Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-22
Bishop Ryan Stresses Need
of Character Aids to
Save Children.
HOGAN URGES MORE
AND LARGER DONATIONS
Commissioner Allen Forecasts Vic
tory-Installment Gifts Urged as
Way to Double Subscriptions.

Pledges totaling more than half mil
lion dollars have been received to date
in the Community Chest drive for ST.
$4,000, 1t was disclosed at a luncheon
rally of campaign workers this afternoon
in the large ball room of the Willard
Hotel.
Chairman Frank ]. Hogan announced
that contributions received today ag-
gregated s145,342 bringing the grand
total for the first three days of the To-
day drive to s537,09l.
Bishop James Hugh Ryan, rector Of
Catholic University, and District Com
missioner George E. Allen addressed the
campaigners. Bishop Ryan declared
there is urgent need for support of
Washington's character building agen-
cies during the present moral crisis"
Commissioner Allen, making his first
public appearance since his appoint
ment, expressed his confidence that the
people of Washington will send the
campaign lover the top"
Lost Courage Tragic.
Bishop Ryan declared loss of morale
in city or nation is more tragic and
significant than material suffering.
When a nation loses its courage, he
said, it is in sorry plight. A de-
moralized childhood usually is followed
by dissolute maturity, he pointed out.
Character building agencies, he said,
have an important duty to perform in
these times of increased leisure among
the adolescent.
Among guests of honor at today's
luncheon were the following wives of
justices of the United States Supreme
Court: Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes.
Van Devanter, and Mrs. Pierce Butler.
The flow of cash into the Community
Chest must be accelerated II the cur
rent campaign is to achieve its goal
Mr.. Hogan announced earlier.
Calling for more and larger gifts"
Chairman Hogan pointed out that on
the basis of the total Of 1892, 705 marked
up prior to today's report meeting, the
campaign is averaging about 10 per
cent of the goal per day.
With only nine report days during
the campaign" he said, this would
bring us down to only 90 per cent of
our quota, and we can hardly expect
every report day to bring in as much
money as our opening days.
The canvass began Monday and will
continue through November 49, An
efficient organization Of 5000 volunteers
is engaged in the house o-house, Office
to-of1ce appeal.
Chairman Hogan said the people do
not seem to realize that We are asking
at one time for gifts for so human well
fare agencies"
If they would stop to consider" he
said, that the needs to be met are
those OF next year and that We do not
require cash with the pledge. am sure
their pledges would be larger.
Many person who can give a cash
pledge of $25 could give much more
easily SIS month and thus more than
double his gift without feeling the loss
of the lump sum. I hope this feature
will be taken into consideration, for
despite the efforts of the Government
in relieving the unemployed, the needs
that confront the Chest agencies are
heavier this year than ever before, and
every indication points to an increase,
rather than a decrease, in human
needs"
S200,052 Yesterday.
Yesterday S200,052.46 was reported
at the meeting Of workers. The sum
IcCelNSu
ing the second day of the drive.
Guests of honor at yesterdays
luncheon included Mrs. Cary T. Gray
son, Mrs. Wilson Compton. Mrs. c. c.
Glover, jr.; Mrs. Lewis Douglas, Mrs.
Sidney Taliaferro, DR.. Cloyd Heck
Marvin. president of George Washing
ton University, and John Poole, chair
man Of the first Chest campaign.
1t was announced that Mrs. Glover
received a banner for the highest per-
centage of quota Of any team in the
Special Gifts Unit. She Is captain Of
team Az
Banners were awarded in the Govern
mental Unit follows:
For departments of so or less en-
ployes contributing the largest quota,
awarded to John F. Victory for the Ma
tiona1 Advisory Committee for Aeronau-
tics, which reported 104 per cent of its
quota.
For departments Of so to 100 en-
ployes, awarded to Ismar Baruch for
the United States Civil Service Commits
sion, with 1921 per cent.
For departments of 600-1 500 person.
mel, the Department of State was de-
clared winner with 1891 per cent Of
quota The banner was accepted by
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