Evening star., 1941-11-24
55ob Of Goal Raised
In Community Chest
Drive for S2,000,O0O
Results Are go Behind
Those at This Stoee Of
Lost Yeor's Compoien

The Community Chest fund today
passed the halfway mark as volun-
teer workers reported contributions
that increased the grand total to
sl,l0l.27237, for 5506 per cent Of
the 81 900 900 goal.
Results still are approximately 3
per cent behind those at this stage
OF last years drive.
Today's additions amounted TO
Sl94,373.83 and represented 23,085
individual gifts.
Three groups, the District govern
ment, Group Solicitation and Metro
politan units, turned in averages
above that for the whole campaign
while the Federal Government unit
remained 4 per cent behind.
Reports BY Various Groups.
Reports for today by groups fol-
low: Federal Government Unit,
11.723 pledges. totaling s64 989 80. for
SIS per cent of quota; District Gov
eminent Unit. 1850 pledges, totaling
$11.876.26 for 60.3 per cent of quota :;
Group Solicitation Unit, 8026
pledges, totaling s74.49467. for $40
per cent of quota. Metropolitan
Unit. 1886 pledges. totaling s43,0l3,
for $500 per cent of quota.
Two more report sessions will be
held this week. These are sched-
uled for 1890 pm. tomorrow and
Thursday.
In a special bulletin sent out to-
day by Wayne Chatfeld Taylor
chairman Of the Federal Govern
ment Unit. canvaSSers were urged
to ask newcomers to join with old
timers in support of the Chest sc
the group would be able to reach its
$3.50, 900 quota.
There are now approximately
216,480 Government employees as
compared to 162.652 at this period
of last year, Mr.. Taylor pointed out
Work as Assembly Line.
with this increased group to
draw on" he added. we should have
no difficulty in reaching our goal
And We should have no hesitation
in re-soliciting any newcomer. or
for that matter. any old-timer who
thus far has failed to contribute"
The auditing staff of the Chest
worked until 4 am. the morning
following the last report when 32,822
gifts totaling s277.434l4 were tur-T-d
in for the largest single days re-
suits. The auditors are Quartered
in the gymnasium Of the c street
branch of the Boys Club of Wash
ington.
The novel feature about the
Washington Chests audit plan i
that it is designed to function like
the assembly line of modern man.
ufacturing plant" explained James
A. Councillor, sr., chairman OF thu
audit unit.
by having each of our workers
perform a single operation. we arr
able to man our audit unit witt
comparatively inexperienced work
ers, under the supervision of a few
trained auditors. The raw material
consisting of pledge cards and casl
turned in by volunteer worker,
starts at one end of line and come
out at the other end as statlstlca
reports and ledger accounts, al
within a very short time
Big Problem in Auditing.
i During the present campaign, MI
Councillor said, the audit unit vii
open and balance, to make certain
that every penny Is reported AM
accounted for, approximately 90
installment accounts, a numbe
comparing in volume with that Q
many public utilities.
Both the grand total of gifts an
the high number of installmen
pledges are peculiar to Washington
he explained. 1T is the problem {
the audit unit to keep the costs G
handling our large volume OF gilt
down to a very small fraction OF tn
amount collected, so that the lare
est possible sum may be availabl
for the vital human welfare service
performed by the 50 Commun1t
Chest member agencies"
The plan set up under Mr.. Coun
cilor's direction provides an econ
omy of operation, ofhcials salt
which reduces considerably the COS
per account and is made even MOI
economical by the generosity of 10
cal business firms which have frr
nished the Chest with f1ecessar
equipment for speedy compilation