Evening star., 1943-08-31
New Plan Drawn
For rS4,800,00O
War Fund Drive
Jennings Announces
How $1,000 Workers
Will Be Organized

Will Be Organized
A new organization plan, designed
to enlist the whole community in
the effort to raise $4,000, 900 for the
agencies of the Community War
Fund, was outlined yesterday by
Campaign Chairman Coleman Jen-
nings.
Departing in most respects from
the campaign procedures of previ-
Gus years, the new plan will require
a volunteer force of $1,000 workers.
Our objective today is to build
the organization and enroll all the
workers necessary to present the
appeal of the Community War
Fund to every adult who lives or
works in Washington or in the
counties of Arlington, Fairfax,
Montgomery or Prince Georges"
MFR. Jennings told the Campaign
Committee.
Major Departures in Plan.
Here are the major departures of
the new organization blueprint:
There will be nine money-raising
divisions instead of five.
The structure of the Government
division has been divided into 81
sections instead of having each de-
partment handled as separate
unit. ~
The Business and Finance Divi-
sion, replacing the old Group Solici-
tation Unit, will cover twice as
many firms as the old unit solicited.
taking in all companies with eight
or more employees.
A special division, called the Ma
tional Accounts Division, has been
set up to handle national firms with
offices in Washington.
The Metropolitan Division will
visit every resident instead of So
liciting only those listed on pros
pect cards"
County Solicitation
The four surrounding counties
will conduct separately organized
solicitation in each county and each
Will have its own division.
First division to start operating
IN the campaign to support las
welfare, USO and foreign relief or
carnations in the coming year will
be the Advance Gifts Division,
headed by Abbot c. Mills. Approx
imately 1,700 individuals who have
contributed large gifts in the past
VIII be solicited by this division.
The Government and Business
and Finance Divisions will begin
general solicitation the first week
in October and the Metropolitan
Division will begin its solicitation
the middle of October. Mr.. Jennings
SAID he expected the campaign to
be concluded by the end of October.
" Assigned 2,400 Firms.
The Business and Finance Di-
vision has been assigned nearly 2,4o0
nrms, "a much larger Job" than
previously, when only firms with Is
'orsInore employees were approached
RyxtMs group In addition to, OBJ
tanning individual gifts from en-
ployes and executives as we'll as
company gifts, the new division will
solicit several hundred givers with
business or professional connections
VINO previously gave through the
Advance Gifts Division.
John l.. Vandergrift, the divisions
vice chairman, is carrying on the
work because of the injury of R. A.
Van Orsdel, chairman, in a traf1c
accident.
The new National Accounts Di-
vision is headed by Frederick P. H,
Siddons.
Complete reorganization of the
Government division under Preston
Delano, controller of the currency.
was thought necessary to streamline
the Government effort. Under him.
81 section chairmen, each familiar
with the special problems of the
various departments covered, will
organize solicitation in these Sec
tions:
Legislative, judicial, permanent
staff agencies, emergency war agen-
cies, War Production Board, State,
Treasury, War, Justice, Post Office,
Navy, Interior, Agriculture, Com
merce, RFC-Export- Import Bank,
Labor, Federal Security Agency,
Federal Works Agency, Independent
Offices and Establishments, District
government and quasi official
agencies.
County Unit Operations.
Each county division will solicit
every resident of the county at his
home but, in addition, the county
divisions have been assigned to
solicit their own advance gifts"
prospects and county business firms.
Heading the county organizations
are: r. Wade Pearson, Arlington;
John *. Donovan, Fairfax; Judge
Stedman Prescott, Montgomery, and
Judge Brice Clagett, Prince Georges
The "blockbusters" of the Metro
politan Division, as the workers are
called, will clean up the city" after
the other divisions have completed
their work. Headed by E. K. Morris,
the "blockbusters' will visit every
resident in their assigned territory
In the past, Mr.. Jennings ex-
planned, the volunteers worked with
prospect cards" and thousands of
dollars were lost to previous cam
paigns. Many citizens who wished
to give waited in vain to be called
upon. This year every citizen will
have the opportunity to participate.
We are going to make this Com
munity War Fund a truly COM
munity-wide effort"
Service Committees.