Evening star., 1934-09-09
CHEST ENL|ST|NG
FOR FALL DRIVE
Leaders Expect to Finish
Organization Work by
October Is.

The entire organization for the
Community Chest campaign this Fall
will be completed by october Is, under
present plans, Herbert L. Willett, jr.,
acting director of the Chest announced
yesterday.
H. L. Rust jr., campaign chairman,
has held meetings Of his Executive
Committee this Summer. Willett said,
and the organization is nearer compile
ton than at any similar time before
O campaign.
Various subcommittee of the Bud
get Committee have been visiting
Chest organizations SO that when the
officials of an agency come before the
Budget Committee and request money
for work the subcommittee in charge
of that particular group has first-hand
knowledge of the needs presented. This
will enable the General Budget Com
mittee, of which John H. Hanna is
chairman. to begin conferences on next
years budgets during the coming
week.
Kaufman Chooses Chairmen.
Joseph D. Kaufman, chairman of
the Metropolitan Unit, has completed
the selection of his four area chair
men, who. in turn, have selected sew
eral of their team captains. Kauf-
mans latest report promises compile
ton of his list of captains by the end
of this week. There are prospects that
all the team workers will be selected
by the first week in October. Kauf-
man is being assisted by Staff Capt.
w. Herbert Bartlett, of the Salvation
Army, replacing Miss Bertha Pabst,
who resigned to go to the National
League of Women Voters.
Walter B. Clarkson, chairman of
the Group Solicitation Unit. has Sc
lected his seven area chairmen and
will hold a meeting this week to out
line plans for the selection of section
chiefs, who, in turn, will name their
key men. Preliminary survey by Bert
M. Luchs, secretary of this unit, in
dicate that there will be 700 to
750 firms in group solicitation this
year, which means that there will be
at least that many key men and prob
ably more because some establishments
require more than one key man.
Charles Carroll Morgan, who heads
the Special Gifts Unit this year. is
engaged in the selection of 10 COM
mittee chairmen who, in turn, will
select their committee members. He
plans to have his organization COM
pleted before october /.
Schick Plans Report Meeting.
ryI..rIa- AS cohioty ,ba airv,,ay ~ fl,o
Meetings Committee, has practically
perfected his plans for the various
report meetings and has his commit
tee selections we'll under way.
Laurence e. Rubel, chairman of the
Publicity Unit, has enlisted the serv-
ices of w. w. Wheeler as chairman of
the spoken publicity division and
James Rotto as head of the printed
publicity section. Earl A. Nash heads
the radio division with others to be
named.
All necessary material is expected
to be in hand not later than October
20, which will be about three weeks
before the campaign opens
The campaign will start Noven-
Der IL.
Rubel has designated James w.
Hardey. advertising manager of Wood
ward Ss Lothrop, as chairman of a
special committee to conduct the
next open house" to be staged by
the Chest. Neighborhood House, at
470 N street southwest, has been Sc
lected as the scene of this meeting,
which has been set tentatively for
the first week in October.
The open house" was adopted by
the Publicity Committee this year to
bring to the attention of the public
the methods of expenditure of at least
q part of the contributions made to
the Community Chest. An agency is
thrown open for an evening and the
public is invited to visit and inspect
the buildings and the work.
Neighborhood House is one of the
largest settlement houses in WASH
ington and caters to practically the
entire southwest section. In addition
to conducting classes in music, llandi-
craft and other arts, the settlement
also maintains day nursery and
promotes adult clubs as well as young
peoples clubs for the purposes of
furnishing recreation.
Mrs. j. p. S. Neigh, who has been
head resident of Neighborhood House
more than quarter of a century. is
planning short program in which
the work of the children attending
Neighborhood House will be demon
strated. There will also be an ex-
hibit OF the work of the sewing,
handicraft, art and other classes
which the settlement conducts.
The Community Chest Speech
Clinic" will meet Thursday at 6
pm. at the Y. w. c. A, Seventeenth
and K streets, according to an an
nouncement yesterday by w. w.
Wheeler, chairman of the Speakers
Division Of the Chest Publicity Com
mlttee. j. o. Martin will be in charge