Evening star., 1942-10-18
Community !l,l| War Fair
Will Have Previiew
Thursday Afternoon
Invited Audience Mill
Hear DipIomots Of
Six United Motions

The Community War Fair, offered
as a combination of "the circus,
the county fair and the amusement
park" will be opened for private
preview at 3 pm. Thursday at Uline
Arena, where diplomatic representa-
tives of six United Nations will
speak to an invited audience.
More than 1000 invitations have
been issued for the preview A sep
arate program, with William G..
Power of Detroit, General Motors
Co. executive, as special speaker,
will be presented at 8 pm. Thursday
for approximately $4,000 voluntary
War Fund campaign workers.
The fair will be presented to the
public at pm. Friday and continue
until October 30, being open daily
from 2 pm. to II pm.
The fair is prelude to the Com
munity War Fund campaign for
$4,141,000 and is intended to drama
tie the work of the agencies par
ticipating. In addition, an elaborate
entertainment program, including
movie, stage and radio stars and
several name bands, has been ar
ranged for each of the nine days OF
the fair. The Community War Fund
campaign will begin october n.
12O Agencies Participating.
n;o1o,ootc onraori ripo ot tho nro .
view Thursday afternoon will rep
resent Great Britain, Russia, China,
Poland, Greece and the Neither
lands. The war relief groups OF
these countries are among the 120
agencies participating in the War
Fund drive. Each of the United
Nations diplomats will speak for
about two minutes. They are ex-
pected to report briefly on the war
front activities of the relief groups,
and tell of the Importance of this
work in maintaining civilian morale
in the war zone. Cabinet members
and their wives have been invited
to attend and several have accepted
The pre-view program will be
opened by an informal musical
program, followed by invocation and
an address of welcome by Bruce
Allen, Executive Committee chair
man for the fair. Floyd Akers
Community War Fund Campaign
chairman, also will speak.
Tea will be served at many OF
the 80 booths at the fair, and there
will be 45-minute hospital demon
stration by committee of physi-
clans.
Allen is Enthusiastic.
washington has never witnessed
anything quite like the War Fair,
Mr.. Allen said last night. 1T is 6
combination of lots of things mos
of us have seen sometime or an.
other. 1t will have the flavor OF
the county fair, with the spectacle
OF the circus and the entertainment
scope of the amusement park. Bu
best of all, the War Fair is fre,
show. There will be no admission
and no solicitation Of funds.
This is going to be a communit,
affair and it is going to be abou
the most spectacular thing we hav,
ever seem" ---.- 49, =
Meanwhile. the campaign organ.
ization continued activities as tn,
Advance Gifts Unit. with Richart
Wilmer, chairman. contacted man,
additional persons and firms ane
prepared for its next report lunch.
con at the Willard Hotel at 1873
pm. Tuesday.
Headquarters of the campaign
have been set up at the Willard
Hotel.
The government unit, which hel,
mass meeting taxing the capacit,
of Departmental Auditorium Fri
day, is understood to be whippin,
its organization into shape for ,
'blitzkrieg," as proposed by John L
Sullivan, Assistant Secretary of tn
Treasury.