Evening star., 1938-11-08

men of the various units of solicita-
ton. Mr.. Flather gave especial men,
ton to Clarence Phelps Dodge and
Joseph D. kaufman, mass meeting
chairman, both of whom have been
active in Chest work since its in
ception and both of whom are un-
able to participate further in this
years campaign.
mission of Unselfishness'
Mr.. Noyes urged contributors to
recognize that the solicitors who ap-
proach them are "on mission of
dedicated unSelfShness."
He suggested to the contributors
that they set figure for their gift
to the Chest. double it and finally
pledge substantial increase.
although the Chest has never
been given the minimum support
it needs" he declared, "it has done
more to alleviate human suffering
here than any other communal eff
fort"
Founding his faith in the Chest,
of which he was one of the fathers.
on a four-cornered principle, he
said his belief in the Chest rests
in his personal knowledge of the
confused and expensive methods of
raising money for service agencies
before the Chest: in his apprecia-
ton of Washington welfare needs:
in his realization of what Chest
dollars can do to mitigate human
misery and in the fact that if the
Government took over the work of
the Chest the country would lose
its foundation of friendly under
standing for those people who
through no fault of their own are
in need.
He charged the workers not to
feel anything degrading in asking
people with food on their table and
roof over their heads to help the
needy of Washington.
Middle Bracket" Givers Vital.
Although, he said, the small givers
and the large givers are more faith
full in Washington than anywhere
else IN the country, the gifts in the
middle brackets have fallen off in
recent years. He urged the workers
to bring these gifts to an even higher
point than they we're originally be-
cause, he said, these gifts spell the
difference between the success and
failure of the campaign.
Llkening himself to a football
coach in his efforts to spur the
workers to new heights of earnest,
believing work, he told them to ''go
to it and God bless you"
Also on the speakers platform
were DR.. j. w. Bird, vice chairman
Of the Suburban Unit; Frank Birg-
field, vice chairman of the Govern
mental Unit; Frederick M. Bradley,
chairman of the Special Assign
mentS Unit, Harold A. Brooks,
chairman of the Group Solicitation
Unit; Morris Cafritz, vice chairman
of the campaign; C. Chester Cay
wood, chairman of the Meetings
Unit; James A. Councillor, Audit
Unit chairman; Mrs. David Cush-
man Coyle, chairman of educational
institutions for the Community
Chest League, and Charles B. Dull
can, ST.. Publicity Unit chairman.
Col. R. H. Fletcher, Governmental
Unit vice chairman; Mrs. Walter B.
Fry, chairman of the Organizations
Committee of the Community Chest
League; Alvin w. Hall, chairman of
the Governmental Unit; Arthur Hell
len, Richard w. Hynson, Mrs. Wilson
Lee, Luncheon Committee chair
man for the Community Chest
League; Randolph Leigh, Suburban
Unit chairman; Eugene Meyer, pub
Usher of the Washington Post; Earl
A. Nash, vice chairman of the Pub
llclty Unit; Frank B. Noyes, presi-
dent of The Evening Star Newspaper
Co.; Thornton w. Owen: Chauncey
G. Parker, jr.; John R. Pinkett, Cap
ital Unit chairman; H. L. Rust. jr.:
Charles E. Smoot, Speakers Bureau
chairman; Wayne Chatfield Taylor,
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury; John L. Vandegrift, w. w.
Wheeler, chairman of the Metropoli-
tan Unit, and DR.. William McClellon.
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