Evening star., 1934-11-21
CHEST WORKERS
u VISION SUCCESS
$1,675,OO0 Goal Expected
to Be Reached Tonight
at Final Meeting.
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confident of meeting their quota Of
sS0l 900 before tonight When they
started work today they had about
60,o00 more to get and they went
about this task with the memory Of
their tremendous drive of last Friday,
which brought in more than $115,000-
an all-time record for any Chest unit
in a single day.
Capital Unit Near Top.
The Capital Unit at yesterdays
meeting reported s1.a6 per cent of its
quota of s4,299.24 in hand and was
expected to 60 over the top today.
The Group Solicitation yesterday
cut its deficit" from $154,381.6o to
s87.568 02, while the Metropolitan Unit
reached the Copper cent mark in its
quota drive, with s1o3, ,491.S9 yet to be
raised.
A feature of today's closing drive
will be flying squadron Of solicitors,
which will respond to calls made by
Washington citizens as a result of a
final radio appeal by Joseph D. Radio
Joe" Kaufman, chairman of the Met
ropolitan Unit. at 6:15 pm. today.
All campaign barriers were down
today, leaving teams and individual
Chest workers free to campaign where
they pleased.
Government Unit Celebrates.
Amid scenes of the greatest en-
thusiasm, the Governmental Unit
workers yesterday celebrated their at
tainment of virtually their entire
quota at the final midday report
meeting of the campaign. Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt was
there to report that the Navy De-
partment was over the top" and
still going strong. He brought along
the Navy Band Orchestra to help
in the celebration.
Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, deputy
chief Of staff of the Army, was pres
ent to witness the triumph of Mai.
Gen. Frederick w. Coleman, chief of
finance of the Army. who was drafted
by President Roosevelt to head the
Governmental Unit and who has put
over one of the finest campaigns in
Chest history. Gen. Coleman, who
had left the head table to sit among
his workers on the floor, received an
ovation from the largest gathering
of Chest volunteers during the pres
ent campaign. which had previously
broken all attendance records.
When the Governmental Unit fin
ished its report yesterday the records
showed that a total of 81. .44O Federal
and District employees in Washington
have contributed $560,472.l9. Gov
ernmental campaign chairmen. key
men and captains went out with the
expectation of clearing up the re-
manning $8.31121 of their quota i'm
mediately after the meeting, leaving
all Of today in which to work for
oversubscription of the unit quota.
Campaign Chairman H. l.. Rust, jr.,
touched of yesterdays celebration at
the start of the meeting by an
nouncing that 10 per cent of the
Government personnel in Washing
bOll lldu IdlCC0 % pei SClL VI bllCA
quota and seemed certain of going
above the amount allocated them.
Navy los Per Cent.
1T gives me very great pleasure
to report that the Navy Department
early yesterday had exceeded its quota
with a percentage of 102 per cent"
Secretary Roosevelt then announced:
This percentage has today been in
creased to los per cent and we have
not finished yet.
1T seems to me from the figures 1
have seen of the general Community
Chest contributions that not only the
Navy Department, but all the depart
ments Of the Government have made
q most creditable showing
ITO understand the significance of
such response, it must be appreciated
that large percentage of the Govern
ment employees are not citizens Of
Washington. and many of them have
obligations to their own communities
as well as to Washington. Their open
handedness, in many instances, shows
real sacrifice and elf-denial. The fig-
ures these departments have reported
show enthusiastic and untiring labor
on the part of the division chairmen,
keymen and assistant keymen."
Secretary Roosevelt cited the Wash
ington Navy Yard especially for its
fine showing in the Chest drive.
Sees Quota Plus.
at is also most gratifying to all Of
us here" he concluded. that the Gov
ernmental Unit as a whole is fast ap-
preaching 100 per cent of its quota
When you consider the modest salaries
these Government employees receive it
shows q fine spirit toward the work
Of the Chest and reflects great credit
on the leadership of Gen. Coleman.
II am certain that Washington will
60 over the top with substantial
amount over and above its quota"
In opening yesterdays report meet
ing, Chairman Rust introduced Maj.
Gen. Drum and in doing so highly
praised the work of Gen. Coleman dur
ing the campaign. He also introduced
Newbold Noyes. former president of
the Community Chest and former
campaign chairman.
During the progress of the unit re-
ports, one after another of the area
and division chairmen brought in re-
ports of large contributions end aSsur-
ances of reaching their quotas.
The largest unit return of the day
was made by Walter B. Clarkson for
Group Solicitation, when he turned
In contributions from 10,l37 new
Chest supporters for total Of $685.
s13.5S. These reduced the units quota
deficit to SS7.568.02 and brought the
total of 1877 per cent of its quota.
Special Gifts Second.
The Special Gifts Unit was second
with $40,920 in new contributions,
which brought its total to s434, ,954.68,
or S6.5 per cent of the unit quota.
Governmental. nearing the conclusion
Of its work. turned in $34,896.94 in
contributions, bringing its total to
s5s0,472.1s. or 1924 per cent of its
quota.
The Metropolitan Unit, with s2o.-
200 an ->-x~il>,,fiane cny,on1otod an