Evening star., 1938-11-24
mas program tonight.

Brown, superintendent Of police,
took the floor at luncheon meeting
last Tuesday at the Raleigh Hotel
attended by representatives of all
cooperating agencies. Capt. Joseph
Morgan of precinct bore out the
contention of his chief, saying, "The
needs are as bad now as they were
last year, If not more So"
Capt. Morgan should know. All
through the year Capt. Morgan has
charge of getting foodstuffs to the
poor and destitute. Due to great
number Of transients. here looking
for jobs. the captain says that WASH
ington is now riddled with out-of-
town people who need help-and. of
course, the Washington poor we have
always with us.
People, in these times, come here
from all parts of the country in the
hope of getting on the Government
pay roll" Capt. Morgan says. Ma
turally, all cannot get jobs. That
leaves quite problem for the relief
workers. These transients-what
we might call the floating popula-
tion-are parked all over town.
Some of them are absolutely strand
ed. point this out to show that
the need this year is more urgent
than ever. Hence, 1 hope every
big-hearted citizen responds to this
appeal set forth by The Star,
Warner Bros. and N. B. c."
nthorS of fhn 1,,,o
included: Newbold Noyes, associate
editor of The Star; Elwood Seal,
District corporation counsel; Frank
La Falce, representing Warner Bros.
theaters; William McAndrews, rep
resenting the National Broadcasting
Co.; Harry Daniel. representing
Federal Employees in all branches
of the Government; Pvt. John
O'Connell and Mrs. Ada Minnix.
representing the Metropolitan Po-
lice Department.; Mrs. Walter Fry
and Mrs. c. D. Lowe, representing
the Parent-Teacher Association; Miss
Edith Coulson, representing the
Council of Social Agencies, and staff
members of The Evening Star en-
gagged in campaign activities.
Letters Go to U. S. Agencies.
Letters to IS department, bureau
and division chiefs in the Federal
Government were sent out this
week by Harry Daniel, Federal CO.
ordinator for the drive, urging their
support to make the Christmas
campaign success.
Mr.. Daniel asked that each Fed
eral executive designate some
member of your organization to ac-
cept contributions of toys, baskets,
clothing or cash.
1T is understood" he wrote them,
that this does not imply any solicit
tation Of the employees of your Or
ganization, but is merely designed
to set up the machinery whereby
those who voluntarily desire to
assist in providing happier Christ
mas for the poor of Washington may
be able to do so with the least in
convenience"
AS the Federal Christmas drive
opened, Mr.. Daniel urged "all
volunteer groups already established |
in the Government to cooperate
with U.s."
A number of volunteer units are
active every Christmas, he ex-
planned and their help will 60 a
long way toward putting over the
Federal program.
The Federal Christmas campaign
director predicted I'VE will far sur
pass our former efforts this year."
Notes Cooperation.
I'm going into this work." he said,
"the thing that strikes me is the
fine cooperative spirit shown by
people in the Government service.
All of them are glad to help-they
are glad of the opportunity-they
are glad we are organizing 1t in
such way that they can do some
thing. The majority of them can
not make big donations, but they
do want to help.
"The Metropolitan Police and the
Parent Teacher Associations have
done grand job in finding worthy
causes to receive help" Mr.. Daniel
continued.
Plans for gathering Federal
donations will be worked out later.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Daniels Office on
the second floor of the Commerce
Department has become the clearing
house for all Government activities
IN connection with the campaign.