Evening star., 1935-11-13
Chest
fContinued From First Paeeo


during the coming Winter, and many
are confronted with the possibility OF
death from cold or hunger"
In pointing out that this was new
and unexpected burden on private
charity in that these cases had been
cared for with governmental funds up
TO the present time, Smith emphasized
the necessity for continued support of
the established Chest agencies and re-
quested increased gifts in order to
meet these new demands.
Ezekiel Is Speaker.
At community Chest meeting in
the Department of Agriculture audi
torium yesterday. DR.. Mordecai J.
Ezekiel, economic adviser to the Secre-
tary, declared that better economic
system would eventually eliminate the
necessity of Community Chest, but
that, until that day it was much
needed work He gave a resume OF
some of the various types of work done
by the Chest agencies, and brought
to the assembled workers vivid pic
ture of the real need of raising the
Chest budget. T. Weed Harvey, busi-
ness manager for the A. A. A., presided.
This was the eighth meeting in
this department, each for different
bureaus, and each with its own Off
cials presiding and speaking. During
the meeting the second annual Com
munity Chest playlet, written by Miss
Lucille Way and A. c. Edwards. and
directed by Miss Way. was presented
also for the eighth time.
Players and Musicians.
The players are Mrs. Betty Whit
field Bullion. Harry Kabat, Mrs. Doris
Mentor and Miss Mary E. Van
Houten; and a quintet composed of
Roy Gray. H. A. Magnuson, w. H.
Redit. J. B. Sellers and M L. Buckley,
accompanied by Miss Elizabeth
Patete, contributed Lorraine Inlay
gave an acrobatlc dance that drew
much applause.
Selections from Victor Herbert were
played as an overture by an orches-
ira, whose members are Louis G..
zanoff, Jack Levenson, M. r. Deutsch,
Geraldine Thompson. Fred Fletcher,
Tillie Kravitz and william r. Bishop.
Harry King, former vice president
of the Community Chest and former
member of the Chest Budget Commit
tee. broadcast an appeal to the busi-
ness men of Washington over WRC
this morning. King described the
handling of Chest funds from his
own personal experience.
Herbert L. Willett, jr., director of
the Chest, will state facts about the
Chest and its agencies over WMAL
today at sos pm. and Maj. Julian
Stimson. U. S. A, will speak over
VOL at $50 pm.
Today's report meeting will be
broadcast as usual by WJSV, and this
station will also carry out its program
of visiting Chest agency and broad
casting interviews with the clients di-
rect from the agency. The Childrens
Country Home, Eighteenth street and
Bunker Hill road northeast, was the
scene of broadcast this morning.
AS climax to a week of broad
casting in behalf of the Chests an
nual drive, WJSV will present a radio
pep meeting Saturday, from 7:30 to
$50 pm. All Washington entertain
ers are invited to take part and
may do so by registering with Lee
Everett, production manager of
WJSV, who will be in charge of the
program. Every member of both the
entertainment and the announcing
staffs of WJSV will participate. The
program will present an hour of
entertainment by Washington artists
There will be no speakers.
$4,000 Gift Reported.
Gifts of sl00 or more reported yes
terday were as follows:
$4,000, Potomac Electric Power Co.
$4,000, Mr. and Mrs George Hewitt
Myers.
sl,500, Mrs. Mary Hewitt Myers
$1,000, Mr.. and Mrs. Karl w. Corby
and Miss Belle Sherwin.