Evening star., 1939-11-03
Plans Are Completed
For Chest Campaign
Opening on Monday
Capacity Crowd
Is Expected for
Moss Meeting

Preparation for omcial opening Of
the Community Chests 18th annual
campaign on Monday was virtually
complete today, as the Advance
Gifts Unit met at the Willard Hotel
and the Go-and-See period ended
with about 5000 persons having
visited Chest agencies during the
three-week schedule
4 capacity crowd for Monday
nights mass meeting. marking the
start of the drive, appeared assured
today, according to Commissioner
Melvin G. Hazen, chairman of the
Committee of Sponsors, who said
that virtually all large civic organ
izations in the District have re-
served blocks of tickets for the ses-
sion.
Keynote speeches by the Rev. Ed
mund A. Walsh, head of the Foreign
Service School of Georgetown Uni
versity. and Paul v. McNutt, Federal
Security administrator, will be sup
plemented by musical program
featuring D. 400-voice childrens
chorus, an adult choir of $50 and
the United States Marine Band.
The mass meeting is to begin at
pm. Monday in Constitution Hall.
Those to Have Delegations.
Civic organization representatives
who have advised Commissioner
Hazen that their groups will have
delegations at the mass meeting are:
George harvard, president of the
Civitan Club; DR.. Raymond w. Muir
ray, president of the Optimist Club;
DR.. Charles M. Thomas, president of
the Federation of Civic Associations:
Floyd D. Acres, president of the
Lions Club; Miss Cecil Lester Jones,
president of the Junior League of
Washington; L. A. Carruthers of
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tims, Edmund Carl of the Cosmo-
politan Club, Alvin @. Ehrlich of the
Advertising Club of Washington,
Minor Hudson of the Junior Board
OF Commerce, John Locher, executive
secretary of the Washington Build
ing and Construction Council: Law
renee E. Williams of the Washington
Board OF Trade, Thomas L. Egan,
president of the Rotary Club of
Washington; Mrs. E. G. Mont
gomery, president of the Twentieth
Century Club; Edward S. Pardoe,
president of the Kiwanis Club, and
Mrs. Ernest H. Daniel, president of
the Federation of Women's Clubs.
Free reserved tickets to the mass
meeting may be obtained from a
special headquarters at the Willard
Hotel until 8 pm. today, until pm,
tomorrow and until pm. on Mon
day.
Go-and-See Plan Popular.
During the Go-and-See program
favored places for visitors included
the Boys Club of Washington, which
reported 1000 callers at its four
branches; the Phyllis Wheatley
Y. w. c. A., 600 visitors; the WASH
fngton Welfare Association, $50; the
washington Society for the Hard
Of Hearing, 200; the Children's
Protective Association, 100, and the
y. w. c. A. at Seventeenth and K
streets, $50.
A dramatization Of the work of
the Children's Protective Associa-
ton Is to be presented by the Black
friar's Guild over W1GAL at 10
o'clock tonight.
A pre-campaign meeting for Gov
ernment workers last night at the
1nter-departmental Auditorium was
addressed by Brig. Gen. Frank r.
Hines, chief of the Chests Govern
ment Unit, and Brig. Gen. Albert
L. Cox, commander of the District
National Guard. More than 1000
attendants heard the speakers praise
volunteer Chest workers and stress
their importance in Chest cam
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