Evening star., 1937-10-17
Another Affair Scheduled at Muir.
ray Casino Tuesday in Drive
for $4,000. s
Room 257, Moyflower Hotel

Nothing short of flood or general
famine will prevent Washington's s..
600 needy school children from get-
ting their first free lunch tomorrow
out Of money contributed by sympa-
thetic Washingtonians.
This was the firm stand taken last
night by the members of the Citi.
zens' Emergency Committee who are
ready to throw off the WEAKNESS Of
days and nights of hard work and
serve the food themselves, if worse
comes to worst.
The outlook last night. however. was
anything but pessimisitic. The tired
workers were happy in the knowledge
that more than $4,000 has been
banked for the fund-an amount need
ed before the Works Progress Admin
istration could begin the project on
a three-month basis.
Further evidence that Washington
residents have responded to the
emergency was apparent in the form
OF hundreds of shiny, aluminium cans
stacked in the halls of the central
kitchen at 1640 Wisconsin avenue,
waiting to be filled with steaming hot
food for the children tomorrow.
Food Delivered.
Regardless of whether President
Roosevelt gives his approval today to
the w. P. A. plans to provide labor
for the project. w. P. A. cooks will be
on hand at the central kitchen at
midnight tonight to begin prepara-
ton of the first meal.
Il know these workers. and I know
they'll be there. no matter what hap
pens-or doesn't happen" said Mrs.
John Boyle, jr., chairman of the citi-
zens' committee.
Food for the first three days already
has been delivered to the kitchen.
located in building formerly used
as manual training school. In one
room are l8 stoves to be used to pre-
pare the hot food.
Early tomorrow morning the COOK
ing force will be augmented by house.
keepers. truck drivers and other work.
ers-all from w. P. A. rolls. number.
ing nearly 200 in all.
Each Of the hundreds of 5 and 5
gallon aluminium containers is marked
with the name of the school to which
1t will be delivered. In these will be
placed the food-tomorrow it will be
macaroni and cheese Sandwiches
will be put in paper bags and fruit
and other cold foods in baskets or
boxes. The thousands of half-pints
Of milk will be sent to the school
buildings directly from the dairies.
Benefit Bouts Tomorrow.
When everything is ready-about
$50 a.m.-the crew of truck drivers
will take charge. And before noon.
the complete luncheons will be de-
livered to the 5000 pupils in "a white
schools. 80 colored schools and seven
Catholic schools in all sections Of
the city.
All the w. P. A. workers underwent
strict physical examinations at the
kitchen yesterday. Housekeepers will
be dispatched to every building to
serve the meals. The trucks will cover
about 200 miles every day.
The benefit boxing show scheduled
for Griffith Stadium will be the high
light tomorrow of the compaign to
raise a total of s67,5OO to carry on
the lunch project throughout the year.
Police and firemen yesterday had
sold more than $1,000 worth of tick
cts, and indications were that the
gate" might be more than $4,000.
Mrs. Boyle expressed hope that it
might go as high as $4,000.
Colored Benefit Tuesday.
Another feature of the drive will
take place Tuesday night at Murray
Casino 920 u street, where a bene-
f1t floor show and dance will be held
from 9 to 2 am, featuring Fletcher
Henderson and his orchestra, appear
ing this week at the Howard Thea
ter.
The affair will be sponsored by the
Washington Tribune. colored paper:
the Howard Theater and Phi Delta
Kappa Sorority, composed of public
school teachers Bill Baldwin's Or
chestra will play for dancing and
Henderson's musicians will be fea-
tured at the midnight show. Tickets
are on sale at the. Tribune office, the
colored branches of the Y. w. C.. A.
and the Y. M. c. A.. the Southwest
Community House, Southeast Com
munity House, Howard Theater and
at the Murray Casino.
All proceeds will be given to the
lunch fund Ii WAS announced.