Evening star., 1935-11-19
CHEST IS S466,673
SHORTOF MINIMUM
GOAL OF S1,S77,9)0
Campaigners Face Enor.
nous Task of Attaining
Total by Tomorrow.

The Community Chest this after
noon was within $466,673 of its min
imum goal of s1877, 900, according to
tabulation of returns this afternoon
at a luncheon of workers in the Will
| lard Hotel.
The five units engaged in the CITY,
wide drive reported subscriptions total
! ing 81 1,409,227 This means the cam
paignerS face an enormous task in at
tanning their goal by the scheduled
close of the campaign tomorrow night.
Gov Blanton Winship of Puerto
| Rico, a guest of honor at the luncheon,
commended the workers for their ef-
! forts and announced that he is plan
| ming to institute a Community Chest
in Puerto Rico. He said he has been
conferring with Chest officials here in
this connection.
Urges Monthly Payments.
Elwood Street, director of Public
Welfare of the District, urged the cam
vaSsers to seek more pledges based on
monthly installments, declaring that
there have been too many small gifts
so far" He pointed to the urgency
that exists with regard to relief work
in the District as a result of discontin-
uance of the Transient Bureau and
other direct relief services of the Gov
ernment. and said it is absolutely nec-
essary that private services take up
the burden.
Newbold Noyes Of the Special As
signment Unit, said that every effort
will be made in the next "a hours "to
awaken Washington to this appeal"
and he asked the campaigners to re-
double their efforts in the closing
hours.
Returns reported by units this aft
ernoon were: Governmental, S555,803,
or 5000 per cent of its quota; Metro
politan, $l47407. or 1877 per cent of
its quota; Special Assignments, S439.-
202, or 78.41 per cent of its quota;
Group Solicitation. $262, 2,58353 or 65.7
per cent of its quota, and Capital,
S4,232, or 42.74 per cent of its quota
Frown on Coercion.
There will be no coercion in this
final drive in behalf of Washington's
unfortunates. Chest officials, respond
ing to rumored criticism in some gov
ernmental circles Of methods used by
canvaSsers in seeking contributions,
emphasized that unwilling contribu-
tions" are not desired.
John F. Victory, secretary of the
Advisory Board of Aeronautics, de-
clared at yesterdays luncheon of
Chest canvassers that there are er-
roneous ideas among Government en-
ployes regarding coercion"
"They mistake good salesmanship,
which seeks to point out to them
their civic duty, as coercion" Victory
declared, speaking as Government
employe. ANY Government employe
who is not able to give should state
so plainly"
Yield to No Other Glass.
Government workers yield to no
other class of citizens in their right
to be known as interested residents of
Washington. They enjoy all the ad-
vantages that accrue to people living
in the Nations Capital. I am sure
that not one of them would want
child or an old person left unclothed,
unfed or unsheltered or a sick person
left without care to die.
Il want to emphasize again the fact
that we are not only seeking to raise
100 per cent of our quota in the Gov
ernmental Unit but are striving for
100 per cent in order to provide funds
for the extra needs that are going to
(See CHEST. Page 81