Evening star., 1937-10-26
CHEST GOOD WILL
DRIVE LAUNCHED
Campaign to Acquaint Va
rious Groups With Pur-'
pose OF Work.

With the beginning of the tenth
annual Community Chest drive two
weeks off, board members OF agen-
cies affiliated with the Chest today
launched a goodwill campaign to
acquaint heads of various civic, fra
ternal and business groups with the
purpose of the Embarrassing organiza-
tion
At a meeting of board members
yesterday at the Mayf1ower Hotel,
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, chairman,
emphasized that solicitation of funds
would not be undertaken in the pre-
campaign work, the purpose being
only to clear up misunderstanding
about the Chest and secure approval
for the drive.
Clarence Phelps Dodge, president
of the Chest, explained there are
1900 board members in the 81 agencies
affiliated with the Chest and that more
than 500 of them have volunteered
for some kind of service in the CAM
paign He said there could be no
more important service than the cul-
tivation of goodwill among the or
ganizations of the city. Mrs. Gros-
venor explained that large number
of others had telephoned their willing
ness to call on organizations.
Must "SelI" Chest.
Herbert L. Willett, jr.. director of
the Chest, also spoke of the matter of
selling" and "reselling" the Chest to
organizations of the city.
Randolph G. Bishop, campaign di-
rector, distributed lists of the organi-
cations on which the board members
are to call. and these were taken over
by the members present.
Declaring it is "a privilege to give
to those who have less-who depend
on the Community Chest agencies for
help" Mrs. Lucille Foster McMillin
Civil Service commissioner, said that
giving to the Community Chest is
simply accepting a small part of the
individual responsibility of citizen
ship"
Mrs. McMillin spoke as meeting of
the Speakers Committee of the Chest
Government Unit. at which j. Austin
Latimer, chairman of the committee,
acted as toastmaster. The meeting
was held in the gingham room at
Child's.
Rev. Dr. Allen A. Stockdale. chair
man of the Speakers Unit, said the
most important work done by the
Chest is that Of prevention. He cited,
for instance, that the cost of crime in
the United States is sl5,000,000 a
year. Against this, he painted the
picture of the small sums required to
operate boys clubs, settlements, Boy
and Girl Scouts, the Y. M. and Y. w.
c. A and other character building,
preventive agencies. He advised the
speakers assembled, about 100 in num-
Der, to go out before their audiences
with the knowledge that they are
representing great cause-a good
cause-in behalf of the less fortunate
in the city.
Other Talks Made.
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
Wayne Chatfield Taylor, chairman of
bIic fCillulcllldl OItlb, NClNOlliSo tilC
speakers on behalf of the entire unit,
and promised them that he and the
solicitors in general are depending on
them to pave the way for the cam
paign labor. He said that proper
presentation of Chest work would do
much to aid the Governmental Unit
in reaching its quota this year.
Other talks were made by Presi-
dent Dodge, Mr.. Willett, Maj. Gen.
Merritte w. Ireland, U. S. A., retired,
former surgeon general and for two
years chairman of the Governmental
Unit Of the Chest; Horace Russell,
general counsel for the Home Owners
Loan Corp; Judge Nathan Miller of
the District Court of Appeals. Harry
B. De Alley of the Department of
Justice and others.
Members of the Executive Commit
tee of the Group Solicitation Unit will
meet tomorrow at noon at the AM
bassador Hotel to discuss final cam
paign plans. Chairman John L. VAN
dergrift will preside.