Evening star., 1932-01-24
Symphony Concert, Speakers
to Spur Workers in Re-
lief Campaign.
DAY TO BE MARKED
IN ALL CITY CHURCHES
Letter From Archbishop Curley
Calls for Greater Response
This Year in Crisis.

with program ranging from a
symphony concert to speechmaking,
the Community Chest drive proper will
be launched at a spectacular rally in
Constitution Hall this afternoon at 2:45
o'clock The doors will open at ,
o'clock
The workers will be told of the stu
pendous task of relieving distress re-
sulting from unemployment faced by
charitable organizations affiliated with
the Chest. They will be urged to seek
gifts of a third more than last year in
order to attain the enlarged goal of
50 ,60l 900. Government workers already
have pledged 81 100000 of this amount
and Special Gifts Committee is ex-
pected to raise 100000 more
The concert Of the National Sym
phony Orchestra, beginning promptly
at 245, will be conducted by Hans
Kinder. Several selections of special
significance will be offered.
Rabbi Wise to Speak.
Among the outstanding speakers will
be Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York,
one of the best known welfare workers
in the country; Frank ]. Hogan, newly
elected president of the District of Co.
lumbia Bar Association; DR. Luther H.
Reichelderfer, president of the Board
of Commissioners; John Poole, Chest
president, and Edward F. Colladay,
general campaign chairman.
fN he it,tr a
Clarence A. Aspinwall, special gifts
unit; Lloyd B. Wilson, group solicita-
tion unit; H. L. Rust, jr.. metropolitan
unit; Thomas E. Campbell govern
mental unit; Sidney F. Taliaferro,
schools unit; Mrs. John j. O'Connor,
information unit; James A Councillor.
auditing unit; Joseph D. Kaufman,
speakers unit; Ernest S. Johnston,
Publicity Committee, and Joshua Evans,
jr,, Budget Committee
Group singing will be led by Cyril
Nee, veteran song director who has
had charge of such programs In all
parts of the world. He has conducted
groups which appeared before several
Presidents, the Prince of Wales and
other celebrities.
Mgr. Edward L. Buckley of st. Mat
thew's Roman Catholic Church win Of
fer the invocation, while Rev William
F. Mcdowell, Bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. will give the bene-
diction.
Churches Mark Day.
Community Chest Sunday" will be
observed today in Washington churches
Contributions will be requested by
every minister. In some instances the
clergymen will relinquish their pulpits
to lay speakers.
A letter from Most Rev. Michael ].
Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore, will
be read in all Catholic Churches as an
added inducement to obtain Subscrip-
ttonS. The communication follows:
Year after year I have appealed to
the priests and people of the City of
Washington to give their fullest sup
port to the Community Chest during its
drive for funds to meet the needs of
the less favored members of our popu-
lation. The Chest officials will admit,
l am sure, that our people have been
generous in their response.
Once again I am asking our Catho-
lies of Washington to continue their
willing service of the past and if pos
Sible do more than ever before to make
the drive an unprecedented success.
If the need was great in 1881, it is
still greater in 1882 This is a fact all
over the Nation. In the Capital City
we have men, women and children
whose hands are outstretched for aid,
who in the midst of plenty are hun
CRY and who are without sufficient
means at times to purchase Wash
ngton paper to peruSe the story of
brilliant social functions of all kinds
My appeal is not made on the
grounds of any mere cold philanthropy.
1t Is sent to you in the name of Jesus
Christ, divine lover of the poor, who
will judge us by our practical works of
charity.
Appeals to Wealthy.
I'm Washington the Community
Chest is the organized agency of all re-
lief units, Catholic, Protestant and
Jewish. With all other groups we shall
share in the funds collected. I make a
special appeal to the wealthy members
OF our congregation to give even more
generously than in the past.
Our investments in Gods poor will
never be lost. Wall street can never
manipulate them to our ruin. The
Bank of Heaven never fails. beg you
then. beloved priests and people, to Of
fer your willing services to the Com
muntty Chest as workers If needed and
to give in good measure to the, funds
now being sought. Those Nho are kind
to the poor will always have Gods
blessing on them"
Increased demands for aid were re-
sponsible for the greater goal of the
campaign this year, Elwood Street,
Chest director, reiterated yesterday.
Every penny of this increase" Mr. !
Streret said lis necessitated by in
creased demands for aid brought about |
by the unemployment situation. To
start with, the Chest must raise a def |
cit of sl37, 900 made necessary through |
the funding of the family welfare |
welfare agencies for unemployment |
needs last year in excess of the expec- |
tations of the Budget Committed every
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