Evening star., 1933-11-05
CHEST CAMP A|GN
GIVEN BACKING BY
HIGH U. S.,0FF:|C|ALS|
Secretary Hull Writes Col.
Grant, Federal Unit Head,
of His Interest.
WALLACE AND ROPER
PLEDGE COOPERATION
Admiral Butler Accepts Navy Yard
Ckairmanship and Promises
Full Support.

High Government officials have
pledged their support to Col. U. S.
Grant, Sd, chairman of the govern
mental unit of the Community Chest,
in the forthcoming campaign for relief
funds, it was announced last night.
! Cabinet members, bureau chiefs and
other officials have offered full CO.
operation in the drive. which begins
November 20. Many of these assur-
ances have been verbal ard some have
been in writing.
Secretary of State Hull wrote Col
Grant he is personally interested in the
success of the campaign to care for the
c:ty's needy and that the governmental
unit could count on the State Depart
ment to give full cooperation"
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace said:
You NAV be assured of my interest
and cooperation in the campaign IN
this department" Secretary of Com
merce Roper advised Col. Grant OF his
hearty accord" with the Chest move
ment and of his intention to do
everything possible to -'rther its sue
cess
Interest and Cooperation.
Accepting a position as a dlVlslon
Z chairman
! Yard Rear Admiral H. V. Butler. COM
mandant of the yard. said: Il beg to
assure you that not only does 1t give
| me pleasure to accept said position, but
! l have so designated myself. I beg to
assure YOU that it will have my per-
sonal interest and cooperation to the
end that we may have a successful
campaign
! Naming Frank A Birgfeld as division
chairman of the Treasury Department,
/ Dean G. Acheson, Acting Secretary,
wrote: "Ycu may rest assured that /
! am heartily in accord with this move
ment and that the Treasury Depart
ment. as usual, will cooperate to the
| Donovan as division chairman, DR..
! Luther H. Reichelderfer. president of
| the Board of Commissioners of the Dis
| trict of Columbia, said: The Commits
sioners will give their personal interest
and cooperation in the success OF the
campaign in the District government. "
Il wish you every success and assure
you of my deep personal interest and
! cooperation. wrote John T. Victory,
secretary of the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics. while
George H Carter. public printer said ::
Il wish to assure you that we will be
! glad to cooperate in every way possible
| toward the success of the drive"
| Wallace B. Robinson. assistant di-
| rector general of the United States
! Railroad Administration. who is serv-
| ing as chairman of the Speakers Bu
! reau of the Governmental Unit, named
! the treasurer of the Railroad Admins
/ tration, r. c. Dunlap. as division chair
man. and wrote of his desire to help.
Others who offered cooperation in
cluded Robert Fechner, director OF the
emergency conservation work; Gen.
/ Frank T. Hines. administrator of the
Veterans Administration; Jesse H.
Jones, chairman of the board of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation;
, of the United States Court of Claims.
! and Allen r. Boyd. executive assistant
! Library of Congress.
! Rabbi Edward Israel of Baltimore and
Frank J. Hogan. campaign chairman.
will address a meeting of the Special
: Gifts Unit of the Chest Tuesday night
! at 7:15 O'Clock in the ball room of the
MayfloWer Hotel. Corcoran Thorn, chair
man of the Special Gifts Unit, will pre-
! side.
/ Rabbi Israel to Speak.
! Rabbi Israel will speak on The Chal-
ienge OF These Times" Mr.. Hogan will
! speak on The Challenge to Washing
/ ton Mr.. Hogan has made an extensive
study OF Community Chest methods and
OF welfare work generally and is keenly
interested in both subjects, especially
| this year.
thy While 91leohj this is the opening meeting OF
WISheS II known lhat the meeting is to
be purely inspirational in character and
that no solicitation of funds will be
instruction meeting for Special Gifts
i workers will be held tomorrow after
noon at o'clock at the United States
chamber of Commerce Building.
with Mr.. Thorn as chairman and
! clarence A. Aspinwall and Frederick
p H Siddons as vice chairmen the
personnel of the special gifts unit has
been completed The unit consists of
l0 teams this year with the following
members:
! Team 1-Coleman JENNINGS. chair
man; Richard w. Hynson, Woodson p
Houghton, Chauncey G. Parker. ir.:
William V. Freeman. Harold N. Marsh
Eugene Carusi Mrs. William Earl Clark
i Mrs. Charles Crawford Mrs Montgom-
cry Blair. jr.: Sallie Hews Phillips and
Capt. Louis B. Montfort, secretary.
Team 2-Mrs. C. Glover, jr.. captain
Mrs Dean G. Acheson, Harry K. Boss
P. 0. Coffin. Mrs Edward Shouse
Thomas Bell Sweeney, Waverly Taylor
Corcoran Thorn, jr.; Laurence Proctor
Mrs. Alan Kirk and Malcolm McConihe
Team 3-Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith
captain; Mrs. Harry Bernton, Mrs John
Boyle, Melvin Behrend, Mrs. E. Gelman
Mrs. L. E. Harris, Bertha M. Israel, Mrs
Henry A. Jaffe, D. J. Kaufman, Milton
w. King. Mrs. Harry Lewis, DR.. F. w
| Perkins, Mrs. L. B. Schloss, Mrs Walter
Tobriner, Mrs. Alexander Wolf, Mrs
Ralph Goldsmith team clerk; Mrs Da.
vid Davis and Arthur Sundlun.
Members of Team 4.
Team 4-George Hewitt Myers, chair
man; Y. E. Booker, Mrs. Wilson Comp.
ton, Mrs. Hutchinson I. Cone, William
S. Corby Mr.. and Mrs. H. Rozier Du-
lany, jr.; Edmund L. Jones, Mrs. A. C
Oliphant Mrs. John F. Dryden. Allan
B. Fay, j. w. Roberts, Capt. Chester
Wells. William j. Courtney Mrs. Roy
D. Adams and Mrs. Y. E. Booker
| Team 5-Samuel H. Kaufman, cap.
tain; George E. Hamilton, jr.; F. Morar
McConihe Leroy w. Heron, Frank F
Rogers. Mrs Victor Kauffmann Mrs
Jack Hayes. Mrs. r. M. Kaufman
Mrs. S. H. Kaufman and Mrs. Erm5
L. Patterson. secretary.
Team 6-Carroll Morgan, chairman
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