Evening star., 1938-11-13
Former Chest Chiefs
To Be Guests al
Report Meetings
Leading Newspopermen
And Rudio Officials to
Speed $2,l27, 900 Drive

Past presidents Of the Community
Chest, leading newspapermen and
radio officials will attend the daily
report meeting this week to lend
their word of encouragement to the
army of volunteer workers march
ing toward the Chests $2,127 900
goal.
Herbert L. Willett, jr, director of
the Chest, predicted last night that
the meeting tomorrow will be "en-
couraging."
Their work last week showed VOL
unteers that the size of Chest pledges
is being increased" he said. This
higher level Of generosity is abso-
lutely necessary In order that the
goal Of GREATER Washington to meet
human needs and relieve suffering
shall be reached"
Speakers scheduled for the meet
ings this week include DR.. James A.
Nolan, executive secretary of the
Criminal Justice Association, who
will speak tomorrow; Newbold Noyes,
associate editor of The Star. for
mer campaign chairman and a past
president of the Chest, who speaks
Tuesday; Bert Sarazen, publicity di-
rector Of the Hecht Co. and designer
of the Chests full-page newspaper
ads, who will speak Wednesday, and
Neville Miller, ex-Mayor of LOUIS
vile, KY, and director Of the Ma
tional Association of Broadcasters,
who will be the speaker Thursday
Former Chairman to Attend.
Former campaign chairmen who
will be guests of honor at the speak
ers' table tomorrow include William
McClelland, H. L. Rust and Edward
F. Colladay. The Rev. Clifford H.
Jope, pastor of the Ninth Street
Christian Church, will give the in
vocation.
Two former presidents of the
Chest will be guests of honor Tues
day. They are Frederick A. Delano
and John Poole. A message will
be read from Clarence Phelps Dodge,
president Of the Chest from 1894 to
1897, who is now in California. The
invocation will be given by the
Rev. j. Herbert Garner, pastor of the
Sixth Presbyterian Church.
The fifth report meeting Wednes-
day will be newspaper day." with
newspapermen as special guests.
Those invited include Earl Baker
OF the News, Fleming Newbold of
The Star, Alexander F. Jones of the
Post and Thomas j. Weir of the
Herald and the Times. The Rev
Frederick Brown Harris, pastor OF
the Foundry M. E. Church, will de-
liver the invocation.
Thursday will be radio day." with
Jess Willard of Station WJSV, Miss
Madeline Ensign of VOL and Carle-
ton Smith Of WRC and WMAL as
special guests. The invocation will
be offered by the Rev. Paul D. Will
bur, pastor Of the Episcopal Church
OF st. Stephen and the Incarnation
Friday Session Honors Workers.
The Friday meeting will be de-
voted to the workers themselves.
with reports of significant and out
standing results achieved by the VOL
unteers. The Rev. Oscar F. Black
welder of the Lutheran Church of
the Reformation will give the invo-
cation.
Representative women who have
been invited to sit at the speakers
table during the report meetings in
clude Mrs. Edward Sonneborn. vice
chairman of the Washington Chap
ter Of the National Council of jew
ish Women; Mrs. Walter B. Fry,
president of the District of Columbia
Congress of Parents and Teachers:
Mrs. Ned Brunson Harris, president
Of the Newspaper Women's Club of
the District of Columbia; Miss Nina
Kinsella, president of the Business
and Professional Women's Club:
Miss Agnes Regan, president Of the
National Conference of Catholic
Women, and Mrs. Edward B. Mont
gomery, president Of the Twentieth
Century Club.
1nvocations on the last two days
Of the campaign, November 81 and
"a, will be given by Rabbi Norman
Gerstenfeld of the Washington He
brew Congregation and the Rev.
Charles A. Hart of the Catholic Uni.