Evening star., 1938-10-09
51,522 ENROLLED
BY RED CROSS
Has Only a Week to Get
Nearly $4,000 More,
Morris Points Out.

The Red Cross Roll Call here passed
the $4,000 mark yesterday when 4,11s
new enrollments brought the total for
the first two weeks of the campaign
to 5l.522.
General Chairman Edgar Morris,
expressing himself as pleased with the
results thus far. said:
While we are holding our own
against last years record, we have
only week remaining in which to
obtain nearly $4,000 enrollments. The
Roll Call ofdcially ends on October II,
when we must have 100,000 Red Cross
members to meet our goal and to ex-
ceed the $4,000 enrollments received
during the year 1887"
Mr.. Morris reported these enroll
ments:
Government, "a ,4S3 members; finan-
cial, 1884; professional, 1,707; utili-
ties. ASH; general business Qarge), 4,
5.22l; general business (smalD, 1887;
residential (apartments), 875; other
residential. $50; special gifts, 154, and
booths, 100.
Government Units Lead.
Admiral Charles Conard, paymaster
of the Navy, is directing the Govern
ment units, of which the Treasury and
Agriculture Departments remain at the
top. These two divisions, however,
were outstripped in yesterdays returns
by the Government Printing Office di-
vision, directed by Russell H. Harrell,
which reported 483 memberships, and
the General Accounting Office division,
directed by Reed F. Martin, which
reported 400 enrollments.
The general business group headed
by Charles A. Robinson continues in
second place. Yesterday, this division
reported that 1909 employees of Wood
ward 6J Lothrop were enrolled, exceed
ing their 1887 enrolment by more
than 800. J. K. Althaus is chairman
of the area reporting the Woodward &
Lothrop memberships, F. L. Lewis the
section leader, and Miss Daisy Reed
the firms key worker.
Gordon Hittenmark's Time Keeper"
booth in the Trans-Lux Building has
brought 200 enrollments to the Red
Cross volunteers who are on duty
there each day from am. to s pm.
Mr.. Hittenmark is devoting a part of
his daily early morning broadcast to
the Red Cross drive.
New Booth Opened.
A new booth was opened yesterday
afternoon in the Shoreham Hotel, with
Miss Lena Hitchcock in charge.
These booths, together with Is others
in downtown hotels and department
stores and banks throughout the city,
will remain open until October II for
the convenience of shoppers and busi-
ness men
Six 100 per cent enrollments we're
reported yesterday, bringing to so the
number of business concerns and or
canizations which have reported all
employees joining the Red Cross. These
six were from the Graybar Electric
Co, Washington Real Estate Board,
American Society for the Hard of
Hearing, teachers of the Wheatley
School, technical division of the United
States Housing Authority and en-
ployes of the Sulgrave Club.
In. special Roll Call radio programs
Yesterday, Capt. Lucius johnson of the
Navy Medical Corps related his per-
sonal experiences in disasters in which
Red Cross assistance figured promi-
nently; G. B. Burrus, roll call chair
man of publicity, told of Red Cross
first aid. life-saving and home hy-
giene training programs which are re-
sponsible for saving many lives each
year, and Miss Mary Hankins, asso-
ciate director of the District Board of
Public Welfare, reminded her listen
ers that the Red Cross maintains a
year-around staff of workers doing
the things you want done to those who
cannot help themselves"