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

Inc business unit or the COM
munity War Fund campaign,
which took the lead in the first
lap of the $4,970,000 drive, now
lags behind other downtown
units, 1t 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 leaSers of the Business Unit
met yesterday afternoon in the
board room of Garfinckel e. Co.
Thirty-fiye 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 4585 per cent of
its quota, followed by Government,
4o.53, and Business, 1907 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 10.
Prince Georges tags with 1892 per
cent.
Clarence G. Sheffield, Business
Unit chairman, told business leaders
that they made good start but
are falling behind They turned in
24.42 per cent of their quota at the
first two report meetings, but only
IA per cent for the last three.
Within the unit, the commercial
division stands highest, with 50.28I
per cent of its s244,714 quota. At
the bottom is the Industrial Divi-
sion, with 21.19 per cent of its
$35 ,435 quota.
In contrast to 13 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 shas
collected % per cent of its goal,
while the Navy Department has
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 4 has collected
29.67 per cent; Area 3, Mrs. William
B. Kuhns. 1922 per cent.
Fifteen of the 285 teams in the
Residential Unit have turned in 100
per cent or more of their quota.
AS an example of individuals re-
spending wholeheartedly to the ap-
peal, campaign leaders reported that
an Army major stationed at the
Pentagon endorsed his full pay
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-
tributors to make their donations
now, whether 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 y then the mill
tary victory bought at such high
cost will be thrown away"
Contributions to date total $2,-
009, 1886
Among the 162 agencies benefiting
from the campaign, the United Sea-
mems Service caters to 250,900 sea-
men manning 1926 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
SUNDAY