Evening star., 1933-11-28
BISHOP FREEMAN
PLEADSFOR CHEST
RooSeveIt'S Pledge Stimulates
Drive-S169,o41 More
Is Reported.
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the campaign would succeed was re-
ceived last night by Frank j. Hogan
campaign chairman.
The presidential donation, coming a
critical stage of the drive, was ex'
pected to stimulate the governmental
unit in its final. almost desperate, etfor
to bridge the wide gap to its quota o.
s756.784 Prior to this afternoon re,
port the Federal group had secured
only 3O9l per cent of its quota. as com
pared with 58.3 per cent registered by
the group solicitation unit. 5789 pei
cent by the metropolitan unit and II
per cent by the special gifts unit.
In making a final and earnest appea
to Government workers, campaign
officials pointed out that three point:
should be stressed:
First No money is asked now. The
funds sought are to cover the abso-
lutely necessary needs OF charity and
welfare work throughout the entire yeal
1894. The money pledged now does not
have to be paid out until 1884 anC
it can be paid in - monthly install
mentS next year. Any one who pledges
for instance, S26. would have to put
aside only so cents week. sending tC
the Chest little more than 81 a month
thought that there would disappear the
apparent existing heSitanCy to pledge
an amount which would constitute a
burden if it had to be paid at once
The threatened failure to raise the
necessary amount for charity is due to
the SmallneSS of individual pledges and
1t Is believed that If men and women
who would really like to help unfortu-
rate human beings, who must be helped
would think of the amount they can
afford to give in terms Of weekly and
monthly installmentS, pledges for all the
funds required would rapidly pour in.
Second. The Community Chest cam
palgn is not an appeal for one charity
1t is one appeal for 60 separate charita-
bic institutions and welfare organiza-
tions. 1t is the only appeal made dur
Ing the entire year for all 60. They
minister to the needy and poverty
stricken of every race, color and creed
Apparently this important fact has been
overlooked and therefore II cannot be
too often repeated that the current
canpalgn can a1 is not MAKING an appeal tor
work for human needs, but for 60. en-
braclng every class of such work and
v1i;ae Hlfh very few exceptions all the city 5
n
stitutionS.
Concerns Every Resident.
Third. The Community Chest Cam
palgn Committees and teams are work
ing Tor something that vitality concerns
every man, woman and chllo who lives
IN the Capital City irrespective of
whether they work IN Snop. on a
street car, or in a Government Office.
NO one will deny, it was pointed out,
that the maintenance of adequate hos
pltals, the prevention of disease cpl
oemlcS. the care of sick and crippled
ana underprivlleged children and OF the
poverty-strlcken aged in the town in
Wnlcn one lives is the concern of every
one living here. And it Is for these
thln9S that the funds which the Com
mummy Chest Is now appealing for Will
be employed.
L am afraid that We have failed to
convey to the Government workers the
ole necessity that is to be met by this
campaign, Chairman Hogan SAID Il
am afraid that We have not made it
pain to them that Community Chest
agencies not only help Government
workers, but that they, IN a sense, pro-
tect the whole city, acting as a pre-
VentlVe measure against possible cpl
oemlcs, lnroads OF crime and otner
possibilities from which the Government
WORKER would IN no sense be immune
i still believe that ii 1t can be con-
Veyed to these citizens that they really
are a part OF Washington tnat the
privileges OF the Capital City and its
responsibilities are theirs as much as
those of people outside the Government;
that any misfortune that might over
take us will strike as hard at the Gov
eminent worker as at the ordinary clti-
zen; that they, as well as other resi-
dentS OF washington, have their living
and their advantages of city lite from
the Capital; that they would respond
to the plea for the unfortunate and
haplesS who depend on the go agencies
in the Community Chest and would
raise their quota which, by the way.
has been reduced to correspond with
the reduction OF pay roll in every de-
partment"
Final reports of the campa:gners will
be received at the closing rally of the
drive tomorrow night in the Washing
ton Auditorium. A box supper will be
servea. The Marine Band viii play.
NeWbold Noyes, president of the
Chest, who had been prevented by ILL
ness from attending earlier report meet
1ngs, appeared at yesterdays luncheon
against the advice of his physician. and
commenced the canvaSSerS on the faith
full service they have been rendering.
Glorious Task.
Looking around the room today as
! came in he said, 'drSt at the score
board. which faces me- and then at
your faces, wondered if I didn't see
some Semblance of encouragement on
the part of a very few. but 1 thought
I Sensed it in some of your hearts.
This is not, as I have been advised by
Mr.. Hogan and those who have been
carrying on the campaign, an easy task
this year. We have three more days to
Ialse the S1945. 900 that is necessary,
vitality necessary, for our city. II you
90 feel discouraged, If you do feel tnat
the task of talking with hard-hearted
WashingtonianS, and many of you have
been doing that, is hard, there is one
thing that should send you home at
night with some happiness in your
hearts-you are doing for Washington
the finest job that any citizen can do
for his or her community.
Il don't understand the philosophy
that thinks that the Community Chest
belongs to the 5000 of you who work
in the raising of this money. The Com
munity Chest is fundamentally the
property of your entire community. You,
for one reason or anothe' because your
hearts are big because you know the
need, because something OF compassion
and appreciation of what Washington
needs today is driving you on, are en-
gagged in doing job which is, IN TACT
a service to every one OF the cltlzenS
in our community. When you go about
the rest of your task, please don't feel
that YOU are thrusting your ideas down
the throat of some one else, but that
YOU are working faithfully and hard
and nobly in cause because you know
what others do not know in wash
ingtOn