Evening star., 1932-01-30
CHEST DONATIONS
TOTAL S1,989,621
Single Days Contributions of
S91,743 Show Marked
Improvement.

Community Chest donations are
soaring Total gifts today in the drive
for S2,6Ol 900 stood at 81 9S9, ,62l.24.
Contributions reported yesterday at
luncheon in the Willard Hotel totaled
s9l ,74304, representing a marked i'm
provement over those of the day be-
fore but still below the average of some
100000 daily needed to put the drive
'over the top" Monday night.
H. L. Rust, jr, chairman Of the
metropolitan unit, announced pledges
aggregating S38,355.11. The group So
licitation, headed by Lloyd B. Wilson,
received $35, 5,75464. The special gifts
unit, under the leadership of Clarence
A Aspinwall, reported s14,56O. The
schools unit, Sidney F. Taliaferro chair
man. collected S3,O73.
Among organizations contributing 100
per cent were the Chest personnel,
Southern Building employees, Instructive
Visiting Nurse Society. Salvation Army,
FireStone Tire Co., Washington Milk
Bottle Exchange, Homer Building en-
ployeS Acacia Mutual Life Insurance
20, SOHlIHOuOEe f1OIGl, SOIluleLIdl
Hotel, st. Josephs Home and School,
George A Simonds, Associated Retail
Credit and Warrington Shopping News.
Ten Highest Are Listed.
Sections listed as the 10 highest in
the group solicitation unit included
Section 2, division 103, J. E. Anderson,
captain, $l5,538; section 4, division l02,
M. H. Rittenhouse, captain, $10,566;
section 6, division 102, Harry Blake,
captain, S8,446; section 49, division 1903,
DR.. G. E McCann, captain, $5, 1929; Sec
tion 5, division lO2, Leo Eynon, captain,
$5,887; section 6, division 101, G. A.
Scott, captain, $5,389; section S, divi-
sion LOG, L. P. McLauchlen, captain,
S5.252; section 6, division 106, C. R.
Kurtz, captain, S4,737; section 7, divi-
sion l03, B. A. Harlan, captain, S4,71l,
and section 8, division l03, E. H Frame,
captain, S4,486
Leading groups of the metropolitan
unit included: Division 223, region %,
Thomas j. Groom, captain, S2,170; di-
vision 221, region %, John w. Hardell,
captain, $2,591; division PA, region 81,
Woodson Houghton, captain, S5,0O6.
These represented the collections for a
single day.
MeINOQS unQer Wnlcn tne CneSL mas
been operated were commended in the
highest terms by Dr. Herbert Brown of
the Bureau of Efficiency
1--WE have found the Community
Chest adequately honestly and efficient
ly administered by a director who is
keenly alive to his responsibilities to
the community and who knows his
job" Mr.. Brown reported.
Finds Criticism Unfounded.
81 am. pleased to say" he added,
that most of the criticisms that have
come to us have been unfounded and
we are now suggesting to persons who
bring complaints to us that they make
their criticism direct to Elwood Street,
he director of the Chest, for we have
und from our contact with him that
h, is most reasonable person, looking
for helpful suggestions from every
source.
Il am pleased to say that our study
of the Chest office shows us it's organi-
zation is admirable. Our report on the
Chest office will be much freer from
criticism than reports of similar studies
that we have made elsewhere. We
have found Mr.. Street a past master
of administration in his particular line.
To attempt any great improvement on
his work would be like carrying Goals
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