Evening star., 1942-08-06
Salvage Rally
Set for Night
Of August "a
Sturs to Entertain
Greet Audience at
Griffith Stadium

Griffith Stadium will be the scene
the evening of August "a OF a
Salvage for Victory" rally for many
thousand Washingtonians, who will
hear brief talks by national leaders
and will be entertained by radio and
screen stars, according to plans an
nounced today by the District
Salvage Committee.
The price of admission for this
program, dedicated to strengthening
of the war effort, will be a scrap OF
metal, rubber or cloth. Offlcials
hope these scraps will be many and
weighty.
At planning group meeting in
the boardroom of the District Build
ing today, Horace Walker, executive
officer for the Salvage Committee,
announced that brief talks would be
made at the rally, which will begin
at 8 pm, by Mrs. Roosevelt, Donald
Nelson, WPB chief; Mrs. Henry G.
Morganthau, jr., and Lessing j.
Rosenwald, head Of WPB's Bureau
of Industrial Conservation. He added
that the. committee hoped to enlist
either Vice President Wallace or
Interior Secretary Ickes as speaker.
Program to BE Broadcast.
The program, to be broadcast ma
tionally, will include performances
by 8 or 10 radio and screen stars and
music by a 110-piece Air Corps band.
Before the rally date the commit
tee will set up 1000 official salvage
depots throughout the District to re-
ceive donations of metal, rubber
and rags. Mr.. Walker announced
that tickets for the rally will be
available. at these stations for per-
sons making donations there.
1t was stressed, however. that
while the salvage material is set as
the price of admission for the rally,
this is but an incident in the con-
tinued, and now to be expanded,
drive for collection of materials
needed to supplement war produc-
ton.
Many organizations are being
lined up to prosecute the drive, and
the depots will carry on their work
as long as there Is need, Mr.. Walker
said. The material collected under
arrangements already set up or
under the new depot plan is to be
sold to competitive bidders and the
receipts given either to District
charities or for some District defense
purpose.
In q letter to representatives of
organizations which are enlisted in
the campaign Mr.. Walker said:
"The national Salvage for Vic
tory program Is one of the most
outstanding and drastically neces-
sary programs OF our Government
today. Our Commander in Chief,
as well as our leading military au-
thorities, have asked you to assist In
salvaging every scrap Of metal, rub
ber and rags in order that produc-
ton schedules for our armed forces
and those Of our Allies may be met
Our Government must have these
critical materials"
Commissioner John Russell Young
United States civilian defense co.
ordinator, is honorary chairman o.
the rally committee. Other mem
bers OF the executive group are
James E. Colliflower, chairman o'
the District Salvage Committee. and
Col. Lemuel Bolles, metropolitan
civilian defense director.
Chairmen and vice chairmen o.
committees for the rally follow:
Finance, John A. Reilly, chair
man, and Wilfred H. Blantz, vic'
chairman: women's division, Mrs
Newton c. Wing and Mrs. P. c
Elicit; radio, A. D. Willard. jr, ant
Madeline Ensign; program, Mis-
Eleanor Durrett and John F
Brougher; District civilian defense
Maj. Leonce r. LIE Gendre and Con
rad van Hyning; seating and usher.
Linn c. Drake and Charles Fyfe
publicity, Howard P. Bailey ant
Kirk Miller; arrangements, Wash
ington I. Cleveland, chairman; re
ception. Coleman Jennings and Ed
gar Morris; distinguished guests
Mrs. Morgenthau and Mrs. Edwar'
H. Gam; entertainment, Richmon'
B. Keech and John j. Payette.