Evening star., 1939-11-29
Chest Volunteers
To Keep on Working
Until Goal Is Reached
Post-Compoien Efforts
Bring Drive Within
7 Per Cent of Its Mark

days the official close of the CAM
paign brought the total pledges to
188,505 for $1,866, ,89124, or 1884
per cent of the goal.
Immediately following a confer
ence of the Campaign Committee
yesterday after the report meeting
Campaign Chairman Chauncey G.
Parker, jr, rushed into the mail
letter to every volunteer, asking
each to keep on with the work
until the goal is reached.
What we seek is our goal" he de-
clared.
In his message to the workers he
pointed out that many people in
Greater Washington who are able
to give have not yet given and
that others who have given may be
willing to add to their gifts to make
up the deficit.
He gave the workers leave to
approach any one they think may
not have been reached so far, re-
gardless of unit barriers which un-
til now have been considered.
Givers Asked to Come Forward.
A plea that all givers not yet
reached come forward and either
mail in their pledges or telephone
for volunteer solicitor to pick up
their gifts" was also made by the
campaign chairman.
He invited givers to fill out, sign
and mail to Community Chest head
quarters at 1101 M street NV. the
facsimile pledge card published to-
day in The Star if they have not
| been reached by a solicitor or If
| they wish to make an additional
contribution.
The final audit of the 18th annual
Chest campaign results is scheduled
to take place next Tuesday.
The Government Unit, in it's re-
port yesterday, topped all the others
in its nearness to quota. Brig Gen
Frank T. Hines, unit chairman, re-
ported a total of 117,721 pledges for
STAB. .41843. or 978 per cent of quota
1--WE are now so close that feel
I can definitely commit the Govern
ment workers to meeting their quota
! 100 per cent" the chairman asserted
Other Unit Reports.
The Group Unit reached 9427 per
cent of the unit quota of $453, 900,
with days reports of 5814 pledges
for $32 .48219, bringing the total to
date to 52397 pledges for s427 ,062 SO.
The Metropolitan Unit rose to
95.3 per cent of the unit quota Of
s2O1 900, by reporting for the day
573 pledges for s8.481 80, bringing
the total to date to 11,l42 pledges
for s191 1888.
The Advance Gifts Unit reached
87.33 per cent of the unit quota
of 1921, 900 with days reports of
% gifts for $9.410, or total pledges
of Sis for s455O53.
The Suburban Unit reported 1858
per cent of the unit quota OF S52 900,
bringing in days reports of 1342
pledges for S5,984.12. for a total to
date of 5,205 pledges for $37,767 %.
Chairman Donal L. Chamberlin re-
ferred to Montgomery County as
the shining light" of the suburban
areas because of the 1886 per cent
of quota reached by that country.
Prince Georges County, under the
leadership of DR.. H. c. Byrd, has
reached 1927 per cent of quota; the
City of Alexandria has ALA per
cent of quota and Arlington County
has 1851 per cent.
The Capital Unit rose to 824 per
cent of unit quota. with days re-
ports of 167 gifts for $55793 bring
ing the total to date to 1,505 pledges
for $6,59292.
900 Volunteers Attend.
Fifty campaign leaders occupied
one long table at yesterdays meet
ing in the Willard Hotel which was
attended by more than 900 volunteer
workers.
The Very Rev. Msgr. Laurence j..
Shehan, who heads the Catholic
NlASot
agency. pronounced the invocation.
Others present or represented at
the head table were Coleman Jen-
nings, president of the Chest; Her.
bert L. Willett, jr., director of the
Chest; Frank A. Birgfeld, C. Foster
Miller, j. Austin Latimer and John
E. Upp, vice chairman of the Gov
ernment Unit; from the Group Unit,
Charles B. Dulcan, sr, unit chair
man; Ben S. Foster, chairman
Area L; Louis E. Spiegler, chairman
Unit II; Herbert j. Rich, chairman
Area III; Charles ODonnell, chair
man Area "; E. M. Pusey, chair
man Area v, and DR.. Harold G..
Moulton, chairman Area VI.
From the Metropolitan Unit, Will
liam w. Wheeler, unit chairman;
Mrs. A. C. Oliphant and E. S. Par
doe, vice chairmen; Mrs. Howard
G. Nichols, chairman Area l; Wal
dron Faulkner, chairman Area 2;
Morris Klass, chairman Area 8; G.
Leslie Schafer, chairman Area "A;
w. L. Howenstein, chairman Area
4B; F. Tucker Wilkins, chairman
Area 6; Samuel S. kaufman, chair
man Area IA; w. Herbert Gill,
chairman Area 7B; Aaron Goldman,
chairman Area &c; Daniel Part
ridge, Sd, chairman Area 8; George
A. Ford, chairman Area 9; j. Louis
Gelbman, a Southeast area chair
man.
From Advance Gifts Unit, Thomas
P. Morgan, jr., chairman of the unit;
Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, vice
chairman, and Richard w. Hynson,
Richard H. Wilmer, Paul D. Sleeper,
John E. Parker and Clifford Folger,
section chairmen; from Suburban
Unit, R. Samuel Luckett, area chair
man for Alexandria; Joseph c. Boss,
area chairman for Arlington County;
from Public Relations Unit, Earl