Evening star., 1941-12-03
Chest Seeks
$165,000to
Fulfill Goal
Next Monday Set
As Victory Date;
9l.75oo in Hand

WIN one group alreaQV past ltS
quota and only s165,000 more needed
TO carry the drive over the top
Community Chest volunteers went
back into the field today under q
further extension of the annual
effort, encouraged by the realization
that results to date finally have
exceeded those for the comparative
period of the 1910 campaign.
Until yesterday compilations in
the current drive had remained con-
sistently behind those of the pre-
ceding campaign. Yesterdays addi-
tion of S233,25815, however. boosted
the grand total to sl.835 .083 40. or
91.75 per cent of the S2O00O00 goal,
as compared to 9083 per cent for
the same date last year.
In announcing that the convass
would be extended until 1890 pm.
Monday, Coleman Jennings, Chest
president, said at the ninth report
meeting at the Willard Hotel yes
terday that he was confident the
goal would be reached at that time.
Metropolitan Unit Over Top.
The Metropolitan Unit became
the first to exceed its quota of
$4,000. Reporting an increase of
more than Is per cent. as repre-
sented in s64,016 in additional con-
tributions, it raised its grand total
to $413,730, percentage of 1909.
The other three groups remained
from nearly 10 to nearly II per cent
behind. The Federal Government
Unit, by far the largest of the four
and having quota of S835,0
nearly half the entire goal, was the
furthest advanced of these 1t
brought in sl11691.59 for a grand
total of s755,74321, increasing its
percentage from 1886. as reported
last Thursday, to 90.18.
Next highest was the Group Solic-
itation Unit, now with 89l1 per
cent of its s678,o0O quota. Yester-
days reports amounted to s55, ,l99 SO,
for a total of s6o4 ,226.o1.
The District Government Unit.
with a quota of s74,000, has 8297
per cent of its goal. It's total, in
creased yesterday by s2,35o63, now
stands at SCI .39415.
Quotas Promised for Units.
In making their reports, Wayne
Chatfield Taylor, chairman of the
Federal Government Unit, and A. G.
Neal, chairman of the Group Solici-
tation Unit. each promised that
their respective groups would reach
their quotas by the next meeting.
Complete figures on the number
Of individual pledges to date was
not available yesterday The total,
however, was placed at more than
213,36l.
Mr.. Neal, in his report on activi-
ties during the week end, announced
that telephone operators of the Dis
trict already had exceeded their
quota by more than 4 per cent
The plea to volunteers to show
the rest Of the country that the
heart of Washington is as big as
any in the land" was made at the
luncheon by John L. Sullivan, As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury
and principal speaker for the occa-
sion.
He said he was surprised to find
At the opening of this years Com
munity Chest campaign that the
goal had been set at $4,000 900. the
same as that of last year. This sur
prise, he explained, was due to the
realization that the number of Gov
ernment employees in Washington
had increased during the last II
months from 135 900 to $4,000. that
the population of the city had grown
during the same period from $4,000
to 10000 and that local firms now
are doing an unprecedented busi-
ness.
Sees Two Reasons for Drag.
With the same goal as last year."
he continued. Il was confident the
goal would be reached in record
breaking time. But the drive has
dragged on and my investigation
shows it is due to two things-to a
plea on the part of givers that cost
OF living is higher and to an apathy
on the part of those who have come
here in recent months that Wash
ington is only their temporary home.
Not since 1882 have Community
Chest drives over the country been
so successful, and I see no reason
why living costs should affect the
people here any more than else
where"
He described Washington as one
OF the finest cities in America, as
rapidly becoming the capital of
the world and concluded:
For a man or woman to be in
Washington these thrilling years is
a great privilege and one they will
always remember. They will cher
lsh these years much more deeply
If they assume some of the respon-
slbility for the unfortunate people
OF the community as they would do
If they were at home