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Chest
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cording to reports at yesterdays
meeting, is the special assignment
group, with 5706 per cent of its
quota already pledged. Maj. David
S. Barry. jr.. reporting for the unit,
said 1888 1858 had been raised from
BAL contributors. The unit, with
Frederick M. Bradley as chairman,
has a quota of S584000.
Largest gifts reported included
those from Ambassador and Mrs.
Joseph E. Davies, $4,000; S. Kann
Sons Co., $1,000; Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Kaufman, S4,100; Theodore W.
Noyes. $4,000; Mr.. and Mrs. E. 1
kaufman, $4,000; Mrs. Robert S.
Brookings. S2,400; B. F. Saul Co.. ST.
$50: DR.. and Mrs. Adolph C. Miller,
$4,000; Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H.
Kaufman, $3.50; former Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Alanson Houghton,
$1,000, and Mr.. and Mrs. John L..
Proctor, $1,000.
The four-day interim between re-
port meetings. combined with the
holiday and week end brought par
ticularly good results from the
metropolitan unit, which virtually
doubled its totals through house-to-
house appeals. John M. Howard,
for the unit. announced that 1856
per cent of its quota had been
reached.
Boosts Number of Gifts.
BY reporting zoos new pledges since
tie second report meeting last
Thursday the unit boosted the num-
Der of its gifts to 4.214. Since the
las meeting s35 5562.27 was raised,
bringing the total to S73,661 &C. The
units quota is s201 900, and the
chairman is w. w. Wheeler.
Mr.. Howard paid a special tribute
to the Southwest area. which under
the craftsmanship Of Harry S. Wen
der has passed the so per cent mar.
in its march toward it's quota.
The governmental unit surprised
Chest leaders by almost doubling
its pledges, although Armistice Day,
sunday and the half day off Sat-
urday cut into its opportunities to
solicit contributions.
Mrs. James L. Houghteling. CO.
chairman of the unit with Alvin
w. Hall, reported that the unit
had raised S2O8,O5679. or 2615 per
cent of its quota of $798,000. Since
Thursday the unit has gathered
1854 pledges, making a total OF
26,120.
Proportionately Larger.
The number of pledges received
was proportionately larger than the
cmount pledged in the group solici-
(ation unit, but even at that rate
the unit more than doubled the
sum it had previously reported.
Harold A. Brooks, chairman OF
the unit. reported that 4,49l pledges
had been received since the last
meeting. bringing the total to $3.50
The amount of the gifts has risen
to $104, ,56397, of which s57,O86.42
was collected since Thursday. The
group, with quota of $468, 1000, has
reached 22.34 per cent of its goal.
Randolph Leigh, chairman OF the
suburban unit, reported for three
areas of his group. Out of a total
of s5,93S.7O reported for the group
s4,661.65 was pledged since Thurs
day, and the list of contributors
showed a similar sharp rise, with
312 of the total of 408 pledges COL
lected since the last meeting.
Capital Units Report.
Mr.. Willett read the report of the
Capital unit which held its meeting
Sunday night. The unit has col
lected 17.6 per cent of its quota of
$1,000, a large part of which has
been pledged since the last meeting
Of its 436 pledges, 305 were raised
in the last four days and the same
applied to s1,37358 of its present
total of $1.93697
Organizations which have already
reached their quotas were listed at
the meeting. They include Bait
Bates g. Co., the Republican Ma
tonal Committee, Brookings Insti-