Evening star., 1941-11-26
Chest Campaign
To Extended
To Reach Goal
More Than S750,000
Needed to Complete
81, 900, 900 Fund

The Community Chest drive, now
more than S75O000 short OF its goal
will be extended into next week, j.
Clifford Folger. general campaign
chairman, announced yesterday
after the days reports increased the
fund total to date by only 6.38 per
cent.
The chairman made the an
nouncement along with an express
sion of confidence that the mm-
mum set for the drive this year VIII
be reached. He attributed the lag
ging pace of the campaign more 10
the inability of canvassers to nno
time for canvassing, due to increased
activity in the National Capital
brought about by the present emer-
gency. rather than to any unwilling
ness on the part of the public 10
contribute to human welfare needs.
No number was placed on the ex-
ira sessions to be held next week,
but some officials seemed to thlnK
that one or two would be sufficient.
The total now stands at Sl,23o,|sl'o4'
or SLAB per cent of the goal.
Yesterdays reports tended to cast
a gloomy outlook on drive that
had tended to perk up considerably
at last Fridays meeting and ap-
peared to be holding its pace Mon
dav. The days increase was one OF
the smallest so far.
L. S. Slow in Reporting.
Leaders continued to hope that
the fact that nearly 300 Federal
Government divisions. or close to 40
per cent of the prospective givers in
this field. still have not been IN
cluded among the reports. These
apparently have been held out be-
cause volunteer workers assigned to
canvass them have not had time to
complete the job. Some hope for
large additions from this source was
seen in a report yesterday that the
State Department had exceeded its
quota by fourth.
The Federal Government Unit
continues the lowest in percentage
of any of the four campaign groups.
In Yesterdays reports l2,170 pledges,
representing S70,60012. were added,
giving a total of 3,l83 gifts for a
total of s5O0,27480. or more than
one-third of the entire fund sub
scribed so far. This units average
now is 1910 per cent of its quota.
The Group Solicitation Unit
climbed above the average for the
entire drive Monday, but dropped
yesterday to a fraction of point
below it. 1t added ss26,904.5l in
4,7l2 gifts, giving a total of 28,203
pledges and s413,57377, for 60.99 per
cent of quota.
d. C. Government Unit High.
The District Government Unit
continued to maintain the highest
record for the week. Its results were
increased to 5000 per cent of quota
through the addition of 992 contri-
buttons totaling s5,47644, for
grand total of 1852 pledges and
$50,10087.
The Metropolitan Unit climbed to
q percentage of 6704 Its latest re-
ports brought in 1,072 contributions,
amounting to s34 4.772, and carried
its overall total to 1906 pledges and
S278,872.
One of the high lights of yester-
days luncheon came in the form of
a pretty little broWn-haired girl Of 4
years, Frances Brown, who was lifted
to the center of the speakers table
to announce that she and fellow
members of the kindergarten at
Barney Neighborhood House had
contributed $40 toward the Chest
fund. She clutched the money in a
small cedar chest as she whispered
into the microphone.
Lagging results Of the current
drive were deplored by the principal
speaker at the luncheon, the Right
Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of
Washington. He spoke on the sub
ject. "A Privileged Citizenship" and
said he addressed his remarks more
to the 100000 residents of the Ma
tion's Capital on the outside than
to the volunteers gathered at the
report meeting.
Urges Larger Contributions.
II would like to pour out to these
people plea to exercise the privi-
lege they have as citizens to help
their neighbors," he said. I'VE
should make our contributions larger
this year than ever before
In opening his talk, Bishop Free
man pointed out that there is 6
different kind of citizenship ir
Washington, that people living here
are "at the pulsing heart of the
Nation
"People of this community hav'
a responsibility little largel
than that of other communities" HI
declared. I'VE should allow no con
dition taxes or anything else - t.
effect our interest in this work o
the Community Chest. Some of tn
people it assists would suffer al
insufferable loss if we did not sup
port it,
Richard L. Johnson, reporting a
chairman of the Junior Board Q
Commerce section. announced tina
the 20 teams of the group alread
had averaged IS per cent of thei
quota. while seven of the teams ha
turned in record of 100 per cen