Evening star., 1934-06-24
four CHEST AREA
!. .CHA|RMEN NAMED
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Selections in Line With
Policy to Complete Organ
izing Before Drive.

Four area chairmen for the Metro
politan Unit of the Community Chest
and their acceptances were announced
yesterday by Joseph D. (Radio joel
Kaufman, chairman of the Metro
politan Unit. These selections are in
line with the policy of Campaign
Chairman H. L. Rust, jr., to have the
campaign organization completed far
in advance of actual solicitation in
order that every unit may be ready to
begin in the first minute of the first
day.
81 feel we have the four best area
chairmen in the CITY," Mr. kaufman
said Yesterday. Edwin N. Lewis, Sec
retary of the National Cathedral Asso-
citation, will head Area /, which takes
in the Massachusetts, avenue section.
For Area 2, which includes the Rock
Creek Park and Petworth sections,
Col. William o. Tufts was named.
For Area 3, Allen V. DeFord was
selected.
New Plan Considered.
"We are planning new plan OF
procedure in the downtown section
this year and have made that section
Area T." Mr.. Kaufman said. For
the Craftsmanship of this area we have
Harry P. Somerville, manager of the
Willard Hotel. Mr.. Somerville is a
comparative newcomer to Washing
ton, but has had vast experience in
Community Chest work in Rochester
N. Y. The downtown area will be di-
vided into eight divisions with about
five teams of business men to each
division. Mr.. Somerville will have as
his chief aid in this organization work
Maj. Allen M Holcombe, who did ex-
cellent work last year"
In addition to his area chairmen
Chairman kaufman has also obtained
four area secretaries, loaned by Com
munity Chest organizations as fol-
lows:
Miss Edna Schneider, Travellers Aio
Society, Area / Maurice Bisgyer, Jew
ish Community Center, Area 2; staff
Capt. w. Herbert Bartlett, Salvation
Army, Area 8; A. Boyd Kinds, North
east Boys Club. Area 4. These secre-
tarieS will work with Miss Bertha
Pabst, general campaign secretary.
Under present organization plans
the area chairmen hope to have theil
division chairmen named by July
and these division chairmen will ir
turn select about 120 team captains
which is expected to be accomplished
by about July Is. Following the NAM
ing of team captains, Chairman Kauf-
man expects to call a supper meeting
OF the three groups and outline plan;
for the campaign, after which they
will be dismissed until the next meet
ing in September, when the drive fol
workers will be started. There will
be about $500 of these workers anc
about two months will be spent in in
structing them on the new lineup oi
the unit.
Time to Be Saved.
Plans are being worked out whereby
the Metropolitan Unit solicitors will
not be called upon to waste time call.
ing on Government workers and 9th.
erS who give through other units. II
the downtown area, with the presen
set-up, it is hoped to assign eaci
worker to people in his immediate
territory and TO arrange matters 81
that each worker will be called upor
for only few hours of time.
Special studies of the city are beinl
made by Miss Pabst and her assistant
Miss Helen Keifer, and maps are beine
prepared showing the particular popu-
lation of each section. Chairman
kaufman hopes to do real engineer.
ing Job with the Metropolitan Uni
this year and so prepare things thai
the campaign will move forward
smoothly and with a minimum o.
waste motion.