Evening star., 1937-11-06
$1,000 IS GIVEN
CHEST BY DAVIES
Two New $1,000 Gifts Also
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Reported by Special As
signments Unit.

A contribution Of $4,000 from
Joseph E. Davies, American Ambassa-
dor to the Soviet Union. and Mrs.
Davies, and three new gifts, two of
$4,000 each and one of $500, were an
nounced informally today by the Com
munity Chest Special Assignments
Unit following meeting yesterday at
the Willard Hotel.
One Of the new $4,000 contributions
was anonymous and the other was
made by Mrs. Daniel Devore. The new
$500 gift came from Mrs. Harry S.
Black.
In addition to these new coutribu-
tions, there were . number from pre-
vious Chest donors which represented
increases ranging from 8 to 100 Der
cent.
Cathedral Dean Talks.
The Very Rev. Noble c. Powell. dean
Of the Washington Cathedral, address,
ing the unit, characterized the yolun-
teer workers In charge Of the Chest
campaign as "the conservers of the
best We have yet been able to produce" !"
He said they are building "a bridge
between the best Of today and the
better citizenship that will result to-
morrow from their efforts"
The largest gift Of the day was that
OF the Potomac Klectric Power Co.,
which contributed $15, 900. Other out
standing gifts reported yesterday were
oy the American Security b Trust Co..
$6O0O; Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh D.
Auchincloss, $4,000; Mrs. Harry s.
Black, $500, new gift; Mrs. Charles
I. Corby, $2.400; Admiral and Mrs
H. !. Cone, $500. an increase Of Is per
cent; Elite Laundry, Inc, $1,000; Mr..
and Mrs. Marc S. Goldnamer, $500. an
increase Of 20 per cent; John I. Haas,
$1,000; Mr.. and Mrs. William M.
Hannany, $500.
The contribution of the Hecht Co.
Tor this year was $1,000, an increase
OF 6 per cent over last year; George D.
Horning, $1,000, an increase Of Is per
cent; Mr.. and Mrs. George Lyman,
$500, an increase of 6e25 per cent;
Mrs. William r. Knobloch, $500:
George Marshall, $1,000, an increase
OF 100 per cent; DR.. and Mrs. Adolph
c. Miller, $4,000; National Metro
politan Bank of Washington, $500;
Mrs. Francis G. Newlands, $3.50; Gen.
John J. Pershing, 81 900; st. Patrick,s
Roman Catholic Church. $4,000:
Security Savings & Commercial Bank,
$500; Washington Loan q Trust Co.,
STATS; Mrs. Dean Wilder, $3.50, and
Mrs. Luke Wilson, $4,000.
Appeal Made by Nash.
An appeal for the fullest possible
public cooperation with tire Com
munity Chest solicitor was made last
night by Earl A. Nash in q radio talk
broadcast by Station WJSv. He de-
scribed the volunteer Chest solicitor
as "an unpaid, unsung humanitarian,
tramping the streets in fair weather
or foul" seeking help for those who
need aid.
The solicitor, he said, Is "just a
regular citizen Of the community, per-
haps your next-door neighbor." He
pointed out that there are more than
$500 citizens Of all ranks in life
working in this campaign without
compensation of any kind.
During every campaign" Mr.. Nash
said, "Ucious-minded persons start,
and uninformed persons carry on q
lot Of dirty gossip about the salaries
paid to this one or that one connected
with the campaign.
Gas q participant in Chest activities
for several years, know that not one
Of the committee chairmen or CAM
paign chairmen or solicitors has ever
been paid q dime. The only paid
campaign employees are the stats OF
the Chest headquarters and the men,
ber agencies. It Is hard to believe
that 50 many efficient and capable
men and women give their valuable
talents away just for the personal sat-
isfaction Of helping others-but they
do, and gladly. The Chest idea Is to
them the best means yet devised to
meet the needs and they stand behind
1t and work for it.ye