Evening star., 1941-10-17
Advance Chest Drive
Launched Today al
Annual Luncheon
Lewis W. Douglas Is
Keynote Speaker
Opening Campaign


pected to attend. the Community
Chest League was to hold its third
annual luncheon meeting today in
the MayfloWer Hotel, launching the
Chests advance gifts appeal which
yearly precedes the city-wide drive
for support of Chest agencies.
The keynote address was to be de-
livered by Lewis w. Douglas, former
Arizona Representative and director
OF the budget and now president of
the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of
New York.
Mrs. Rudolph Max Kaufman,
chairman of the league luncheon
Executive Committee, was to well
come the guests and introduce Mrs.
Stanley F. Reed, chairman of the
league and vice chairman of the
National Mobilization Committee
for Human Needs. The Very Rev.
Arthur A. OLeary. S. j., president
of Georgetown University, was to
offer the invocation and benediction.
Film to Be Shown.
Following the address by Mr..
Douglas, the guests were to view
the Chests campaign film, For
Freedom"
Among the guests at the luncheon
were to be the $50 men and women
who make up the volunteer person.
mel of the Advance Gifts Unit. Led
by their unit chairman, Richard
H. Wilmer, they planned to launch
their solicitation for advance Chest
pledges from the city's Wealthier
givers Immediately following the
luncheon and continuing up to the
opening of the campaign on No
vember 13.
To greet and guide the guests to
tables group of young woman
ushers has been organized by Mrs
William j. Flather, jr., chairman of
the Reception Committee. The group
includes Miss Ann Sperry. Miss
Edith Wright. Miss Gladys Crock
er, Miss Laura Blair, Miss Nancy
Saunders, Mrs. Henry Gwynn. Miss
Mildred Dunn, Miss Elizabeth Bliss
Miss Marian Hamilton and Miss
Roberta Quirk
Will Expand Unit.
The Chest Group Solicitation
Unit, headed by A. G. Neal, also
announced plans today for expand
ing its volunteer organization
through recruiting approximately
1900 keymen and assistant keymen
to work under the 135 leaders now
enlisted in the unit.
"All keymen appointments should
be made not later than November !,
If we are to have our organization
trained and informed in time for
the opening of the Chest drive he
said
John J. HaSley and Lawrence E.
Williams are vice chairmen of the
unit and Ben S. Foster is assistant
vice chairman.
Group Unit forces divide their or
ganization into two general claSsi-
flcations, functionally or according
to types of business and industry
and geographically into four areas.
In the functional" divisions, the
volunteer personnel now includes
Mr.. Williams, vice chairman; Adjt.
Raymond D. Brown of the Salvation
Army. secretary. and the following
chairmen of each division:
Lee D. Butler. automobiles: A.
Scott Offutt, banks; Robert c. Jones,
brokers: DR.. Harold G. Moulton, COL
leges and universities John K. An
derson, economic educational insti-
tutions: Harry Merrick, newspapers
and publishers; the Rev. Thomas D.
Dade, parochial schools; Robert S.
Lyle, private schools; Marcy L.
Sperry, public utilities; John J. Pay
cite. theaters, and James v. Bennett,
member agencies.
Area personnel already recruited
for the Group Solicitation Unit in
cludes:
Area I, Howard Eales, chairman;
Edgar A. Drum, secretary; Division
II, chairman, w. Perry Early; sec
ton chiefs, Paul Hammack, Hilton
M. Etheridge, Ralph K. Benner,
Charles J. Murphy, George Denton:
Division II, chairman, Nathan Poole;
section chiefs, James K. Pace, Henry
w. Morgan, Mark D. Sullivan, jr.;
Eugene Fields, D. Page Cornwell;
Division 13, chairman, Joseph A
Haltigan; section chiefs, John r.
Neale, A. Britten Browne, jr.; Ger
aid J. O'Conor, Raymond c. Rouse,
Paul Morgan; Division IA, chairman,
william Tyler Page, jr.; section
chiefs, Charles D. Carroll, Dom B.
Thomas, William M. Kroll, Samuel
Schivener.
Area III Personnel.
Area II, Paul v. B. Heiss, chair
man; H. Stanley Taylor, vice chair
man; Division 81, chairman, L. G.
Graeves; section chiefs, Paul Coch-
ran, c. w Thompson, Sol Alphor,
Ralph G.. Wilson, J. B. Payne; Divi-
sion %, chairman, Aaron Goldman;
section chiefs, James L. Goldsmith,
James L. Quinn. c. L. Gibbs, Harry
j. Kane, jr.; Maury Young; Divi-
sion %, chairman, Fred S. Roberts;
section chiefs, James Herman, j. D.
Boiseau, o. L. Turner, George Mey-
erson. A. F. LanSdale: Division "a,
chairman, George S. Banning; sec
ton chiefs, B. w. Seaton, George c.
Bakersmith, Josiah Ellis.
Area III, Herbert J. Rich, sr.,
chairman; Division 81, chairman,
John K. Althaus; section chiefs,
Kinsey Jones, Frank L. Lewis, Ad-
rian D. Wick, H. M. Collson; Divi-
sion 32 chairman, Maurice Eiseman;
section chiefs, Bernard Bulkley, l..
Leroy Tuerka. Walter K. Handy,
John Jund; Division 33, chairman,
II. S. Fitz; section chiefs, w. F.
Friel. w. o. Walker. w. S. Furlow.
Area ", Harvey j. Cheston, chair
man: Emil A. Loehl, vice chairman;
C. C. Richardson, secretary; Division
Al, chairman, Edward w. Bach
schmid; section chiefs, Lloyd B.
Wilson, jr.; Charles w. O'Donnell,
T. C. Lee, Jack Brady Adrian D.
Waring: Division AZ, chairman, Ru-
dolph Wiedemann; section chiefs,
George R. Lupton, George F. Muth,
Gerald D. Grosner, Claude Cook,
Charles v. Sinisgalli; Division 43,
chairman, Ernest C. LoWthorp; Sec
ton chiefs, Chauncey Warfield, Rob-
art A poetznoan Thomas A Reds