Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13
Red Cross Drive
Needs $4,000
More Members
Campaign Enters
Final Week; Work
To Be Intensified

An additional $4,000 members
were needed today to reach the goal
of 100000 members as the District
Chapter of the American Red Cross
entered the final week of its silver
anniversary Roll Call.
Roll Call officials expressed conf
dence the goal can be reached
through intensified effort. Chair
men of the various units directing
the work of the $4,000 volunteer
campaign workers have planned a
series of meetings and will issue spe-
clal bulletins in an effort to give
the Roll Call added impetus, it was
announced.
Maj. Gen. James C. Magee, head
of the Government Unit and Edgar
Morris, chairman of the General
Roll Call Committee, completed
plans over the week end to expedite
reports from key men and division
chairmen.
Mr.. Morris predicted the Govern
ment Unit, which so far has en-
rolled approximately $4,000 mem
bers. will be able to reach its full
quota of 10000 members. Com
mittee chairmen and Mr.. Morris
expressed satisfaction on the prog
ress made by various other units
in the campaign.
5000 A Day Needed.
Mr.. Morris pointed out that an
average of more than 5000 mem
bers must be enrolled daily during
the week in order to reach the goal
by next Monday, when the cam
paign is scheduled to close.
In statement Mr.. Morris said:
I'VE who are working on the Roll
Call realize that this is a tremen-
dous request to make of Washing
ton. But we also realize that the
work of the District Chapter is es-
sential and that if it is to be carried
on completely we must have at least
the 200, 900 members set as our goal.
We are confident, likewise. that
Washington in general feels the
same way about it and that it will
respond fully to the need
1T is true that there has been
some lag in the campaign as re-
ported. with last year and this is
disturbing, but a canvass of COM
mittee chairmen over the week end
convinces me that the lag is not
due to lack of public support of the
Red Cross, but is due rather to a
combination of circumstances which
it has been impossible to control.
Notable among these adverse cir
cumstances is the great pressure
under which every one in Washing
ton Is working at the present time,
both in the Government and outside
employment. Individuals and busi-
ness associations are under tension,
and kevmen are finding it difficult
to obtain an opportunity to present
the Red Cross picture without in
terfering with the usual activities.
Expect Squirt.
However. with the complete CO.
operation which the chapters men,
Der seekers are obtaining I look for
a decided squirt in reported enroll
ments this week, which I hope will
put us in a position to maintain the
proud boast of the District Chapter
that in all of its "a past Roll Calls
it has lead the Nation"
The General Business Committee
which has a quota of $1,000 and
which so far has obtained slightly
more than one third of this num-
Der, was to hold meeting today at
the penthouse of the Chesapeake &,
Potomac Telephone Co., at which
Chairman David E. Mccoy and Vice
Chairman j. F. ODonnell were to
make plans to speed up that divi-
sions work.
Robert C. Overs, chairman of the
Utilities Committee, has sent all
workers in his group a bulletin ey-
pressing confidence its members will
do their part.