairman of the special
gifts unit. The special gifts unit re-
ported total Of $156,974.75 from 1o9
subscribers. The next largest amount
reported was from the group solicita-
ton unit with $19,319.10, 7.3 per cent
OF its quota. The report, made by
Lloyd B. Wilson, added that two firms
so far have subscribed 100 per cent to
the Chest, Boss g. Phelps and the Bank
of Commerce & Savings.
Metropolitan Unit Gets, S11,60s.
The Metropolitan unit headed by
H. L. Rust, jr., reported 387 subscrip-
tions for total Of $11 ,609.25.
The governmental unit, headed by
Thomas e. Campbell, reported total
subscriptions Of $5,0o1 40. Gov. Camp
bell explained that the governmental
unit was the last to start solicitation
and did no. actually get to work until
this morning, but promised that much
larger total viii be reported at meetings
later this week.
Communal Bank Account.
Newbold Noyes, campaign chairman,
again exhorted workers to consecrate
themselves to the task that lies ahead.
II repeat" he said, that the Chest
is Washington's-the Communal. phil
anthropic bank account Of more than
10000 individual contributors. Its
success or failure this year, which win
be determined by your reports at these
daily meetings, win answer o number
OF solemn questions.
"It will answer the question as 10
whether the Capital Of the Nation Is
capable Of dealing with this years ii1-
precedented suffering on o humane,
merciful and compassionate basis.
1T viii answer the question as to
whether the suffering and dispairing
OF our city are to be succored and
helped, or are to lose their faith in the
common decency and humanity Of their
fellow citizens.
ut will, I honestly believe, answer
the question Of whether the Chest and
welfare agencies 1t supports are to sur
vive or whether another and less noble
method must be found for dealing with
our communal welfare and relief prob
lens.
Thus these meetings are fraught with
grave and vital significance"
Mrs. Gam Speaks.
Mr.. Noyes introduced the honor
guests, Mrs: Dwight Clark, chairman of
the information unit; Mrs. Owen j.
Roberts, wife Of the United States Su-
preme Court justice, and Mrs Edward
Everett Gam, sister of Vice President
Curtis. Mrs. Gam spoke briefly, say
ing:
II am here because I am SO intense
ly interested in this work that has now
begun. I hope you will succeed. I am
going to do everything I can to help to
that end"
Confident OF Success.
z. G. Graham, president of the Chest,
emphasized that Washington is the
most fertile field in the country for well
fare and relief fund solicitation. I'VE
have" he said, more salaried people in
Washington and larger salaries, with an
annual pay roll of sl50,000.000, a con-
dition that Is nowhere equalled. Every
group must raise its quota. No group
must fail The goal set Is S2,419,787
but the actual goal is to raise SUFFICIENT
funds to meet the needs of Washing
ton. ] am confident that we viii sue
ceed. 1t Is the most noble cause ever
undertaken by man. The favorable con-
ditions outnumber the unfavorable ones
10 to l."
The program of the meeting was
broadcast over Station WJSV of the
Columbia System and the reports and
talks were interspersed with selections
by the Bernheimer Trio
More than 1900 members Of the Met
ropolitan Unit. under the leadership Of
H. L. Rust, jr., were making house
toulouse canvass Of the city; the Group
Solicitation Unit, under Lloyd B. VIII
son, was soliciting the business groups:
the Special Gifts Unit was faci-'e the
task of seeing every person In Varit-
ington who can give $500 or morS: he
school children were being given tileir
opportunity to serve through the Schools
Unit, headed by Df. H @. Moulton; the
national corporations doing business in
the Capital were being asked for funds
by the unit headed by John Hays Ham
mond and c. c. Glover, jr., and more
(Corfiu11ad an pooa rolITynr 9A