Evening star., 1939-11-25
Chest Success
Held Vital 10
All u. ). Drives
Capital Is Urged to
Prevent Moral
Failure

AS the Community Chests volun-
teer solicitors worked overtime to
bring their drive out Of the red by
the post-campaign report meeting
next Tuesday, the city was charged
today with the responsibility of pre-
venting moral failure" of the
national Chest movement.
Allen T. Burns, vice president Of
the national organization of Com
munity Chests and Councils, Inc,
pointed out that it would be a mat
ter of national concern" if WASH
ington, to which other cities natural
ly look for leadership in Community
Chest as we'll as other movements
should fail to make its goal.
Don't let the rest of the country
down." he pleaded during a visit
to Chest headquarters yesterday.
Explaining that other cities con-
slider the Nations Capital an exam
pie of the ideal community, he
warned that the failure of the Chest
here this year would amount to 4
moral failure" of the Chest move
ment.
Surely what so many other cities
have already attained is not impos-
sible in the Nations Capital" he
declared.
as Per Cent More Raised.
With 155 Chest campaigns report
ing so far, he said, the total raised
to date stands at s19,837, ,097, repre-
senting an increase of as per cent
over the total sum raised last year
and 98.3 per cent of goals. He added
that 70 Chests are among those rails
ing more than last year, 56 have
reached their goals and A rank on
both counts.
Washington has not even raised
as much as it had by the end of
the last report meeting last year.
With 100000 goal to be attained
this year, only sl,776,805 was pledged
by the closing days reports last
Wednesday with scattered returns
since the report meeting adding
slightly to the total.
In answer to please of campaign
workers for contributors who have
not been reached by solicitors to
send or bring in their pledges volun-
tarily, retired Government worker
and his wife brought their pledges
to Chest headquarters yesterday
with the explanation that sympathy
for the volunteers who are having
trouble either in reaching givers or
in having doors slammed" in their
faces, prompted them to deliver
their pledges in person.
Appeals to Be Broadcast.
Three Chest agencies were to
broadcast appeals over Station
WMAL within the next few days.
Barney Neighborhood House was
scheduled to broadcast at 2:l5 pm.
today; st. Annals Home for the Aged
Monday at 3:35 pm. and St. AIMS
Infant Asylum Tuesday at 3:35 pm.
Each of the units reported in
tenSifled appeals to prospective con-
tributors. The Group Solicitation
OAAl9 1Ouilu eIlCOul uldSelIleIlL on one
front when the Sanitary Grocery Co.
employees turned in increases
amounting to 80 per cent over last
year. Government Unit reached
94.42 per cent of quota with returns
reported since the closing day of
the campaign from 1,713 givers for
S7,136.72, or a grand total of l14,625
givers for s722 2,387.10. The Govern
ment forces still have $4,000 to raise
to meet their unit quota.
Post-campaign gifts reported by
the Advance Gifts Unit amounted
to S2,915 from contributors. bring
ing the unit total to 494 gifts for
s449,0 ,058 or 86.19 per cent of quota.
Nearly $4,000 of the unit quota
which comes from big" givers, is
| yet to be raised.
While workers in the METROPOLITAN
Unit have turned in no appreciable
returns since the closing report day,
campaign leaders said they assumed
volunteers in this unit were BUSY
canvassing their neighborhoods in
preparation for the report meeting
at the Willard Hotel Tuesday.