Evening star., 1932-11-16
PLEDGES TO CHEST
EXCEED S7DD,00O
81 Days Crossed of CaIen-
dar of Misery in Report
This Afternoon.
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thetic and enthusiastic gathering In all
INV life. Charity is the common oe-
of all mankind. AS presioent
of the Actors Fund OF America 1or ol
wears I know something OF your ac-
tiyities. When you NIL the nuiiiaL
stomach you can lead the mlno Oh lug
man or woman in any direction. WIN
my own organization l naye Oen AZ
voting nv activities to relief Oh as
sbIed unemployed and sick actors, 30
can appreciate very highly what you
ore irving to do. Your activities mag
ni6centIv illustrate your slogan"
Mr. Colladay also spoke briefiy, say
ing: ooaaa vo,,r
"Washinston has never neeoeo your
services more than it needs you TO-DAY.
Yon have never had better leaoer
than Newbold Noyes and never VIII
have There has never been petter
attended Community Chest repor meet.
inc than this I infer that the spirit
of the work of this campaign Is at the
highest possible pitch. You are going
to cover YOUR territory in the best pos
sihla way and in the final analysis you
viii be 100 per cent or better Last
wear YOU did better than the year pc,
fore end I believe that you Will 90 sun
better this year. l hope these WoroS
viii encourage you to the fullest enort.
q w Stetson of Newark, N. j., en-
tertsined the gathering with an eXnl-
hilton OF musical bsll-ringing ana the
talks and reports were intersperseo Dy
selections of the Bernheimer THO.
Urges Graphic Appeals.
Mr. Moves this morning called upon
all workers to spend more time Will
their prospects. ..,l ,,or,,ors "ta
hiring home more graphically, In your
faceoto-face talks with subscribers, tne
dire necessity of meeting the needs Oh
WashinQton's miserable and unfortunate
citizens in this year of bitter poverty
and distress. Show the people OF Wasn-
ington who are warm in their MONIES,
we'll fed and we'll clothed. with JOBS ano
assured incomes. that this Is the Time
for them to share their substance with
those who might otherwise starVe OF
shiver with cold in mean shacKs ano
novels" ., avn
making the house-to-house canvass OF
the District redouble their efforts Win
their subscribers. a.
at don't believe" he declared. that
there is a man or woman IN tne DIS
trict whose heart cannot be melted Ior
these unfortunates II he or she Is ap-
preached In the right way. 1 cannon
make myself believe there Is person
in the District so shorn Of decency ano
compassion that he will refuse the
trembling. outstretched hanos OF 9
hungry child. or despatr-Strlcken
mother applying at his door Tor sus-
tenance.
Doubts Hearts Are Hard.
"Yet that Is Just what the workers
in this campaign are doing In the name
of those who come, pitiful and forlorn,
hungry and cold, to the doors OF the
various agencies of the Community
Chest, begging for food to nourish their
starving and pinched bodies, for clothes
to replace the rags and tatters, ano
pleading for place to come in out oil
the cold and rain. There is not q heart
so hard in the city Of Washington that
could Withstand such a plea"
Mr.. Noyes, Chairman Campbell Of the
Government unit and Daniel Frohmanr
dean of American theatrical directors,
were speakers on the Community Chest
Party of the Air, in the program oil
Radio Joe" Kaufman on Station
WMAL from 7:30 until 8 o'clock last
night. All appealed for Washington
support of the welfare and relief pro-
gram of the Chest this year more than
ever before.
Bishop James E. Freeman will speak
on Washington's obligation to the Chest
over Station WRC this evening at &
o'clock A member of the Welfare and
Relief Mobiliza ton of 1882, Of which
Newton D. Baker is chairman, Bishop
Freeman has been active in the present
campaign, speaking at pre-campaign
meetings and appearing on the program
as the principal speaker at yesterdays
report meeting at the Willard Hotel.
Joseph p. Tumulty, secretary tC
President Woodrow Wilson and a large
contributor to the Community Chest
this year, added his services to the
Chest, speaking last night at 7:45 over
Station WJSV.
Urges War on 3 Witches.
He called upon Washington to wage
war against those three witches OF
despair, poverty, hunger and human
misery"
He said:
Eyes cold and dim look to US; little
hands, as If in prayer, are raised alott
beseeching us to help. Poor men, un-
fortunate women, pathetic little chill
dren, their backs borne to the earth
in sadness, wait upon U.s. We dare
not, we must not fail to realize the
hopes that rest in their hearts now
bewildered by grief and utter lone
lness.
"An average Of q dime a day from
all who subscribed last year would I'll
ete Community Chest with the sum Of
over four million dollars, says Mr.
Noyes in his moving appeal to the
people OF the District Of Columbia
And thus, for a few pennies We drive
away the black night Of despair from
those sorely harassed For few pen
nies we can bring into hospitals and
homes the light of joy and happiness
For few pennies we can bring life
and health to those wearied by the
burdens of this hour of need.
1.-THE slogan of the Community Chest
contains q clarion call addressed to all
that is noble in the human heart
that fine emotion of pity and human
sympathy which, when called into ac-
ton, makes the atmosphere in which
we live. radiant and beautiful-an at
mosphere OF hope and of faith and OF
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