Evening star., 1941-11-20
Thanksgiving
JoyCited as
Chest in Action
Workers Expected
To Make Record
Report Tomorrow

Report tomorrow
The happiness of nearly 600 chill
dren enjoying Thanksgiving because
someone gave yesterday was cited
today as an example of the Com
munity Chest in action. as workers
in the current Chest campaign were
expected to turn IN the drive S
largest daily total of gifts to date
at the fifth report luncheon to-
morrow.
Youngest of the children is an in
fant at the Childrep's Country
Home, among 40 there receiving
specialized convaleScent care which
is not possible III their own homes.
About 80 children are convalesclnS
from serious illnesses at Christ
Child Farm near Rockville.
Other Chest-suppOrted institu-
tions providing turkey and trim
mingS' for Youngsters today are St.
AIMS Infant Asylum. St Joseph S
Home and School. St. Roses Technl-
cal School. ST. VnCent'S Home and
School. Florence Crttenton Home.
Washington Home for Foundlings
and Episcopal Home for Children.
ENJOYS Send Messages.
"The institutions where children
find home shelter are only part
of the great network of protective
care which Chest agencies. during
the entire year, provide for troubled
and underprlvileged children IN the
community" Coleman Jennings.
president of the Chest. said,
Lets help to make them thank
full all during the coming year. Let S
give today-for their tomorrow
John Clifford Folger. general
chairman OF the campaign, said that
if the workers report gifts that Will
bring the total to so per cent of the
goal tomorrow, then victory will be
in sight
Meanwhile, Nj, Folger received
messages of encouragement IN the
campaign from the Ambassadors OF
two Latin American countries and
from Leighton Mccarthy, Minister
from Canada.
We Will Be Humble. Too"
"Since the first Thanksgiving Day,
there has never been a time when
the significance of this North
American festival stood out so
clearly" MI. Mccarthy said. add
ing:
Living in a world that is torn
with brutal conflict, we still enjoy
peace and a measure Of security
within the borders OF our own con-
tinent. We still live at home in an
atmosphere of mutual trust and
neighborIy good will. But if we are
truly thankful in our hearts for
these things, we will be humble, too,
for they mean not only a boon, but
a great responsibility. At the very
root of our Well-being on this con-
tinent lies our recognition OF the
duty of neighbor toward nelghbor
The miracle of good relations be-
tween the two countries that cele-
brate this day is simply a larger
expression Of the good faith that
exists among the individuals within
those natiOnS-the sense OF mutual
interest and mutual responsibility.
"As we face together a world
wide threat to the security of our
institutions. We must remember, too
that there are other obligations near
at hand which call for willing sacri-
fees. and while these sacrifices may
be on a smaller scale, their claim
upon us is in the name of humanity
Greatest of Privileges.
The appeal which the welfare
agencies of this city are making
through its Community Chest is
one that cannot be overlooked and,
as we marshal our strength in the
defense of the right to live as good
neighborS and not as slaves, 1t be-
hooveS us TO practice the good
neighbor philosophy
Is should be remembered that
1t is the greatest of all privileges
to live and give in freedom
This message was received from
DR.. Don Diogenes EScalante, Vene-
zuelan Ambassador
The Community Chest is an in
stitution of lofty purposes whose al
truiStic activities. directed to aSSuage
the troubles of suffering humanity
should command the good will of
every person in this beautiful and
hospitable Capital Those activities
are so much more deserving OF every
ones interest and respect since they
are indiScriminative in scope and
serve as we'll the poor and helpless
of the city, whether they be Amer
leans or unfortunate foreigners
stranded far from their native land
and in want"
AlfarO Voices Plea.
Ambassador Colon Eloy Alfaro of
Ecuador said
1T is my privilege to avail myself
of this opportunity. offered me by
the Community Chest. to make a
call to the people of Washington for
generous and high-minded con-
tribution to its worthy cause.
1T may not be amiss to remind
all the prospective givers that char
ity begins at home and that the
way in which they perform their
duties in their own midst will reflect
Itself in the good-neighbor spirit OF
which we are so much in need
among the nations of our hemi-
sphere, that spirit which has and
will help sustain freedom and de-
mocracy in the nations in which
these God-given privileges still sur
vive.'