Evening star., 1943-11-15
Shock Squads Ready
To Answer Calls in
Final War Fund Drive

Shock" volunteer Community
War Fund workers, ready to visit
any persons who have not yet con-
tributed to the 1914 campaign, went
into action today as a final effort
to bring in the II per cent deficit
in the $4.S00.o00 goal.
Friday is the closing date of the
campaign. Thus far only s4,227,-
907 80 has been contributed.
Through the standby squads" +"
E. K Morris, chairman of the Met
ropolitan Division of the War Fund,
pointed out, every single person
in Washington missed by Commu-
nifty War Fund solicitor will nave
mis- chance to contribute after noon
today
Organized in All Areas.
The squads were ORGANIZED over
the week eod IN ell Metropolitan
areas. They Will await phone calls
at the Community War Fund head
quarters, Metropolitan 1884
MI. Morris urges that IF your
business office has been missed, if
your neighborhood has been missed,
or if you live in large apartment
building which has not been COM
pletely canvassed, that you call the
War Fund headquarters so the work.
ers can present their appeal fer the
overall relief fund"
IF you will be available at a
certain time, tell headquarters when
you can be reached and one of our
workers will be there" MI. Morris
stated. I'VE don't want a single
person in this city to be missed in
this campaign which represents such
a great cause.
Washington can't afford to let
this campaign fail. Every eye in
the country is watching this city's
contribution. Call us for yours
we'll come and get it,"
Day to Erase Deficit Set.
A "mission-accomplished day. will
be held Thursday by the War Fund
campaigns Government Division in
an effort to erase it's present 1858 900
deficit and meet the $4,000, 900 quota.
Preston Delano, chairman of the
division, in a letter to heads of all
Government departments and
agencies, has urged that a special
effort be made to "surmount this
final obstacle and successfully COM
plete the task which has been set
before U.s."
War fund workers On Thursday
will ask Government employees to
give more to the overall relief drive,
1t was said. Employees receiving
base salary of $4,000 or more, who
have pledged less than $40, will be
asked to give SIS in cash. Employees
receiving a base salary of less than
$4,000, who have pledged less than
SIS, will be asked to give ST in cash.
Employees who have made no pledge
at all will be asked to give at least
ST in cash.
1T must not be said" Mr.. Delano
pointed out. that our Capital City
has done less than its fair share in
this undertaking. The President, in
his letter of September 9, asks the
full cooperation of all Federal
agencies in the local campaigns for
this cause. feel that by uniting in
one final effort We can reach the
goal set, for the 1914 Washington
Community War Fund"
Therese Bonney to Speak.
Meanwhile, War Fund headouar-
tiers announced that Therese Bon
ney, internationally famous as the
-Four Ace war photographer and
correspondent, will speak here We'd
nesday at $50 pm. in the interest
OF the fund at the Hall of Flags,
United States Chamber of Com
merce. The subject of her illustrated
lecture will be, Tale of Europe's
Children"
The United States Army maya
zine, Yank, this week wrote high
praise for United Seamen's Service,
one of the las agencies represented
by the Community War Fund, In