Evening star., 1942-09-06

15,00 Workers Will
Prepare for Greatest Drive;
Opens Next Month
The Community War Fund Cam
paign that will eliminate many sepa-
rate appeals for human welfare
needs in the Washington area and
stress the spirit of caring and shar-
ing, will be inaugurated next month
The appeal will be for more than
$4,000,0 900, it was announced yester-
day.
To prepare $4,000 volunteer work.
ers for the biggest community solici-
tation ever undertaken here, book
let will be placed in the mails to-
morrow. War Fund organizations,
whose 1943 activities will be en-
larged or limited by tho amount of
money raised, will include the Com
munity Chest, the United Service
Organizations and other. agencies.
A full list of the participating groups
will be announced after the board of
directors acts on recommendations
submitted by the committee on ad-
missions and budgets.
Washington is to be educated to
"give once a year." with foreign war
relief organizations sharing in the
proceeds.
The War Funds campaign will
include the Arlington County Chest
and the Fairfax County Community
Chest.
Says System Is Necessary.
One annual campaign with the
many welfare agencies acting to-
gether has become necessary, Cam
paign Chairman Floyd D. Akers said
yesterday.
when free peoples on every con-
tinent look to Washington for lead
ership and new levels of thinking, y
Mr.. Akers declared, "the War Fund
emerges with a compelling pattern
of unified caring and sharing, SYM
bolic of victory to be won at utmost
sacrifice.
"Just when a hundred thousand
newly arrived residents are reaching
out-many with unexpressed long
tng-to claim their Nations Cap
ital as home, the War Fund bids
them welcome to the rare fellow
ship of those who work and give
and climb together to the bracing
heights of their better selves"
Pre-Campaign Preparations.
That the Washington area will
convert hopes into realities is evi-
dent from the pre-campaign prep
arations. Men and women in every
walk of life will serve as campaign
workers. Directing the drive is a
board OF governors of 40 members
and a general committee of 1870
headed by Edwin c. Graham as
general chairman and Commission
er Young as honorary chairman.
mo one living in this expanding
community" Campaign Chairman
Akers said, could escape feeling the
impact of the increasing number oi
appeals for funds which have bonn
barded Washington givers the past
II months.
ut is to bring order out of the
confusion that was resulting from
these overlapping appeals, and tc
meet constantly developing new
needs, that the Community War
Fund is being launched this fall"
When the $1,000 volunteers have
become saturated with the spirit of
the War Fund appeal they will be
prepared to answer any questions
asked by donors.
Will Retain Identities.
War Fund member agencies will
retain their independence in con-
duct of their welfare services and
management of their individual
budgets. Their relationship to the
Community Chest will remain un-
changed.
Benefits flowing from a single
solicitation, Mr.. Akers said, are
economy in use of volunteers, reduc-
ton OF campaign expenses, elm
nation of many competitive and
confusing separate appeals to the
same givers and fair and equitable
distribution of the total gifts.
War Fund headquarters have been
established in the Community Chest
Building at 1101 M street NV.
where active preparations for the
October campaign are in progress
The Chest is lending its paid head
quarters staff, Office equipment ano
executive leadership. Herbert L
Willett, jr., Chest director, is taking
over the job of executive director oi
the War Fund. N. Lewis is cam.
paign manager.
Leaders Of Volunteers.
Leadership in the volunteer or,
ganization now rests in Richard H
Wilmer chairman of the Advance
Gifts Unit; Thomas N. Beavers
chairman of the Group Solicitation
Unit; Lee D. Butler, chairman o
the Metropolitan Unit, and C. Mel
win Sharpe, chairman of the Publ
Relations Unit. The Government
Unit chairman will be appointe'
soon.
approximately 1000 donors will b
called on by Mr.. Winners workers
They will start work October
after listening to President Roose
velt's Nation wide broadcast on 9TH
l943 Mobilization for Human Needs
In the Group Solicitation Unit wi
be approximately 1850 volunteer
covering $50 firms in five geographi
cal areas and 420 firms, schools, uni
versities and agencies in 13 func
tional divisions.
Mr.. Buffers Metropolitan Uni
organized in 400 or more teams, wi
ring doorbells in the residential are,
visit Offices with less than Is EN-
ployes, and follow up the efforts {