Evening star., 1933-11-01
SINGER DONATES
VOICE TO CHEST
Grace Moore Will Sing at
Woman's Crusade Meeting
November g.

Grace Moore, noted Metropolitan
Opera soprano and motion picture star,
is going to help the Woman's Crusade
OF the Community Chest.
She will fly to Washington from Los
Angeles to attend the mass meeting at
Constitution Hall, Thursday, November
g. at which Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
will be the guest speaker. Miss Moore
Will sing group of songs at the meet
ing.
Arrangements to bring the opera star
here were made by Mrs. Mabel Walker
Willebrandt, former Assistant Attorney
General and a personal friend of Miss
Moore. Mrs. Willebrandt, in her capac-
ity vice president of the Woman'S
Crusade, telegraphed full particulars of
the mass meeting to Miss Moore in Los
Angeles and offered to arrange airplane
transportation if the famous soprano
would consent to attend. Miss Moore
agreed.
1000 to Participate.
The mass meeting will be the high
point IN the campaign being waged by
almost 1000 Washington women and
which is expected to involve the services
of at least 5000 others before the Com
rlunity Chest drive, November 2O-29,
inclusive Mrs Eleanor Patterson, chair
man of the crusade. will preside at the
meeting.
With MIS- Roosevelt as speaker, The
presence Of Miss Moore and the United
States Marine Band to furnish music.
the women's group feels one Of the most
could possibly be put on has been ar
ranged. Plans are under way to broad
O % ir No ,x,iL
work
In asking Miss Moore to attend. Mrs.
Willebrandt pointed out that through a
national broadcast, the star could aid
not only the movement here, but
throughout the country Miss Moore. in
accepting the invitation expressed graf
ification at an opportunity to do some
thing for the Nations Capital and
placed herself unreservedly at the dis
posal of the Woman's Crusade for this
occasion.
Publicity Outlined.
The Chests campaign publicity pro-
gram was outlined to the Advertising
Club of Washington in talks yesterday
by Mrs. Patterson and L. E. Rubel
chairman of the publicity unit
Mrs. Patterson explained that her or
ganiZation's function is to interest all
women in the Chest.
Mrs Rubel outlined the features of
Chest agency work that will be featured
during the campaign, including provi
sion for crippled children, children in
institutions. aged and otherwise unem-
ployable adults and families, crime pre-
vention and other features of welfare
work
CnooE NJ, Podio
Mrs. Patterson and Corcoran Thorn,
chairman of the special gifts unit for
the Chest campaign, will be the guest
speakers tomorrow night on the first of
four radio programs dedicated to the
Chest.
The programs have been provided
by Joseph D. (Radio Joe) kaufman.
On November 9, Walter B. Clarkson
of the group solicitation unit. and Col.
U. S. Grant. Sd, chairman of the gov
ernmental unit, will be speakers. On
November 16 Mr.. kaufman, who is
chairman of the metropolitan unit, will
hold MY Gang night. The last of the
programs will be given November 25 and
will be in charge of the national corpo-
rations unit, with either Eugene Meyer
or John Jay O'Connor as speaker. Also
on this program will be DR.. Cloyd Heck
Marvin, representing the speakers unit
and the publicity unit, represented by
Mr.. Rubel.