Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-01
Campaign 10 Raise
Defense Recreation
Fund Starts tuesday
$10,7e5, 900 Is Goal
Of United Service
Organizations

The United Service Organizations
campaign to raise sl0,765 900 for
operation of recreation buildings
near Army and Navy establishments
and in defense production centers
will be launched formally through
out the Nation Tuesday. No special
program will signal opening of the
drive here, but members of the
Executive Committee will gather
in the home of Mark Lansburgh. one
of their number, that night to hear
broadcast messages by U. S. o.
leaders in other cities.
A formation flight of the Army
and Navy planes will call WASH
ingtons attention to the effort at
noon tomorrow, and similar air
demonstrations will take place over
other metropolitan centers in the
country.
Captains of the 10 teams in the
special gifts unit of the local cam
paign will report to the unit chair
man. Dwight F. Davis, Tuesday.
The group, which has been soliciting
from lists of prospects in advance
of the general campaign, will hold
its final report luncheon June 10 in
the Willard Hotel.
IL Areas Designated.
Actual work of the volunteers
In the Government group solicitation
and general solicitation units, head
ed by Undersecretary of War Patter-
son, A M. McLachlen and Harry L.
Merrick, respectively, will begin
Wednesday morning. The last will
be divided into II areas. Campaign
Director Fred Spaulding said yes
terday.
Ten of the area chairmen were
announced as follows: No. l, Takoma
Park and Brightwood, Howard
Drake; No. 2, Chevy Chase, Harvey
L. Jones; No. 3, Georgetown, Joseph
Monaghan; No and No s, down
town, w. Frank Gatewood and Al
win @. Enrich; No 7, Rhode Island
avenue NE. and adjacent sections,
w. Russell Lamar; No. 8 H street
NE. and adjacent sections, J. Mer-
rill Conner: No. 9, Southeast, DeVere
r. Weldon; No 10, Southwest, Ed
ward T. Offutt, jr., and No. II, Co.
lumbia Heights, Milton H. Schlosser.
The Craftsmanship of Area No. 4,
Petworth, had not been filled.
The Washington organization,
headed by Sidney F. Taliaferro as
general chairman, has set tenta-
tive goal of S250,000, of which S145,-
600 will be allotted to the national
fund for operation of more than 800
cluhhouses. Campaign leaders point
out the large number of Army and
Navy centers in the Capital area
make it probable appreciably more
than the s145,000 will be returned to
this vicinity by the national organi-
zation. The balance subscribed here
will be used in supplying defense
morals needs within the city.
Churches Will Assist.
Churches of all denominations are
to be enlisted in the cause next
weekend, which officials of the six
organization welfare combine have
designated United Service Organi-
cation Sabbath" The participation
of religious groups is to begin Fri
day night with special services in
Jewish synagogues. Radio programs
Saturday and recognition of the
campaign in Catholic and Protestant
churches Sunday also are planned.
Acting as co-chairman of the U.
S. G. Clergy Advisory Board are the
Rt Rev. Henry st. George Tucker
presiding bishop of the Episcopal
Church in the United States; the
Most Rev. Edward Mooney, Roman
Catholic archbishop of Detroit, and
Rabbi Edward L. Israel, president
of the Synagogue Council of Amer
lea.
The six agencies banded together
for operation of the recreation build
ings being constructed by the Fed
eral Government are the Young
Mems Christian Association, Young
Women's Christian Association, Ma
tional Catholic Community Service.
Salvation Army, Jewish Welfare
Board and National Travellers Aid
Association.