Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-03
Chest Groups
To Get Orders
This Week
5000 Volunteers
70 Attend Meetings
Prior to Drive

Community Chest volunteer CAM
paign army will receive their "or-
ders' this week at two large meet
ings of the Government and Group
Solicitation Units, heralding COM
mencement of the 18th annual fund
drive November Is.
The Group Solicitation Unit, Of
which A. G. Neal is chairman, will
meet at pm. Wednesday in the
Willard Hotel. Mr.. Neal and Vice
Chairmen Charles A. Robinson and
Lawrence E. Williams will be hosts.
Strickland Gillian, author and
humorist, is to be the principal
speaker at the rally and special en-
tertainment features and a buffet
supper are to be included in the
evenings program.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
greet 1000 workers of the Govern
ment Unit at 3:15 pm. Thursday
in the Departmental Auditorium.
Other speakers will include the unit
chairman, Ernest G. Draper, mem
Der of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System; Chair
man Joseph B. Eastman of the In
terstate Commerce Commission and
Chest Director Herbert L. Willett, jr.
Chest Film to Be Shown.
Col Robert H. Fletcher, chairman
of the Government Speakers Com
mittee, will preside.
"Doorways of Washington" the
Chest film in color, is to be shown
at both meetings.
The sessions will be followed next
Sunday by appeals in many churches
by clergymen.
In asking that the day be OBJ
served as Community Chest Sun.
day." Chest President Coleman Jen-
nings wrote pastors:
Il know that we can rely upon
the power of the religious forces of
the city at this vital time"
Catholics of the Archdiocese of
Washington today were to be asked
to contribute to the greatest possible
extent in letter from Archbishop
Michael j. Curley, to be read at all
\ masses.
Solicitation Leaders.
Those responsible for supervising
! efforts of the group solicitation units
several components have been an
nounced as follows:
Area ben S. Foster. chairman:
E. A. Drunm, secretary; Division
Chairmen Howard Eales, Nathan
Poole, Richard B. Talley and Tyler
Page, and Section Chairmen Paul
Hammack, w. Perry Early, Ralph
K. Benner, w. S. Boteler. George
Denton, James K. Pace. Henry w.
Morgan, Minor S. Jameson, IT.:
Emery Roper, James D. Riggs.
Joseph P. Haltigan, A. Britten
Browne, jr.; william Rittenhouse, j.
Matthews Neale, Claude A. Cook,
Charles D. Carroll, Dom b. Thomas,
William M. Knoll and David Oberlin.
Area he. Donald Preston, chair
man; Rudolph Gaber, secretary: Dr.
vision Chairmen Alvin T. Barber,
Aaron Goldman, George A. Ford and
Sidney j. Wolf, and Section Chair
men william v. Simmons, l.. G,
Graeves, Sol Alpher, Ralph G. Will
son, A. F. Miller, James l.. Gold.
smith, James l.. Quinn, C. l.. Gibbs,
Harry j. Kane, jr.; Sam Houston,
William G. Hill, p William Bud
worth, Roy Carly, Fred S. Roberts,
John S. Kelly, B. w. Seaton and
Marvin Blakeney, jr.
Area III-Herbert J. Rich, chair
man; Hugo B. Wolter, secretary:
Division Chairmen John K. AL
thaus. Maurice Eiseman and Robert
II. Davidson, and Section Chairmen
Abe Coonin, Allen Underwood.
Adrian Wick, H. M. Collson, Bernard
Buckley, l.. Leroy Tuerke. Walter
K. Handy, John Jund, w. F. Friel,
George Deering and w. F. Furlow.
Area IV-Charles w. ODonnell.
chairman; Emil A. Loehl, vice
chairman: c. c. Richardson. secre.
tary; Division Chairmen Harvey j.
Cheston, Richard w. Griswold and
j. e. McCombs. and Section Chair.
men Lloyd Wilson, jr.; Edward w.
Bachschmidt, George L. Naramore,
Clarence H. Ohutt. Adrian D. War
ing, Harold B. Colvin, Frank A.
Patterson. George r. Kindley, Ger
| aid D. Grosner y william j. Arm
strong. Charles v. Sinisgalli, Ernest
c. Lowthrop, Edward Won Deck.
William Macy, John Humphrey
and LIE Roy j. Myers.
Area V-Mack L. Langford, chair.
man; Kirk Miller, vice chairman:
Otto Nielsen, secretary; division
chairmen, Paul Heidecke, William
E. Russell, Irving B. Yochelson and
Paul Himmelfarb, and section chair
men, William A. Bowman, Richard
Chamberlin, Charles w. Clayton,
Norman Richley, Sidney L. Hech-
niger, Charles Rock, M. A. Glea-
son, George L. Hightman, Sam
Hirschfleld, J. J. Hoey, william
Cartwright, DIR. George A. Mccain,
j. H. Anderson, Carl Smuck and
Louis Prick.
Functional divisions-Lawrence z,
Williams. vice chairman, and divi-
sion chairmen, Lee D. Butler, auto
mobile; John A. Reilly, banking;
Robert G. Jones, brokerage and in
vestment; DR.. Harold G.. Moulton,
colleges and universities, John K.
Anderson, economic education asso-
Citations; George N. Walker. laun-
dry; Vincent Saccardi, life insur-
ance; Harry Merrick, newspaper and
publishers; the Rev. Thomas B.
Dade, parochial schools; Paul L.
Banfield, private schools; E. D. Mer-
rill, public utilities; John j. Payette,
theater, and Robert Lee O'Brien,
member agencies