Evening star., 1940-05-06
Drive
For$107,000
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Starts Today
Teu to Be Given at
Carlton Hotel for
700 Workers

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About 100 volunteer workers today
will start canvassing the city to
raise 100000 for the National
Symphony Orchestra's 1904 sea.
son.
The 10th annual sustaining fund
campaign was to be launched OIL
cially this afternoon at q tea for
all campaign workers in the Carlton
Hotel, headquarters for the drive.
Quotas for each committee are
to be announced at the tea and L.
Corrin Strong, president of the Ma
tional Symphony's Board of Direc-
tors, was 10 give oral instructions
to the workers.
Heading the Campaign Commit
tees in the Today campaign are
Thomas P. Morgan, jr. and Mrs.
Milton w. King, special gifts; John
Rowland Hill, business and profes.
sional group; Mrs. Barton K. Yount
and Brig. Gen Maxwell Murray,
Army; Mrs. Eugene Byrnes and Mrs.
Reeve Lewis, associations; Miss
Eleanor Connolly and Miss Mary L.
McQuade, Catholic and parochial
schools; Mrs. Strong, colleges and
universities; Mrs. Rudolph Stanley
Brown, private schools; Mrs. Miriam
B. Hilton, public schools: Edward j.
Noble, Government: Mrs. Emory
Scott Land, Navy-Marine Corps:
Mrs. Charles Bittinger and Mrs.
Foster Adams, Orchestra Guild: l..
E. Rubel. publicity: Brig. Gen. Al
bert L. Cox, speakers bureau, and
Mrs. Edwin B. Parker and Mrs. Rob.
ert LIE Fevre, Suburban Committee.
Mrs. r. H. Dunlap is campaign Sec
retary and Fred c. Spaulding is
campaign director.
Mrs. Myers Chairman.
Mrs. George Hewitt Myers was
chairman of the committee in
charge of arrangements for the tea,
assisted by Mrs. Mary Stewart, Mrs.
Dunlap and Mrs. Hill. Miss Mary
B. Adams. Mrs. Alfred johnson,
Mrs. Edward Burling and Nine.
Carlos Martins were to pour.
A. F. E. Horn, general chairman
for the drive, explained today that
the money received during the 10.
day solicitation period will be used
to defray the expenses of operating
the orchestra next season over and
above the income from ticket sales
and concerts on tour. The total
operating cost for the minimum 90
week season, he said, is estimated at
$l77,6 800. OF this sum, $4,000 is the
income anticipated from ticket sales
and concerts on tour.
J. Those wishing to contribute, he
said, and not reached by volunteer
workers may send their gifts to the
campaign headquarters in the Carl
ton or to the Offices of the orchestra
IN the Woodward Building, or may
leave their donations at a special
desk in the lobby of the Carlton or
at the N. B. C.-Star Dollar Club at
728 Fourteenth street NV.
Club Opens Tomorrow.
The Dollar Club, by which The
Star and the National Broadcastinp
co. are cooperating with the CAM
paign, will be opened at 10 am. to.
morrow.
The inaugural program from the
store in which the Dollar Club is
being established will be heard at
12:45 pm. tomorrow over station
WMAL. Louise Ehrman, one of the
few women in the orchestra, will be
the first artist heard from the store.
She will give a cello solo and Mrs.
Clara Moran Bernheimer will give
| vocal solo.
A delegation from the Connecticut
Avenue Association, headed by L. E.
Colburn, president. will be the first
group to join the Dollar Club. Men,
bers of the association will be inter-
viewed during the first broadcast,
contributing their dollars and re-
ceiving buttons to signify they have
given. In addition, their names will
be enrolled in the annual yearbook
issued by the orchestra, in which
friends of the symphony organiza-
ton are recognized.
Speaking for the campaign on the
opening broadcast will be Mr.. Horn
and Mr.. Hill.
Second Broadcast.
The Friday Morning Music Club
will visit the Dollar Club for the
second broadcast from the store at
4:30 pm. tomorrow. Two members
of the music club, Mrs. Anne Yaeo
McGuffy. soprano, and Mrs. Helen
Grimes, pianist, will present selec-
tions during the broadcast. Mr..
Strong will be the speaker at the
afternoon broadcast, which will be
aired over Station WRC.
G. c. Cappel, manager of the
orchestra, is making ARRANGEMENTS
for schools, club groups, business
organizations and civic delegations
to visit the store and Join the
Dollar Club. Two programs will be
heard daily from the Dollar Club
over which Charles Barry, N. B. C..
representative for the campaign, will
preside, making acknowledgements of
ell gifts received during the broad
casts and mailed to the Dollar Club
and interviewing those who visit the
store during the broadcast periods.
Success Predicted.
The National Symphony Orchestra
was praised as distinct part Of
musical America" during broadcast
over both stations of the National
Broadcast Co. yesterday. Mr.. Cappel
told the Y.adin alldianna flat .,.al...