Evening star., 1941-09-26
Roll Call Spurt
Brings Total
To 1858
Governmental Group
Nearly Doubles
Wednesday Report

After a slight decline in activity
attributed by Chairman Edgar A.
Morris to a natural reaction follow
ing the beginning of the cam
paign, the annual District Red Cross
Roll Call membership yesterday was
increased by 1852 as the first OF
the canvassing groups passed the
1000 mark
The total to date stands at A.
698. Mr.. Morris explained that
this figure is ahead of results at
the same period of the 1910 drive
and said it lent support to his pre-
diction that the goal Of 200 1000
will be reached before the October
20 deadline arrives.
Considerable enthusiasm was re-
ported around Roll Call neadquart-
ers In the Walsh house. 2020 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, yesterday
when the governmental group of
canvassers, made up of approx
mately 10000 men and women who
will comb the Federal Offices for
enrollees, brought in a total nearly
double that of the preceding day
Memberships obtained by the group
increased from $50 on Wednesday
to 1,031 yesterday.
Booths Group Next.
The booths group was next with
233. followed by the professional
unit. with 1856. Other groups had
scattered totals below these.
The financial and residential
groups reported considerable trouble
in locating possible enrollees, due
mainly to the fact that almost
everyone is busy at present, either
at their regular employment or on
some defense or civic project. But
this apparent drawback to the Dis
trict chapters efforts to reach a
goal nearly third larger than the
total taken in last year was partly
offset by the pace with which the
booths group has functioned this
year under the direction of Mrs.
Homer Case. Its results to date
are well ahead of those for the same
period of 1910.
Chairman Morris said he had
stressed the importance to can
vassers of submitting reports as
often as possible. Many. he ex-
planned, withhold their enrollments
in the hope of obtaining 100 per
cent memberships before announc-
ing results and that this made it
impossible to make thoroughly &C
curate check on the progress of
the Roll Call
Eight business organiZa tions were
added to the list of those reporting
100 per cent enrolment. They are
East Washington Savings Bank,
Transcontinental and Western Air,
Inc, and the Offices of A. Yates
Dowell, Watson E. Coleman, Henry
L. Foster, Thomas F. Healey, James
P. Burns and Samuel Scrivener, jr.
Speakers Unit Busy.
An unannounced speaker repre-
senting the Red Cross will give a
talk at meeting of the Anacostia
Citizens Association tonight At the
same time. marionet show depict
ing the activities of the Red Cross
will be presented at a meeting of
the Women of the Moose under the
direction of Mrs. Leslie c. Stevens,
of the Staff Assistants Corps.
At 8 o'clock tomorrow morning,
the personnel of Woodward & 10th
rop will be addressed by William P.
MacCracken. local attorney and rep
resentative of the Roll Call Speakers
Bureau. A number of clergymen of
the city have agreed to call atten-
ton to the drive while delivering
their sermons Sunday.
AS another development in the
Red Cross field yesterday, it was
announced that a check for 500
to be used in the care of homeless
and orphaned children in England
was turned over to Norman H. Davis,
national chairman of the American
Red Cross, by Aleph Zadik Aleph,
youth organization of B'nai Birth.
Philip M. Klutmick. president of
B'nai Birth. who presented the
check, said the money, collected in
nickels and dimes, was to be spent
fer the maintenance of nursery for
children under years of age, as part
of the American Red Cross program
in Great Britain.