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the top" Director Willett told the
workers The money is in Wash
ington and you can get it If you will.
You have 80 hours. Go to it,"
$4,000 Per Hour Needed.
Arthur HELEN, local Chest counsel
and member of the 10th Anniversary
Campaign Committee. who presided at
yesterdays report meeting, reminded
the workers that they must dig up new
funds at the rate of $4,000 per hour
in order to ring the bell" at this
evenings closing meeting.
This is task to challenge the best
we have" he said I'VE must utilize
every ounce Of energy We have left.
We are all tired and we all have con-
tributed heavily of time and effort.
But we must now take the pledge to
spend every minute of the remaining
time to see that the task is completed" :"
Gen. johnson sounded the warning
that the Community Chest movement
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take up the burden of relief work from
the overtaxed national, State and local
governments. No organization has
been devised which can do the work
as efficiently and humanely as the
Chest, he said
Chest drives throughout the country
this year have disclosed the fact, the
fiery former N. R. A. chief said. that the
heaviest contributors to the funds are
those in either the very high or the
very low income groups. Those in the
middle income brackets are the lag
CARDS, he said. He did not volunteer
reason but suggested that it might
be due to the fact that those in the
higher income group wanted to have
something to put on their income tax
reports" and those in the lower brack-
cts ARE so close to misfortune and
want themselves that they give as
freely as they can from the dictates
of their hearts"
Commends Workers.
Washington enthusiastically is
city of the middle class, Gen. johnson
said. Its people enjoy incomes which
are not large, as whole, but which
are regular. For this reason, he re-
ferred to Washington as "a depression
proof city" He warmly commended
the local Chest workers. saying that
although he has attended many Chest
meetings in various parts of the coun-
try, he never had seen one that
seemed so hopeful and full of pep"
The chest movement, Gen. johnson
declared, lis one of the greatest things
that has happened to this country in
the past 20 years" The Chest, he said,
will grow Into something vastly
greater than it is now" Governments,
national and local, he said are tap
ping the last Of their resources" for
charitable and relief work and must
pass the burden on to such organiza-
tions as the Chest
The whole Chest movement, the
general said, is based on its efficiency
and ability to put the money where
it will do the most good
Osculatory Rewards Banned.
A halt to the French general" mode
of rewarding feminine Chest workers
who bring in sizable reports, insti-
tuted by Mr. kaufman, was called
by Chairman HELEN at yester-
days meeting. Chest officials, Mr..
HELEN said solemnly, view with
alarm the growing tendency on the
part of presiding officers to express
enthusiasm in an osculatory fashion. :"
He was given the gavel, he said, only
upon his promise that there would be
none Of this kissing business" He
said an effort had been made to exact
similar pledge from Mr.. Kaufman,
but the latter had replied that he
would do his best, but there wouldn't
be any promise"
Among the guests of honor at the
speakers table at the final luncheon
yesterday were E. F. Colladay, former
campaign chairman; Col. w. o. Tufts.
chairman of the National Corporations
Committee and member of the Tenth
Anniversary Campaign Committee; DR..
Harold G. Moulton. president of the
Brookings Institution and area chair
man in the Group Solicitations Unit,
also a member of the anniversary
group; Internal Revenue Commits
sioner Guy T. Helvering, a unit chair
man; Alvin w. Hall, director of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
unit chairman; Chairman Raymond B.
Stevens Of the Tariff Commission, and
DR.. w. W. stockberger. personnel d.