Evening star., 1941-06-23
70 Per Cent Of u. ). 0.
Campaign Quota
Raised by District
Second Report Luncheon
Tomorrow; Mother Steed
To Broadcast Tonight

Progress in the United Service
Organizations campaign Will be
noted at the second general report
luncheon at 1890 pm. tomorrow in
the Mayf1ower Hotel. Approx
imately 20 per cent of the S250.000
goal for Washington already has
been raised by the volunteer solic-
itorS.
Principal speaker at the luncheon
will be the Right Rev. James E.
Freeman. Episcopal Bishop of WASH
ington. who will discuss the urgency
of the need for the proposed morale
building program of the U. S. o.
About 500 workers IN the local
campaign are expected TO attend the
luncheon. OF the S250,000 they are
seeking here. Sl45 900 will go to the
national fund to help operate more
than 800 recreation centers around
the camps and S145 900 will remain
in Washington for distribution to
nine agencies working to make men
in uniform welcome in their Nations
Capital.
What one of the organizations
which will receive allotments from
the U. S. o. if the campaign is sue
ceSsful is doing for service men viii
be described tonight by Mrs. Emma
c. Steed, called Mother Steed ever
since she served with the Red Cross
canteen at Dion, France, in 1918.
Will Describe Experiences.
Mother Steed, who has been
hostess at the Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club since the end of the
war, will describe the service club
and tell of her experiences in France
over Station WJSV at $50 pm.
She also was scheduled to be in
terviewed by Mrs. Charles McNary,
wife of the Senate minority leader,
in a broadcast over WWDC at 4:30
pm. today.
Sixteen defense volunteers-the
first of more than 10000 who have
registered for any service they may
be called on to perform-will take
the field today to fill an assignment,
it was announced yesterday by the
Central Volunteer Bureau of the
District Defense Council.
The l6 will man booths at depart
ment stores for the local U. S. o.
campaign. The Nationwide drive
seeks to raise more than Sl0,000.000
for the welfare of men in the armed
forces.
The booths will take subscrip-
tions at Hecht's, Palais Royal,
Kann's and Best's stores. Booths
are already in operation at Gar
finckel's and Lansburgh's.
Names Taken From Files.
Names of the volunteers we're
drawn from the files compiled dur
ing three registration days last
week.
The 16 called out met Saturday
to receive instructions in their work.
These are the first to be sum-
moned except those on duty at the
Central Volunteer Bureau.
Support was thrown behind the
local U. S. o. drive yesterday by a
vi OCIlCIdy vi lIlC navy
Knox, who expressed every assur-
ance that the city of Washington
will contribute its quota of S250,000."
Improve Leisure Hours.
This sum will be used for the
welfare of our men in uniform
improving their hours of leisure
and keeping their health and spirits
at the highest level" he pointed
out.
In making a $4,000 gift to the
national campaign from the Inter-
national Ladies Garment Workers,
David Dubinsky, president of the
union, declared yesterday that
Labor not only wants to do it's
part in all-out defense, but to do
everything possible to assist the
defense effort"
Henry Monsky, president of the
Supreme Lodge of B'nai Birth,
promised full support from his fra
ternal order and its womens aux
iliaries and youth divisions.