Evening star., 1938-12-19
Treasury Employees
Lead in Cash Gifts
To YuIe Campaign
= P. W. A. Workers Second,
Daniel Is Greatly
Encouraged

A mounting tide of contributions
from Federal employees today
brought additional assurance that
no child in Washington will be
neglected on Christmas Day.
THE cash is rolling in now, but
It can't roll too fast to fill all the
baskets of food needed for Christ
mas distribution" Harry Daniel,
Federal co-ordinator of The Star
Warner Bros-N. B. G. Yuletide
campaign and director of current
Information of the Commerce De-
partment, said today.
Mr.. Daniel reported additional
cash donations from Treasury
workers that lifts their total to Sis
and gives them the lead among
Federal departments.
Public Works Administration en-
ployes sent in $50 to take second
honors. while donations of $58
from the Veterans Administration
and $34.06 from the Maritime Com
mission also were reported.
Commends Birgfeld.
'It seems that every few minutes
money is coming in from the Treas
ury," said Mr.. Daniel as he COM
mended Chief Clerk F.. A. Birgfeld
of the Treasury for his excellent
Christmas campaign leadership.
contributions are so far beyond
our expectations that we feel great
ly encouraged" the Federal CO.
ordinator said. Federal employees
who are showing such fine spirit
at this time and contributing so en-
Enthusiastically would feel amply re-
warded if they could read some of
the letters coming to me daily.
They would then know their ef-
forts are bringing great happiness
into the Christmas period"
Out of the Federal Christmas
campaign mail bag today came an
appeal from the mother of FAM
lily whose income is far too small to
care for its needs, let alone any
thing for Christmas. The letter
read:
II am writing you because am
very much in need of help, and
thought maybe you could be of some
assistance.
Both Unemployed.
my husband and I are both un-
employed, and it seems almost i'm
possible to get work right away.
I'VE have one child and my grand
mother, grandfather and brother
are with u.s. My brother is working
for small salary and it takes every
thing he can possibly give us to pay
rent and buy few groceries.
"As we will not have cent for
Christmas, it would be appreciated
very much if you could remember
us with a small Christmas basket
or anything you could possibly do"
Another letter was from a disabled
World War veteran, who wrote:
II am asking you for some help
for Christmas as am an ex-soldier
and disabled. I am going to Mount
Alto Hospital today for an eXamina-
ton for my pension. l don't draw
anything now and am permanently
disabled. I will appreciate some
thing to eat. Thanks for anything
you can do for me-"
Buy Food and Clothing.
For hundreds of cases, much of
the Christmas cheer will come
through cash donations which will
be used to buy food and in some
cases clothing.
The Federal branch of the cam
paign has introduced a new Christ
mas innovation this year, the milk
bottle with the yuletide appeal
printed on card over its top.
Hundreds of these bottles are now
In Federal department cafeterias op-
Grated by the Welfare and Recrea-
tional Association, and Christmas
minded workers are filing them with
pennies, dimes, nickels and quarters
to help spread Christmas cheer.