Evening star., 1934-11-04
Letter From Archbishop
CurIey to Be Read by
Catholic Clergy.
LAY SPEAKERS PROVIDED
UPON PASTORS REQUEST
Number of Large Gifts Already
Received, Although Start
Is Week Away.

Today is being observed as Com
munity Chest Sunday" in Washing
ton churches, with references by pas
tors or visiting speakers to the COM
ing campaign for funds with which
to carry on urgently needed relief and
charitable work during the coming
year.
In every Catholic church in Wash
ington there will be read a letter from
Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Bal
timore appealing to both clergy and
laity for whole-hearted support Of
the 1894 Community Chest campaign.
"Inasmuch as this mission of
charity is an obligation incumbent
upon all of u.s." Archbishop Curley
said in his letter, II am appealing to
every Catholic to give as generously
as possible and to take an active part
in the coming campaign. Whether
you work or whether you give, act in
the spirit Of Christian charity for the
sake of the Divine Savior Himself"
Lay Speakers Sought.
Many pastors have asked for lay
speakers to talk at morning or eve
ming services today, and these speak
ers are being supplied by the Speak
ers' Bureau of the Chest. A ajority
of pastors, however, have signified
their intention of delivering the Com
munity Chest message in person.
Although the opening Of the Com
munity Chest campaign is still more
than a week away, number of large
gifts already have been received, ac-
cording to Carroll Morgan, chairman
of the Special Gifts Unit. An en-
couraging feature of these early gifts
is that not one of them is less than
the gift made last year by the same
person, Mr.. Morgan said.
All contributions made up to this
time have come without solicitation
and were made in some instances be-
cause the donors were preparing to
be out of the city during the campaign
and wished to make their contribu-
tons before leaving.
Encouraged by Early Gifts.
"Our unit is greatly encouraged by
the receipt of these early gifts" Mr..
Morgan said yesterday. "It would
appear to indicate that the Cummun-
ity Chest is so firmly established in
the minds and hearts Of our citizens
that many of them prepare through
out the year for the coming Of the
campaign, and are ready with their
contributions even before they are
solicited. The fact that not q single
gift has been reduced from last year
also indicates that Washington real
izes the grave problems confronting
the Chest and its member organiza-
tions this year and the need for every
possible dollar to carry on the well
fare program for which there is no
possibility Of obtaining Government
funds.
II feel very hopeful as to the ulti-
mate outcome of the campaign"
A mobilization meeting of the
Metropolitan Unit of the Community
Chest will be held at 7 pm. Wednes-
day at the Willard Hotel, according to
plans announced last night by Joseph
D. kaufman, chairman Of the unit.
The principal speaker will be Rev.
Joseph r. Sizoo, pastor of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Other speakers will be Mr.. Willett and
w. w. Wheeler, chairman of the
Speakers Bureau.
The Metropolitan Unit, smaller and
more closely organized than in the
past, is regarded as the cleanup"
unit in this years campaign, taking
charge of solicitation of person not
reached through group solicitation,
Governmental or special gifts units.
Its members will call on people in
their homes and on the business and
professional men in downtown offices.
Prevent Useless Calls.
Through intensive work in our Of
f1ce," Chairman Kaufman said, I'VE
are going to prevent $4,000 useless
calls on people who are giving through
other units. This is an economy of
time, effort and morale.
I'm addition to this, we have Gre
ated 10000 new prospects fully as
capable of giving as any who have
previously given, and these will be
divided up among the approximately
1900 volunteers in our unit. These
people are all persons who use tele-
phone service. Our teams are smaller
in personnel this year, but are better
trained, and the members feel that
they cannot only get contributors of
last year to repeat, but they have ex-
cellent chance Of getting new sub
scriptions out of the 10000 new pros
poets.
"At our opening dinner Wednesday
night, the head table, with one excep-
tion, will be given over to men and
women who have actually contributed
to the building up of the Community
Chest campaign effort and activities.
The lone exception is the speaker of
the evening, DR.. Sizoo, and we feel
that he is really one of the chaplains
OF the Metropolitan Unit"
Placed at Head Table.
At the head table Wednesday night
will be seated Chairman Kaufman
and Mrs. Kaufman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Phelps Dodge, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. L. Rust, jr., Mr.. and Mrs. j. Ber-
nard Wyckoff, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
L. Willett, jr., Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
F. w. Coleman, Capt. H. A. Gardyne,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Carroll Nor
gan, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. ClarkscS,
Rev and Mrs. Joseph r. Sizoo, Mr..
and Mrs. Laurence E. Rubel, Mr.. and
Mrs. James A. Councillor, Mr.. and
Mrs, James p. Schick, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. Wheeler, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
P. Somerville, Mr.. and Mrs. William
o. Tufts, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen v. De-
ford, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin N. Lewis,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Rotto, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. o. Martin, Miss Bertha Pabst,
Maj. and Mrs. James Asker, Father
John O'Grady, and Staff Capt. and
Mrs. Herbert Bartlett. +<-..
Work Of the Metropolitan Unit was
started last Summer, with Miss
Bertha Pabst as secretary. The Sec
retarial work was taken over by STAFF
Capt. w. Herbert Bartlett when Miss