Evening star., 1944-03-25
Red Cross Volunteer
Booth Workers 10
Hold Rally Today
Drive Enters Final Week
More Than $1,000, 900
Behind $2,665,000 Goal

Some $500 volunteer booth work
ers In the Red Cross campaign, who
will man their stations Monday, will
meet at 1880 am. today at a rally
in the Hall of Flags at the Chamber
Of Commerce as the District drive
begins its final week more than
$1,000, 900 behind it's 81, ,665, 900 goal
Reports yesterday from general
business and Government divisions
Of an additional $158. .305 from 34,158
donors boosted the aggregate total
to $1.622,47o or 6o88 per cent OF
the quota.
Randolph G. Bishop, campaign
director, pointed out that as con-
tributions totaled to date only 226,-
lS2, campaign workers would have
to double their efforts to contact
100000 contributors in the next week
II they were to equal the 20000
gifts donated last year.
Greek independence Day.
Guest speakers at todsy's rally
include Mary X. Browne, former
golf and tennis star, who recently
returned from the Pacific, where she
served as Red Cross canteen service
supervisor; Sergt. John Gardner,
one-time German prisoner of war,
and Corpl. Herbert Brasington, re-
cipient of the Red Cross blood
plasma in North Africa.
Today has also been designated
as National Greek Day in observ-
ance of Greek Independence Day.
Four Greek restaurants under the
Hellenic Committe of the general
business division will contribute
their entire proceeds for the day to
the Red Cross. They are James
Chaconas, 821 H street NE; Mich
olas Chaconas, 1888 G street NV:
Garvin's Grill, 2619 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV, and the Crystal City, 1647
Twentieth street NV.
In addition, James Nickas, pro-
prietor of store at 1853 Wisconsin
avenue NV, will contribute the en-
tire proceeds for yesterday and to-
day from the popcorn machines in
his store to the drive. The Hellenic
Committee, under the chairmanship
OF Peter Sintetos, has a quota of
$1o,134.
Divisions Chiefs Report.
Samuel H. Kaufman, chairman
OF the general business division, re-
ported an additional $51, 1,685 for his
unit, bringing the total to date to
s518,127 or 79.41 per cent ofsthe
quota.
Reporting for the Government
division, Ernest G.. Draper, chair
man, announced that his group had
collected an additional $1O6, $40 from
27,346 donors, bringing the total to
S621 ,480 or $500 per cent of the
goal, an increase of 10 per cent since
the last meeting Tuesday.
Supreme Court Justice jackson
yesterday told campaign workers
that the question asked him most
concerning the Red Cross war.
why, after all, should we have the
Red Gross to do things which could
be done by the Government?
There is an abundant pool of
good will among the people of this
country and they want to express
themselves over and above the thing
the law requires, the feeling in their
hearts that they want to do some
thing voluntary. If the Red Cross
seeks to express for them the kind
Of thing in their hearts, they will
respond"
Assistant Secretary of War John
j. McCloy will be the guest speaker
at the next meeting of the general
business and Government divisions
on Tuesday. Residential city and
nearby Maryland and Virginia area
divisions will make their next re-
port at the luncheon meeting Mon
day at the Chamber of Commerce