Evening star., 1934-11-20
S1,405,155 Reported, With
Only One Day Left for
Campaign.
GOVERNMENTAL UNIT
NEARLY REACHES QUOTA
Solicitation Lines Suspended in
Final Squirt by 5000 Work
ers to Attain Goal.

Hopes for attainment Of the full
Community Chest quota for the first
time in four years were revived this
afternoon as volunteer workers re-
ported new contributions, raising the
campaign total to s1,4O5, 5,155.9l. leav-
ing only $269, ,84409 to be raised be-
fore the close of the drive tomorrow
night.
While the Navy Band Orchestra
played in honor of the Governmental
Unit triumph in nearing its quota,
leaders of the other major campaign
units reported new contributions
which materially increased their
standing in the race with the leading
Governmental Unit.
When today's reports were COM
pleted the Governmental Unit showed
a total of s560,472l9, or 1924 per
cent of its quota. Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy Henry L. Roose-
welt, reporting that the Navy De-
partment was lover the top" with
los per cent of its quota, and still
going strong. predicted that the Gov
ernmental Unit would far exceed its
quota and that the drive as whole
would be completely successful.
Takes Lead.
The Group Solicitation Unit took
the lead from the Governmental
Unit in new contributions reported
today, with total of s66.81358. The
YTntf I'll hn dow
with 86.5 per cent Of its quota in
hand.
The final report meeting Of the
1884 campaign will be held at 7:45
pm tomorrow in the ball room of
the Willard Hotel, and there will be
no supplementary campaign, it was
announced today by Campaign Chair
man H. L. Rust, jr.
washington must stand by these
volunteers and must enable them to
close this campaign with the knowl-
edg of goal attained" Rust said. in
announcing the plan to close the drive
tomorrow night.
Limits Lifted.
Rust announced that all Chest sub.
scription cards assigned to workers in
the Metropolitan Unit were to become
blank at noon today. This means the
city was thrown open for solicitation
and the unit workers may solicit any
one they choose for contributions
without reference to the list of names
originally assigned them.
When yesterday afternoons report
tho cauot1fh of the "a
came to close, the Chest leaders and
workers found themselves, for the first
time since the drive opened officially a
week earlier. below par or bogey'
for the drive. They had only 74.39
per cent of their quota in hand instead
of the more than 73 per cent required
to maintain their par figures fcr the
drive.
Only two of the campaign units were
near their quotas as the workers went
out today. The largest Of all 'he units,
Governmental. headed by the chief of
finance of the Army, Maj. Gen. Fred
erick w. Coleman. started out TODAY
with less than 8 per cent Of its quota
of $570,500 yet to be raised.
Elated by the showing of his govern
mental "wrecking crew." Gen. Cole
man said, commenting on an article
in The Sunday Star concerning the
military defenselessness of Washing
ton: Given the enthusiastic per-
sonnel composing this governmental
campaign unit. I would undertake to
defend Washington against anything.
The other copper cent unit is the
Capital group of Col. H. o. Atwood
which is campaigning among the col
ored residents of Washington not
solicited by the workers of the four
major units. The Capital unit has
reported 9136 per cent of its quota
of s4,299.24 in hand. This unit, be-
cause of its small quota, is not listed
among the four major units and its
returns have not entered into the
daily estimates of campaign standings.
A grim-lipped group of Chest lead
Continued on Page 3. Column 2)