Evening star., 1932-11-27
HOPES OF FILLING
CHEST RETAINED
Work Continues and New
! Gifts Raise Total Well
Toward 100000.

'The Community Chest campaign ha
not failed, and shall not fail while ther
ftill remains kind heart in Washing
ton and while Washington's unfortunate
continue to whisper, through the Chest
the prayer Give us this day our dali,
Bread
This was the message sent out yes
terday to the army of more than 5000
workers for the Chest by E. C. Graham
Chest president.
Undaunted by the fact that the fina
FORMAL solicitation audit shows tht
Chest just $3.50, I'll .68 short of the goa
of $2,4l9,787 set at the outset of tht
campaign, the workers did not stop witt
the formal closing of the campaign las
"Wednesday. but all through the gay
Thanksgiving period and on into tht
week end continued to canvass their ter.
fttory, and subscriptions pushing the
Chest total well toward the $4,000, 00(
mark were reported already in the
hands of Chest officials with more con-
tributions on the way.
Graham Spurs Efforts.
Mr.. Graham last night called on the
workers to continue pressing forward
TO complete their work and give Wash
ingtons helping hand-the Community
Chest-the strength to strike down ''the
Horces Of misery and dispair, of hunger
and distress, of rags and ruin
He asked that no potential subscrib-
pr to the Chest fund be left unvisited
Rnd no stone be left unturned in the
effort to fill the Chest to overflowine
md fulfill the pledge of Campaign
chairman Newbold Noyes. made at the
1nal meeting of the workers WedneS-
8hy night at Wardman Park Hotel, that
mo one shall go hungry in Washing
Jon this Winter"
ID I'VE still believe" Mr.. Graham said
that Washington will come through
The marvellous spirit displayed at our
fnal meeting last Wednesday night
convinced me that an aroused public
tsensing the dire need that exists, is
6etermined to go forward until the
Ehest goal, the minimum amount upon
which the So Chest organizations can
operate during the coming year, is
reached.
I do not hesitate to say, however
that If We do not get another nickel, We
would have to admit that the cam
paign has been success. When 106,-
n84 citizens of any municipality rally
to the support of their unfortunate
brothers and sisters to the extent of
giving something, however small. it
means that there is a real community
spirit in that municipality that is un-
Gonquerable and that will see the job
Through, no matter what sacrifice Is re-
nuired.
Banks viii Accept Pledge.
I'VE want to say again that If our
solicitors overlooked any one that we
will appreciate telephone call and will
be glad to send pledge card, and that
any bank in the city will gladly accept
q pledge. Every additional dollar that
we can receive in this way is needed
and hope that no person who is able
to give will fail to have part in this
glorious demonstration of public spirit" !"
Gov. Thomas E. Campbell, chairman
OF the Government unit yesterday re-
ported that the 1900 Chest workers in
the Government service are continuing
with their work in an effort to lift the
total OF the contributions of Govern
ment employees considerably above the
51.30 per cent Of the quota already re-
ported.
"I feel sure" said Gov. Campbell.
"that the people who are servants of
this Nation. whose pay days come regu-
larly, and whose assurance Of employ
ment is greater than in any other Or
6dl181tA0&1, Will COIIlC 10 LIE 1OIt anu
duplicate their splendid effort of last
raised among Federal employees"
Figures on Various Units.
Yesterdays figures showed that the
Special Gifts Unit, of which Clarence
a. Aspinwall Is chairman, obtained TAI
pledges for a total of S729,151.74 or
1851 per cent Of that units quota OF
kS42, ,866.41. These funds, according to
hplans made at the outset of the cam
paign, were allocated to the various
tsOliciting units and went In as part OF
&he reports of those units.
with the Group Solicitation alloca-
ZION figured in, the Metropolitan Unit,
jpf which H. L. Rust. jr, is chairman,
p4l so or 90.03 per cent of its total quota
of $779,774. The Group Solicitation
Unit, with the addition of its Special
Gifts ALLEGATION, obtained 36,317 gifts
for a total of $685., 3,55258 or 1888 per
cent of its total quota of S599,981. The
Governmental Unit in which the
Special Gifts ALLEGATION was small, OBJ
tained 81, ,789 gifts for a total Of $524,-
E54.75 or 51.3l per cent OF its quota OF
81, ,022, ,482 The Schools Unit, under DR..
Harold G. Moulton as chairman, OBJ
tained 676 gifts for total of 1886 49
or 90.41 per cent of its quota OF S17,550.
The grand total showed LOG, 164 gifts
Tor a total of $1,836,015.32 or 1888 per
Gent Of the total Chest goal Of $2,419, ,787.
Included in the report Of the Metro
bolitan Unit was that of Region II,
headed by DR.. Kelly Miller Of Howard
university, which had charge of the
solicitation of the colored population
In all parts Of Washington. This group
obtained 2,499 gifts for total Of s13,-
S69 10, or 127.73 per cent of its quota
lDf $40, ,460.40. DR.. Miller in his report.
bointed out that this amount by no
means represents the total gifts of the
Eolored people of Washington. Thou