Evening star., 1932-01-12
81 PLEDGE S1A,125
AS CHEST DONORS
SET NEW RECORDS
Countless Increases Shown
in Individual Gifts Over
Last Year.
ONE BAcKER DOUBLES
MARK TO GIVE $1,000
Plans for 600 Speakers in Six Days
Outlined as Campaign Is Pressed
for $2,e01, 900 Goal.

| With countless increases In individ-
ual donations standing out 81 contri-
| buttons totaling $154,1 125 were reported
yesterday at meeting of the Com
munity Chest Special Gifts Unit in the
! Willard Hotel.
Numerous pledges represented gain
! Of SO per cent over last year, due to
the stupendous task faced by the char
liable organization on account of the
present emergency One donor gave
| $4,000, or 100 per cent more than last
year, with understanding that his aid
| be anonymous.
Clarence A. Aspinwall, unit chair
man, urged the workers to seek in
! creases of a third or more from every
person solicited. He pointed out I'M
employment and its aftermath, present.
| ing greatly increased need for aid, ne
cessitated the fixing of the Chests goal
, this year at $2,601 900, or about third
more than last year.
Points to u. S. Workers.
The chairman cited the example Of
| Government workers, who obtained
pledges of approximately $1,000,0 900, a
| gain of more than 80 per cent over
| last year. He said this should be an
| llSplIdIlOl w Oil l4OAA- SOFSA AAAAAIA
| Washington.
Included in the enlarged contribu-
! tions were Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Flan-
merry, $1,000, up $3.50; Rev. and Mrs.
Anson Phelps Stokes, $500, up $50; Mrs.
Charles Walcott, $500, up 500; anony-
nous. ST ,O00 up $3.50; Miss Mabel T.
Boardman, s1,700, up S455; Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles L. Marlatt, $1,000, up $3.50;
Mrs. Fred C. Hicks, $1,000, up 5000;
Mrs. Virginia Stuart Mackay-Smith,
$500. up $500; Charles C. Glover, jr.,
, $1,75O, up $780, Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant,
| $500, up $100.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton w. King, $1,000,
up 5000; Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Gold
smith, 81 400, up $10o; Erlebacher, Inc,
S1,1O0, up $780, Mrs. Emile Berliner,
$1,000, up $500; Lansburgh & Bro, Inc,
! $4,000. up 81 900; MI and Mrs. Simon
Kann. S2,500, up 81 500; Mr.. and Mrs.
Giles F. Heilprin, S700, up $100; D. J.
Kaufman, Inc, $3.50, up 500; anony-
nous, $4,000 up $1,000; Walter G. Dist
Ter. $500, up $3.50; anonymous, $3.50,
up $50: Mr.. and Mrs. H. Rozier Du-
laney, jr., $500, up $500; c. B. Kefer-
stein, $500, up 5000.
600 Speeches Planned.
Anonymous $500, up $2,5O0; Beale
r. Howard, $500, up $500; John F. Will
kinS, $1,000, up 5000; Mrs. Frank B.
Noyes, $500, up 5000; Frank R. Jelletf,
Inc. $4,000, up $500; Mr.. and Mrs W..
w. Everett, $3.50, up $3.50; Woodward
g. Lothrop. S125OO, up $1,500; Max
Fischer, $6OO, up $100; Mr.. and Mrs.
George N. Everett, $1,000, up $3.50;
washington Hotel, $500, up 5000; Mr..
and Mrs. Henry c. Sheridan, $4,000, up
$500: anonymous, $4,000, up $1,000;
Lieut.. Col and Mrs. Reginald Huide-
koper. $3.50, up $50; Mr.. and Mrs. L..
Corrin Strong, $4,000, up $1,250; Mrs.
Edwin B. Parker, $500, up $500, and
anonymous. $500, up $3.50.
Plans were discussed for 600 speeches
in six days last night at rally of the
group solicitation division of the speak
ers unit in the Annapolis Hotel. Speak
ers included w. w. Wheeler, division
chairman; Lloyd B. Wilson, unit chair
man; Walter B. Clarkson, unit vice
chairman; Joseph D. Kaufman, speak
ers unit chairman, and Elwood Street,
Chest director.
Voluntary contribution of $40 by the
enlisted men of the U. S. S. Cormorant,
lying at the Navy Yard, was reported by
Lieut. H. B. Slocum.
Tribute to the Chest was paid by DR..
z. B. Phillips of the Church of the
Epiphany in a sermon broadcast over
Radio Station VOL.
Sees World Changes.
"In recent years." he said, "the whole
outlook of the world has changed. The
citadels of orderly government have
been threatened as never before. The
social, industrial and business world Is
altered, new conditions prevail every
where and unemployment even in our
own America stalks before us. a gaunt
specter, and from this pulpit in this
blessed Church of the Epiphany your
rector appeals to every man, woman
and child within range of his voice not
only to stand behind, but to enter into
as privilege the great and wondrous
movement, the only kind of movement
that can really bring to fruition the
ideals that we today profess-the Com
munity Chest.
Never under former conditions has
the united support of eleemosynary in
Stitutions been possible, never before
has the direction of them been brought
to the very highest point of efficiency,
and it is not only our hope but our
absolutely confident belief that every
one of us will regard the Community
Chest not only as a challenge, but as a
golden opportunity"
ID. C. Total Revealed.
A total of $138,2743 was contributed
to the Community Chest by employees
of the District Government, the final
report of District Auditor Daniel j.
Donovan, made public today, revealed.
The report states that there are
11,150 employees in the service. OF
these, 1886 contributed three days
pay each, yielding a total of $125, ,036. .68.
More than three days pay each was
contributed by 81 other employees, yield
ing 81 ,6l1.05, and less than three days
pay by 2,217 other employees, yielding
$11, 1,627.13.
OF the total subscribed, $3,02O69 was
ear-marked for charitable institutions
outside of the District of Columbia
Some of the workers at the workhouse
at Occoquan earmarked $625.04, for
charitable institutions in Prince Will
liam County, Va. Employees of the
Lorton reformatory ear-marked $3.50
for organizations in King George
County, Va. Neither of these is on the
approved list of the Community Chest
but Maj Donovan recommended that
the money be paid as directed If pos
sible, since the workers at those in
stitutions are in large part recruited
from the surrounding country and are
not residents Of the District.