Evening star., 1944-11-09
War Fund. Workers
Urged 10 Do Utmost
As Drive Is Extended

community war Fund workers
started on eight extra days of
soliciting today to attempt to
raise the estimated $464, $50
needed to make their goal of
81, 850,0O0. The drive was con-
tinued till November Is when
solicitors yesterday reported
gains of $725 ,464, totaling S4,-
1886, ,000-90.4 per cent of the goal.
The Army Air Forces revue,
wings Up" will be given for the
benefit of the fund at $3.50 o'clock
tonight at Constitution Hall. Other
performances, also for the benefit
Of the fund, will be given tomorrow,
Tuesday and Wednesday. The 100
piece Air Forces Band is featured,
along with Vronsky and Babin,
piano team. and Glenn Darwin,
former Metropolitan Opera Co.
baritone.
Chairman Makes Plea.
Tickets range from Sl80 to $3.50,
and are on sale at the Willard Ho-
tel Ticket Agency and the Cappel
box office, Thirteenth and G streets
NV.
In announcing continuance of the
drive, Coleman Jennings, campaign
chairman, said to solicitors gathered
at the United States Chamber of
Commerce:
Il know you will all agree that
We cannot stop at this point. /
have talked it over with unit chair
men and they agree 100 per cent
that there is still much work that
can be done"
Setting the extra report meeting
for 1890 pm. next Thursday. Mr.
Jennings promised it would be the
final general report. He warned
solicitors not wander into other so
tfciteES areas. Workers Who hast
finished their assignments were
asked to help other teams.
a Bares Russian Horrors.
"It is perfectly possible for Wash
ington, in the coming eight days, to
do the extraordinary-to reach the
largest goal in the city's long his
tory Of giving" Mr.. Jennings said
Il ask you to join me in putting
forth that extraordinary effort and
bring the campaign to a triumphant
conclusion"
Brig. Gen. Philip B. Fleming,
chairman of the Government Di-
vision, described scenes of deyasta-
ton he had seen in a recent trip
to Russia.
IF you could see it too," he said,
you would go to the bottom of your
pocket to help people like those
Russians"
Me mentioned USO shows he had
seen at Cherbourg and clothes and
medicine sent to Britjshers Bombed
out Of their homes. To help the
USO clubs, United Nations Relief
and the local relief agencies includ-
ed in the drive, Gen. Fleming said,
Government solicitors should re-
double their efforts.
The War Department yesterday
reported employees contributions
totaling $405, ,267, largest single re-
port ever made by Government
department." Gen. Fleming said.
The total reported by the Govern
ment division was $2,288, ,520-93 per
cent of its $2,400, 900 quota. Fairfax
County reported contributions Of
$44 ,465-1 per cent oversubscription
Of its quota. 1t is the first division
to report oversubscription.
A gift of 81 900 from Gen. John J.
Pershing was reported by Walter
Reed Hospital and will be included
in next Thursdays total. Another
late gift of $4,000, given to Mr..
Jennings yesterday by Frank Fong,
representing the On Leong Mer-
chants Association, also will appear
on next weeks total.
Contributions of $56,722 were re-
ported yesterday by British War Re-
lief, American Relief for France,
Polish War Relief and 13 other
United Nations Relief organizations.
These same organizations later will
receive II per cent of the fund
raised here and Nationwide