Evening star., 1935-11-09
Special Assignment Unit
Aims to End Deficiency
by Monday.
CAMPAIGN WILL BEGIN
FORMALLY NEXT WEEK
Chairman Jennings Reports Gain
of About 10 Per Cent Over
1884 Contributions.


Special Assignment Unit of the Com
munity Chest today drove forward
in hope of making up the deficiency
before formal opening of the general
Chest campaign Monday.
The unit. at its final pre-campaign
meeting yesterday, reported, however,
several encouraging gifts that rep
resented substantial gains over last
years donations. Among these was
a contributation Of $1,000 by citizen
who prefers to remain anonymous
q so per cent increase over this per-
sons gift a year ago.
One or two increases of from Is
to 80 per cent were recorded at the
meeting. The next gathering Of the
group will be with the general cam
paign organization at the Willard
Hotel Monday.
IL Per Cent Gain Showed
Chairman Coleman Jennings of the
unit said contributions so far SHOW
a gain over last year of about 10 per
cent.
DR.. William Mcclellan, campaign
chairman. urged the teams to keep up
their work throughout the general
campaign and said that he hoped to
see them present at the report lunch
cons with many added gifts to report
toward their quota. Gifts announced
yesterday were as follows:
Mrs. Frederick A. Keep, $4,000;
Judge and Mrs. j. Harry Covington,
$500: Mrs. Alexander MacKay-Smith,
$500: DR.. William Mcclellan. $500:
Mrs. Edwin 3. Parker. 81 500: Peoples
Life Insurance Co., $1,000; Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Even Burnside, $500; Mrs.
James C. Dunn, 5000.
Mrs. George A. Garrett, $500; JUS
tice James Clark McReynolds, $500;
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Himmelfarb. s675:
Mr.. and Mrs. E. I. Kaufman, 81 500;
Ourisman Chevrolet Sales Co., $500;
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph P. Tumulty.
$500; Mrs. Mary Hewitt Myers,
$500; Mr. and Mrs. William F. Dem
mis-, $500; Mrs. Marshall Field, s4l00.
Anonymous gifts of $500. $500.
So 900. $1,000. $500, $3.50, 81 1900 and
$500 also were reported.
Four Speak at Rally.
DR.. Mcclellan, Herbert L. Willett,
jr., Chest director, and Col West A.
Hamilton, chairman Of the Chest
Capital Unit, spoke at a rally meeting
last night of the Capital Unit, held
at the Twelfth street branch Of the
Y. M. c. A. Maj. Campbell c. John
son, secretary of the unit, spoke
briefly along instructional lines.
Chairman Mcclellan expressed hope
that not only would the goal set by
the Campaign Committee be reached
but that Washington would rally to
the situation confronting it as a result
Of the suspension Of Government re-
lief funds and would produce a "120
per cent campaign" He said that he
felt that the money is here and urged
the Capital unit workers to keep In
mind this additional need.
Director Willett urged the workers
to remember that no one is asked tc
give Ito" the Community Chest. but
to give through" the Chest to the
men, women and children dependent
upon the IS agencies financed by the
Chest campaign. He told of the alb
solute necessity Of reaching the goal
Of s1,877,900 if the agencies are tc
perform their task adequately and said
that every indication pointed to the
need of additional funds beyond that
goal for relief purposes.
Col. Hamilton admoni3hed his work
ers to work early and late in the cause
of the Chest. He pointed out that q
large number of colored people receive
help through all the various Chest or
ganizations and appealed to the pride
of the colored citizenry to do theil
part in supporting these institutions
A feature of the evening was the
invocation by Rev. Walter H. Brooks
for 81 years pastor of the Nineteenth
Street Baptist Church and Washing
tons oldest pastor.
Capit-l Unit to Begin.
Soliciting by the Capital Unit will
start today.
"A PEEP DenlnQ tne scenes lnCo Tie
activities of the Speakers Bureau OF
the Washington Community Chest
was given yesterday by Mrs. Leonard
B. Schloss during the District of Co
lumbia Federation of Women's Clubs
radio program over WRC. In telling
of the work of the speakers, she said:
These men eld women, numbering
over 100, are particularly well qualified
for this type of work-and are always
prepared to present an accurate and
interesting picture of Washington's
needs.
AT no time have we failed to re-
ceive the full cooperation of the
members of our group. Short notice,
long distances to 60, early morning,
lunch hour, dinnertime or late eve
ing assignments make no difference
to this valiant army Of citizens. They
realize the impe tance Of the informa-
ton they are giving to the people of
Washington and are unselfishly eager
to shale their time, energy and knowl-
edge with those in whom they hope
to arouse sympathetic and enlight-
ened interest in human welfare"