Evening star., 1942-09-24
War Fund Drive
Will Aid Many
Agencies Here
Leaders Discuss
Scope Of Compoien
For 4,141, 900

~OPS VI Su"spuI9H
For 4,141, 900
Instead Of contributing to % diff
xefent campaigns at different times
Of the year. $50, 1000 potential con-
tributors win be called on at one
time for one great campaign OF the
Community War Fund In the
Metropolitan Area, Floyd Akers, cam
patgn chairman OF the fund, stressed
yesterday.
Mr.. Akers addressed the 100 mem
bers OF the general committee Of
the war fund at meeting in the
Chinese room at the Maydower. He
explained the five major divisions
into which the hoped for $4,141, 900
will be divided for use in 1943.
Almost 81 per cent of the fund will
60 to the Community Chest and
other local welfare agencies, IA per
cent to the local and national. USO,
go per cent to the home front agen-
cies, 81 per cent to foreign war re-
lief agencies and 604 per cent as a
contingency fund-for emergency
demands that come up during the
year and are considered worth while.
Film Shows Scope Of Aid.
Edwin c. Graham, general chair
man OF the war fund, presided and
outlined the tremendous growth in
the scope of the movement since 1t
was first inaugurated by q nucleus
Of community leaders last spring.
The Community War Fund film,
The Light Behind the Blackout,
WAS given . public showing for the
first time, with an introduction by
Herbert L. Willett, jr., executive di-
rector of the war fund. The IA
minute flm with sound effects gives
spot shots Of wartime Washington
before the air=raid siren blacks out
the city lights. Then kaleidoscope
view Of the various social and chari-
table agencies supported by the fund
is given.
In quick flashes the audience was
taken from the Hebrew Home for
the Aged to the happy pre-school
youngsters at the Friendship House
nursery school; to the YWCA; to a
sick room frightened by the visiting
nurse; to the bustling Travellers Aid
stand at Union Station where the
narrator says trains pull in every
flve minutes with more war workers
for the Government; to the boys
clubs; to a cheerful dance Of service
men and finally to the somber scene
of desolate civilians in war-ridden
Europe.
War Fair Plans Pushed.
All these and many other efforts
are among the 12O agencies served
BY the Community War Fund, the
narrator OF the fllm concludes.
Col. william p MacCracken of the
War Fair Committee reported that
plans are going ahead for the War
Fair to be held October 22-30, in
elusive, at the Uline Arena.
M. j. Uline, whose cooperation
has made the use OF the arena pos
sible, was introduced.
No admission or tickets will be
required for the fair, which will
combine exhibits of the various
agencies that are beneficiaries of the
fund, with hospital demonstrations.
q stage and variety show with
celebrities participating and other
features designed to show the aims
of the fund.
Col. MacCracken stressed that the
fair will show clearly to the zoo, 900
Washingtonians expected to attend
that their 1913 contributions to the
fund will be used for national war
relief agencies, foreign and domestic.
rs well as for all community well
fare funds.
Tells Of Contributions.
Mr.. Akers told of contributions
that have already come in ranging
from 81 sent by former Washing
ton newspaper carrier now In a
Boston hospital to $4,000 from Am
bassador Joseph c. Grew. who col
lected the sum from passengers on
the Gripsholm carrying evacuees
from the Far East war area.
The campaign chairman said that
each OF Washington's $4,000 Gov
ernmenj workers will be expected to
give $6.38 and that those persons in
the more than / 100 corporations and
ofiices where more than IA persons
are employed will be asked to give
approximately $l1.68 each. He re-
ported that Washington is 23d from
the top In Community Chest &C
tivities out of "a cities in the United
States.
That 1t should not be hard to
reach closer to the top and to obtain
more than the goal of $4,141 900
Mr.. Akers said he believed was cor
rect because of the influx of almost
q quarter of q million new war
workers into Washington and nearby
Maryland and Virginia in the past
year.
Beard Of Directors Listed.
Oscar L. Chapman. Assistant Sec
retary OF the Interior and chairman
OF the Federal Government Unit OF
the War Fund campaign, was intro
duced to the meeting. The Federal
Unit will have a volunteer army OF
5000 workers.
The following men and womer
are members of the Board OF Di-
Yectors of the Community Wal
Fund:
Francis G. Addison, jr.; Mr.. Akers
Bruce r. Allen, Clarence A. Arata
Thomas w. Beavers, Morris Cafritz
James z. Colliflower, John B. Col.
poys, DIR. Wilson Compton, Jane:
A. Councillor, Charles B. Dulcan, ST.
Samuel J. Elson, w. w. Everett
John Clifford Folger, Alvin w. Hall
John J. Hasley. Brig. Gen. Franz
r. Hines, Welly K. Hopkins, Crait
Hunter, Coleman Jennings, Edwin
N. Lewis, John Locher, Mrs. Cyru
Mccormick, Lanier P. McLachlen
Miss Gertrude M. McNally, Mrs
Paul v. McNutt, Mrs. Harold N
Marsh, Mrs. George c. Marshall