Evening star., 1932-11-23
Fate of CitY's Needy Hangs
on Success of 5000 Work
ers' Final Drive.
BATTLE ENDS TONIGHT
AT 7 O'CLOCK MEETING
Campaign to Be Closed Regardless
of 0utcome-Desperate Pleas
Made to Meet Full Budget.

Fighting on its courage alone, an
army CT worn and battered campaigners
today was straining every nerve and
sinew in last-minute effort to put
strength into Washington's helping
hand-the Community Chest.
The battle ends tonight, and on this
last-minute effort hangs the answer to
whether Washington viii give the Che1
strength to beat back the forces
poverty or distress, or whether, unheeS
ing, it viii answer the plea, Give u
this day our daily bread" with a lick
and a promise.
There was vast void in the Chest
when the workers, 5000 strong, went
out on their last long SO hours of work
yesterday afternoon-$847,O0 900 shy of the
amount needed The money represents
food for the hungry next Fail. shelter
Tor the homeless, clothes for the ragged.
maybe the right Of little children to
live.
Face Gigantic Task.
The workers faced a gigantic task in
the closing hours of the campaign. The
amount needed is nearly three times
as much as has been raised in any sineIe
day during the campaign. and most of
the city has been cornbed clean of
subscriptions. There still remain. how
ever, thousands who gave last year and
VINO either have not been able, have
refused or nave not been reached this
year.
. H. L. Rust, r., chairman of the
Metropolitan Unit, which Is making q
house-to-house canvass of the CITY.
today opened the city wide to his
workers. washington Is now YOUR
treasure box" he said, "open it and nm
the chest. You may 90 anywhere YOU
please, see. any one you please, whether
ne Is IN your territory or in some one
The more than 1900 workers in the
Government Unit, which Is far behind
It's quota, put on stin more steam in an
efort to pull up that groups total, while
the group Solicitation Unit, close to its
quota was expected to go over the top.
Closes ut O'Clock.
The campaign viii close tonight at
the flnal meeting at the Wardman Park
Hotel, beginning at O'Clock. Cam
paign Chairman Newbold Moves to- ay
reiterated that there will be no ex-
tension of the campaign and that with
the final reports tonight the campaign
will end whether the goal is reached
or not. The Chest, Of course, he said,
will always welcome voluntary gifts
after the campaign has closed.
Chairman Noyes, the Right Rev.
ton; Bishop william F. Mcdowell of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, Joseph
P. Tumulty, secretary to President Will
son, and stage stars made last minute
radio appeals last night.
On program on Station WMAL
with Will Osborne's Orchestra, now at
the Fox Thearer, Chairman Noyes called
upon Washington to open its heart ard
help the Chest help Washington's un-
fortunate.
"Unless you take matters into your
own hands within the next "a hours"
he said, "the Chest will have failed
irretrievably to meet the imperative,
poignant calls which have been made
upon it during the past 10 days. must
tell you that unless some unforeseen
change N the picture takes place, there
will be a need, a distress, a suffering
in our city this next year for which we
citizens will be responsible in the eyes
Of God and man"
Bishop Makes Address.
Mr. Noyes also spoke last night in a
program on Station WJSV with Bishop
Freeman. Both pointed to the efficient
management of the Chest and its mem
ber organizations, carefully supervised
and checked in every detail, and served
devotedly and without charge by its off,
cials, drawn from among the most
prominent men in the Capital and by
thousands of volunteer workers who
contribute freely and energetically of
their services as we'll as of their funds.
Every cent of money raised for the
Chest goes to the work for which 1t is
intended, they declared. The amount
used for collection and administration,
totaling less than 6 cents of every dol
lar, is the lowest cost of collection and
administration that has been so far
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