Evening star., 1937-09-28
SCHOOL LUNCHES
DRIVE IS SPEEDED
AS CITIZENS MEET.
Leaders Seek to Cut "Red
Tape" Delaying Benefit
Boxing Show.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
APPROVAL is SOUGHT
Vice President of Group May Call
Special Session to Act on
Proposal.

Leaders OF the campaign to raise
100000 to provide free hot lunches
for needy school children strove to
expedite results today by slashing
through "red tape" delaying final ar
rangements for a benefit boxing ex-
hibition and tying up the loose ends
Of other phases Of the program.
Final plans for the campaign were
to be made today at meeting of the
Citizens Committee sponsoring the
drive. Representatives Of any organi-
cations and private individuals inter-
ested were invited to the meeting at
1890 at Opportunity House, 915 New
Jersey avenue.
Mrs. John Boyle, jr., chairman Of
the committee, said she hoped the
conference would clear the way for
definite action, which she declared Is
needed quickly to aid the 5000 or
more undernourished children in Dis
trict schools.
Meanwhile the Good Samaritans'
Home at So K street northeast opened
free lunch service today to needy chill
dren at the Blake and Hayes Schools
as we'll as to other needy families in
the neighborhood. The hungry young
sters were given lunch of pot roast,
mashed potatoes, bread and butter.
all the milk they could drink, with
doughnuts and apple sauce for desert.
Miss Mildred Green, principal Of
the Blake School, and the teachers ex-
pressed their appreciation to the home
for the meal.
Mrs. Boyle was leading efforts to
end what she described as a "miser-
able mess" caused by provoking rou-
tine matters" that threatened to in
terfere seriously with success Of the
campaign by delaying final arrange
ments for the benefit boxing matches,
scheduled for Griffith StSdium Oc-
tober 18.
Formal Permission Withheld.
The Commissioners withheld formal
permission for policemen and firemen
to aid in selling tickets for the bouts
until the affair was approved formally
by the Board Of Education, which is
not scheduled to meet again until Oc-
tober 6.
In the absence from the city Of Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle, chairman of the
board. Mrs. Boyle appealed to Robert
A. Maurer, its vice-president, to call
special meeting to act on the boxing
exhibition program. Maurer said he
felt sure there would be no opposition
| to the affair from the board. He said
he would see other members today to
see if it would be feasible to call q
special meeting.
I'VE do not want to hold the mat
| ter up," Maurer said, "and if it is
| put up to the board to act at once,
1 suppose We can find some way OF
taking action"
Other matters to be discussed at
the committee conference today in
cluded plans for enlisting the CO.
operation of local performances to the
school lunch fund0 a proposal for a
benefit magic show by local amateur
magicians and numerous offers by
various organizations to stage ben
| eft pageants and other affairs.
Mrs. Boyle also planned to suggest
a definite plan of action to enlist con-
tributions in small amounts from in.
dividuals and organizations. which
might be induced to provide funds
! for lunches for certain rIlr,ohorx ~
children. The lunch program will
cost $l3 per child for the entire school
year.