Evening star., 1941-06-18
Workers Press
Toward j. ). 0.
Drive Quota
s49, 500 Collected;
TotuI Predicted
By End of June

raising SZoUOU0 before tne emu ol
the month, volunteer workers in the
United Service Organizations cam
paign today set out to augment the
s49,5O852 reported at their first
general meeting yesterday.
Leaders at the meeting, held in
the Mayf1oWer Hotel, pointed out
that the campaign had been hastily
organized and that most of the
units had hardly gotten under way
Campaign Chairman Sidney F
Taliaferro predicted that the Wash
ington goal in the national drive
would be attained before the end
of June. The sum to be raised
here will be split between the ma
tional fund and nine local agencies,
with Sl45,000 going to the national
to help operate recreation centers
near the Army camps and S105, 900
remaining here for recreational
facilities for men coming to their
Nations Capital
Yesterdays report marked an in
crease of S1796402 over what had
previously been raised by the
special gifts unit alone. That unit
increased its s24, 4,75450 to s31 ,554 So
The governmental unit reported
s13,325.43 and group unit, S4,l15.37.
500 Hear Patterson.
More than 500 workers gathered
at the luncheon to hear Under
secretary of War Robert P. Patter-
son explain that the Army was
providing excellent shelter and
rations for its men and keeping
up their morale on the posts, but
that away from camp the problem
Of providing the men with leisure
time activities was beyond the
power of the Army.
That's where there is a great
need for the U. S. o." he declared
''1f you could get around the camps
you would see the great problem this
organization has been formed to
solve"
The problem, he pointed out, is
different than it was in 1917. Al
though there was similar out
pouring of men into the field he
said, the camps were only way
stations rather than homes of some
duration.
Young Thanks Workers.
Commissioner John Russell Young,
who greeted the workers, told them
that Washington was expecting a
successful campaign and thanked
the volunteers for contributing their
service to this cause.
The workers also heard Corcoran
Thorn, campaign treasurer, who
told them the campaign required
work, enthusiasm and optimism.
We've got a great cause" he said,
land we've got a job to do
Reporting on what is being done
In other communities, Edwin N.
Lewis, campaign secretary, said that
$500 communities are campaigning
for the U. S. o. and a number of
them have already reached their
goals
"All of them" he said, ARE get
ting together to give a vote of conf
dence to the men and women who
have left their homes and really
gone all out for defense"
$4,000 in Gifts Expected.
Unit executives all expressed con-
fidence that they would meet their
quotas by the end of June. Speaking
for the special gifts unit, Dwight F.
Davis, chairman, said that with gifts
already promised and hard work, his
unit would go to $4,000. Col
Thomas M. Spaufding, executive
officer of the Government unit,
pointed out that Federal workers
had just passed their first payday
since the start of the campaign and
therefore SOcilitation in his unit had
only begun. John A. Reilly, CO.
chairman of group solicitation, said
his unit hoped to meet its quota by
next week.
The second general report lunch
con will be held next Tuesday at
1880 pm. in the Mayflower Hotel,
1t was announced.
Guests at the head table yester-
day included A. M. McLachlen and
Mr.. Reilly, co-chairmen of group
solicitation; Harry L. Merrick, gen.
eral solicitation chairman; Mr..
Lewis, Bruce Allen, publicity chair
man; Benjamin Ourisman, president
of the Jewish Community Center;
Miss Elsa M. Peterson. Y. w. C. A..
president; Robert E. Bondy, chair
man of the Committee on Welfare
and Consumer Interest, District De-
fense Council; Mrs. Julian S. Schley,
president of the Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Home; Mr.. Davis, Mrs.
Montgomery Blair, president of the
Junior League; Walter B. Clarkson,
president of Travellers Aid Society;
Victor B. Deyber, president of the
Salvation Army; Coleman Jennings,
Community Chest president; Albert
w. Atwood vice chairman of the
campaign committee; DR.. Henry j.
Crosson, president of Catholic Char
tiles, and the principal speakers.