Evening star., 1940-11-14
II Pei. Of Goal
Is Pledged in
Chest Drive
Report Today Sends
Total Promised
To S352,624
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senting 1853 per cent of the Com
munity Chest campaign goal Of
100000 has been pledged, reports
presented at the drives second
luncheon today in the Willard Hotel
revealed.
The amount represented promises
of 1929 local individuals and firms.
The amount added today to yes
terday's total was s161, ,42368, COM
prising $500 pledges, and including
1877 pledges amounting to s1,ol8e5
reported by the Capital Unit, which
had not been heard from previously.
The campaign was to be aided be-
ginning today by a special two
minute Donald Duck short subject
shown in many of the city's motion
picture theaters.
At the initial report session yes
terday Herbert L. Willett. jr., Chest
director, pointed out the drive
should be I'LL per cent nearer its
objective at each luncheon, since
there were nine scheduled meet
ings.
9.43 Per Cent on First Day.
The grand total entered on the
huge score board" in the hotel ball
room yesterday. s188,609 go. was 9.43
per cent of the fund sought. The
Metropolitan Unit, under chairman
ship of Paul D. Sleeper. was able
to report 1922 per cent of quota,
however
Noting that the 18th campaign
was beginning on the 18th day of
the month, Mr. Willett called upon
the volunteers for the most success
full effort in order Ito belle any
theory that l3 could possibly be an
unlucky number"
General Chairman Chauncey G..
Parker. jr., who presided, compli-
mented the Advance Gifts Unit on
its pre-campaign work, but J. Cliff
ford Folger, unit chairman, declared
his group was ''out for the scalps"
of the other units and promised it
would have substantially higher
total to report at its final luncheon
Tuesday.
Some Z. S. Units Over Quotas.
In reporting 80 per cent of quota
pledged, Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines,
speaking yesterday for the Govern
ment Unit in the absence of its
chairman, Ernest G. Draper. noted
a number of subdivisions of the unit
had reached or exceeded their
quotas.
They included: National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
12406 per cent; Bureau Of Internal
Revenue, 100 per cent: Emergency
Division. Bureau of Accounts, Treas
ury Department, 1922 per cent;
Advisory Commission on Aeronautics.
1899 per cent, with 100 per cent
of personnel pledged; Transporta-
ton Division, Council Of National
Defense, 100 per cent; Office of
Commissioner of the Public Debt,
1852 per cent: Register of the
Treasury. 1850 per cent; Admins
trative Division, Tariff Commission.
13543 per cent; Administrative
Office of the United States Courts,
1891 per cent.
Debs Make Collections.
A. G. Neal, Group Solicitation
Unit chairman, said the Civic
Education Service, 744 Jackson place
NV, had reported 100 per cent
participation, with "a employees Civ
ing s1.648.4O, s38 more than last
year.
The Maryland and Capital Units
did not report yesterday.
Collections for the luncheon were
made by debutantes headed by Miss
Nancy Glover and composed of the
Misses Laura Blair, Margaret Lans-
downe, Mildred Dunn, Elaine
Darlington, Charlotte Burchen. Sta
Finkenstaedt, Zevah Fish, Marilyn
Hines, Rosemary Merrill, Edith
Pierson, Anne Sperry, Louise Still
well, Nancy Weller and Edith
Wright.
Solicitors were warned stickers
distributed to them should not
obscure vision if placed on auto
mobile windshields.
Federal Works Administrator Car
mody announced today that he would
address a Community Chest cam
paign rally of all public building
administration employees in Wash
ington at $3.50 pm. tomorrow in the
Departmental Auditorium, Constitu-
ton avenue between Twelfth and
Fourteenth streets NV. He said he
would encourage the employees to
Join whole -heartedly and generously
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