Evening star., 1945-10-16
Greater Effort
Urged in Drive
For War Fund
Business Group
Reported Logeing
On Subscriptions

The business unit of the Com
munity War Fund campaign,
which took the lead in the first
lap of the $4,97o,00o drive, now
lags behind other downtown
units, it was reported today.
A report on the standing of the
eight campaign units was issued as
unit chairmen prodded tagging COM
mittees to reach their quotas in the
last eight days of the drive.
Top leaders of the Business Unit
met yesterday afternoon in the
board room of Garfinckel g. Co.
Thirty-five agency chairmen for the
Government Unit will meet at II
am. tomorrow in the conference
room of the Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
Residential leads among down.
town units with 45.85 per cent Of
its quota, followed by Government,
40.53, and Business, 3807 per cent.
Arlington Tops Suburbs.
Arlington is two lengths ahead Of
other suburban units, with 47.04 per
cent of its quota. Next come Fair
fax, 1898 per cent; Alexandria,
1888, and Montgomery County, 81 49,,
Prince Georges tags with 1892 per
cent
Clarence c. Sheffield, Business
Unit chairman, told business leaders
That they made good start but
are falling behind. They turned in
PAP per cent of their quota at the
f1rst two report meetings, but only
IA per cent for the last three.
Within the unit, the commercial
division stands highest, with 50.28
per cent of its S244,714 quota. At
the bottom is the Industrial Divi-
sion, with 21.19 per cent of its
s35, ABS quota.
In contrast to 10 Government
divisions already over the top. the
District government has contributed
only 7.39 per cent of its quota; the
Reconstruction Finance Corp, 1875;
the Maritime Commission, 1888; the
Justice Department, Is per cent.
Potomac Command Lags.
The Potomac River Naval Com.
mand, which includes the Navy
Yard, is running definitely behind
the pace it set last year. 1t has
collected % per cent of it's goal,
while the Navy Department has
j gone over the top.
/ The Residential Unit, Area 2,
headed by Mrs. Edward R. Finken-
staedt. has raised 5244 per cent.
Running neck and neck is Area /.
led by Mrs. Theodore o. Wedel,
which has 52.03 per cent. Judge
w. L. Hueston's Area has collected
29.67 per cent; Area 8, Mrs. William
B. Kuhns, 1922 per cent.
4 Fifteen of the 285 teams in the
| Residentials Unit have turned in loo
ipG cent or more of their quota
As an example of individuals re-
j spending wholeheartedly to the ap-
lpeal, campaign leaders reported that
an Army major stationed--at-the
PentAgon endorsed his fuh paw
check for the month of September
to the Community War Fund.
| Grant Appeals for Gifts.
Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant Sd, Gov
ernment unit chairman, urged con-
trlbutors , make their donations
now, whe...er or not they have been
approached by their key men. He
said
IF we abandon our Allies, now
they are liberated, without the help
they must have to survive; if we
abandon Our servicemen without the
help they need to hold out in dis
tant posts or to get home and back
into civilian life; and If we ignore
those in our midst who need a
helping hand to be good and SELF
reliant citizens then the mill.
tary victory bought at such high
cost will be thrown away"
Contributions to date total. s2..
009, ,876.36.
/ Among the 162 agencies benefiting
from the campaign, the United Sea-
mems Service caters to $50, 900 sea-
men manning 4,285 ships. The Uss
reports that seamen and seamen
prisoners of war are taxing the
facilities of its four clubs in the
Philippines. In Manila, the USS
Club served 1,100 men on a single
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