Evening star., 1943-11-18
War Fund Solicitors
Strive 10 Wipe Out
Deficit Of $572,093

Nineteen thousand volunteer
workers today made last-minute
efforts to boost the Community War
Fund over a deficit OF $572,Os3 to
reach its goal of 81, 300 900 before the
campaign closes tomorrow at 1880
pm. in the Hall of Flags at the
United States Chamber of Com
merce.
In an effort to overcome the Gov
ernment Division deficit of 1851 1884
In meeting its quota of $2,4OO 900,
the Mission Accomplished Day"
program was sponsored in all Gov
eminent departments today. Under
the plan, Government employees re-
ceiving a base salary of $4,000 or
more, who have pledged less than
$40, are asked to give IS in cash;
those receiving a base salary of
less than $4,000, who have pledged
less than IS, to give 81 in cash, and
employees who have made no pledge
to give 81 in cash.
Agency Heads Back Plan.
The program had the whole
hearted support of heads of the
various agencies. Chester Bowles,
administrator of OPA, urging the
support of employees there said, II
find that we have attained only
53,6 of our goal, and the goal has
been lowered somewhat from the
original one set for us We are
far below our goal of getting every
person in the OPA to contribute
something"
William A M Burden told Com
merce Department employees that ito
be finally successful it is most i'm
portant that pledges be obtained
from every person who can con-
tribute and that those who do con-
tribute really give all they can af-
ford"
Independent Offices and establish
ments sections were urged to sup
port Mission Accomplished Day"
through kilograms sent to the heads
by Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III. Both |
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, head of
the Veterans Administration, and
Solicitor General Charles Fahy, of
the Justice Department, have asked
full cooperation of the employees
of those two agencies.
'More Stuff" Needed.
Appreciation for what the Com
munity War Fund is doing for
American boys in prison camps
through War Prisoners Aid mem
Der agency, was expressed by Pfc.
Herbert Louis Enrich, one of IA
wounded American veterans repatri-
ated and sent to Walter Reed Hos
pital.
They need a lot more stuff from
War Prisoners Aid" he observed.
Il hope you'll get it to them. 1t /
helps relieve the strain of loneli-
ness"
Metropolitan Division workers
added $4,000 to the fund during the
past week through newspaper ar
tlcles requesting those not solicited
to send contributions direct to Com
War Fund headquarters or
ask that a solicitor be assigned to
the neighborhood. Approximately 100
such calls have been answered
Therese Bonney Cites Need.
Calling the children of Europe
our citadel of the future" Miss
Therese Bonney, war photographer
and correspondent, painted a pic
ture of sharp need for aid to chill
dren overseas, in an illustrated lee
ture yesterday afternoon at the
United States Chamber of Com
merce. She also told the United
Nations Committee of the War
Fund, under whose sponsorship she
appeared. that the agencies served
by the fund are doing admirable
work"
In asking succor for Europes chill
dren,. Miss Bonney suggested that
the United Nations should not wait
until occupied countries are lib
Grated to offer aid but to seek meth
ods OF relief now.
Miss Bonney was introduced by
the Rev Edmund A. Walsh, S. j.,
head of the Foreign Service School
OF Georgetown University, who
pointed out that I'VE cannot be as
sured of breakfast in Washington
If the rest of the world is starving"
He quoted recent estimate to
point out that "40000,000 children
under IS years of age are being deci-
mated in Europe" due to lack of
food shelter, clothing, care and