Evening star., 1945-04-06
Red Cross Drive
Record 10 Go
Even Higher
Choirmun Praises
Workers Who Melted
TotoI of $3,178,886

IOtol or S5, 1880
The record collection of $3,178,8
which put the Metropolitan Area
American Red Cross War Fund driv,
over its quota by 1T per cent, wa!
expected today by campaign off1cial
to rise considerably in the next II
days, during which receipts will
count in the official result.
At a final report session yester.
day, at which new gifts of $371 SO:
were announced, Samuel H. Kauff
mann, general campaign chairman
said the books would be kept oper
through April 16 for additional con.
tributions and for those which have
not as yet been turned in by so.
licitors.
The last report of gifts pushed the
total oversubscription to approx
mately s478,O00 above the s2,700 900
quota The all-time record was
achieved in 35 days of campaigning
shortest period of any Red Cross
War Fund drive here-and puts
Washington second only to Mil
waukee among IA major cities in
point of percentage of oversubscrip-
ton, according to Randolph G
Bishop, campaign director. Mil
waukee County's subscription was
reported to be 1l91 per cent Of its
goal.
479,356 Donors.
New contributors reported yester-
day reached 75,473, which sent the
total number of givers to 479, 1856
and raised the per capita contribu-
tion above that of last year.
The s478,000 oversubscription was
dedicated to the armed forces, and
the dedication was accepted in their
behalf by Maj. Gen. James A. Ulio,
Army adjutant general, and Vice
Admiral Charles NJ Cooke, jr., chief
of staff and aide to the commander
In chief of the fleet.
The 10000 solicitors and other
workers who pushed the campaign
to a victorious conclusion" were
thanked by Mr.. Kaufman at the
report luncheon in the Hall of Flags
of the United States Chamber of
Commerce Building.
High Praise for Workers.
"I never felt more enthusiastically
happy about anything in my life
than over what everybody has done
in this campaign" Mr.. Kaufman
said, adding he had lost pounds"
himself during the campaign.
John c. Folger, chairman of the
District Red Cross Chapter, refer
ring to Mr.. Kaufman, said he had
given "the most dynamic leadership
we have ever had"
In accepting the oversubscription
dedication, both Gen. Ulio and Ad-
miral Cooke complimented the Red
Cross for war work it Is doing
throughout the world.
Referring to the Red Cross organi-
zation as IAN indispensable adjunct
of the fighting forces" Gen. Ulio
pointed out that its blood donor
service plays a large part in giving
the wounded soldier in this war
three times as good a chance for
recovery as before.
Fighters Appreciate 1t.
1--WE in the Army are aware at all
times of what you are doing and
the men at the front are filled with
gratitude at the good job you've
DONE" he said
Admiral Cooke, speaking in behalf
of the Navy. Marine Corps and Coast
Guard, said he had travelled widely
abroad during the war, and that
wherever he had gone he had seen
the excellent work" Red Cross
workers were accomplishing.
1.-The Red Cross is a very special
manifestation of the mixture of the
practical and the ideal which is the
special genius of our country" he
said.
Attending the meeting as guests
of honor were 10 soldiers who had
either escaped or were liberated
from prisoner-of-war camps in
Germany and Japan and who are
completing a two-month tour of the
Nation.
Will Address Meeting.
The ex-prisoners of war will ad-
dress a meeting at 8:l5 pm. to-
morrow in Constitution Hall at
which more than $500 next-of-kin
and other relatives and friends Of
men from this area who are war
prisoners are expected to attend.
All campaign divisions substan-
TALLY exceeded quotas assigned TO
them. The divisions, with chair
men, amounts of collection and per-
centages of quotas, follow:
Government, Charles B. Hender-
son, 1885, ,955-115.07 per cent.
General Business, Robert C.
Overs, s729 ,624-107.3S per cent.
Residential, Martin T. Wiegand,
1924, 4,527-111.91 per cent.
City, Harvey J. Cheston, s257 ,305-
1126l per cent.
Alexandria, Charles M. Jones, $62,-
922-128.67 per cent.
Arlington, John Phelan, $40, ,753-
1867 per cent.
Fairfax, Col. Waldron E. Leonard,
$50, ,169-111.74 per cent.
Montgomery, Col. A. H. Hobley,
SIP ,000-13445 per cent.
Prince Georges, Clay Whiteford,
$54, ,710-l0964 per cent.
Booths, Mrs. Homer Case, $37,-
139-137.55 per cent.
$4,000 From Theaters.
Theater collections totaled $50, 900,
and total of $50, 1872 was contribut-
ed under the heading general as
signments."
Contributions in the campaign
last year, according to a final audit
May 16, totaled $3,003,8l0, or 112.71
per cent of the quota of $2,665 900.
J.MaynardMag rleaves
hrIinut0n Ration Board