Evening star., 1936-10-18
RED CROSS DRIVE,
ALREADY OVER TOP,
MAY ENROLL 75,0)O
Membership Late Yesterday
1867, With More Re-
turns Coming In.
WILSON EXTENDS THANKS
TO AIDES IN CAMPAIGN
Government Workers Shown to
Be Backbone of Strength in
Current Roll Call. 80,

Well past the $1,000 goal already,
the Red Cross membership drive.
which officially closed at midnight
Friday, may boost the membership
as high as $4,000 before enrollments
stop coming in.
Late yesterday the membership ig-
ure was 67,867. the largest peace-time
enrolment in history here.
Elated with the outcome Of the
campaign. Lloyd B. Wilson, president
Of the Chesap peake & Potomac Tele.
phone Co., chairman of the drive,
praised members of his Executive
Committee and the thousands of vol.
unteers who made the campaign o
success.
Many Returns Outstanding.
In predicting a possible member
ship total of $4,000, Wilson pointed
out that returns from a number Of
large business firms and several Gov.
eminent units are still outstanding.
Campaign headquarters at 14l6 H
street will remain open throughout
this week to allow workers TO clear up
final "details and complete reports.
A hasty analysis last night re-
vealed Government workers as the
backbone" contributors to the drive.
Under leadership of Maj. Gen. Fred
w. Boschen, chief of Finance. United
States Army. the Government units
enrolled fully three-fourths of the
total membership, and at the same
time exceeded its quota. The only
other unit to accomplish this so far
is the financial group. headed by Rob.
ert v. Fleming.
Federal Total 44,450.
Government membership now totals
44,450, more than 1000 above the
goal set for it by campaign officials.
and Gen. Boschen said he expected
to make an even better return when
all divisions of the Government com.
plete solicitation.
Among those who assisted the Gov.
ernment chairman in the drive were !:
Capt. H. A. Gardyne, U. S. A, execu.
| tive assistant, and the following as.
sistant chairmen: Col Edwin M. Wat.
son, military aide to President Roose-
welt; Col. Daniel I. Sultan, Engineer
Commissioner of the District; E. W..
Lbbey, chief clerk, Commerce De-
partment, and Miss Jessie G. Allison
and Mrs. ]. H. Waldo, executive sec.
retaries.
In addition, hundreds Of Govern.
ment workers were designated as key
men solicitors in various Government
divisions. The heads of each Of the
So Government departments, agencies
and commissions in the District ap.
pointed q department chairman for
their respective units. This chair
man in turn selected division chair
men, who appointed key men to
work with them.
Three months we're required to COM
plete this campaign organization IN
the Government alone, Gen. Boschen
said. Leaders of the drive set quota
of 10000 members in this division.
necessitating enrolment Of "a per cent
of the $4,000 Government employees
in Washington. Yesterdays figures
showed that SO per cent of all workers
in the Government have joined to
date. Gen. Boschen pointed to this as
an increase of more than 1900 mem
bers over last years Red Cross drive.
Biggest Year Was 1918.
Brig. Gen. F. r. Keefer, chairman OF
the District Chapter, said yesterday
the largest Red Cross enrolment in
| Washington came in 1918, when the
pressing needs of the war days rock
eted the membership to $1,000. This
years enrolment is the highest since
then.
Total membership in other units are
financial, 3,062; utilities, D. A. Skim
ner, chairman, 1880; professional. DR..
A. C. Christie, 3,377; business, John
Saul, 6,353; residential, Mrs. Cary T.
Grayson, 1888: booths. Miss Mabel T.
Boardman, 2,o66, and miscellaneous.
1902.
A sharp membership increase on
Friday, the last day Of the drive, sent
the total from 53,s54 to 63,591, thus
making it possible for workers to put
the campaign lover the top" yester-
day. With all divisions Of the organi-
zation working smoothly, Wilson said
last night a meeting of the Executive
Committee called for tomorrow would
be postponed until later in the week.
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