The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-10-07
CHEST DRIVE
LAUNCHED BY
AIDES HERE

This week 10000 volunteer work.
ers from every walk Of life
Throughout Seattle and King Coun-
ty began taking time off from
their daily tasks to face their res
possibility to provide for the COM
mon welfare. as the annual Com
munity Chest campaign in behalf
Of 81 local Red Feather welfare and
health services got under way.
The campaign will open official
ly Wednesday night. October 8. at
Kickoff Dinner held in the Spa
nish Ballroom, Olympic Hotel. to
which several hundred campaign
workers will pay their own way. Rt
Rev. Stephen F. Bayne. Jr. of
Olympia; Nat s, Rogers, president
of the Chest, and Irving s. Smith,
campaign chairman. will thank the
assembled campaign workers for
|, enlisting in this cause. and urge
them to exert every effort to i'm
press on the people whom they
would be approaching during the
next few days and weeks the vital
importance of this community I'M
dertaking.
Thursday, October o. has been
designated as ebay, or Chest Day,
and early Thursday approximately
5000 Chest campaign workers Of
the Neighborhood Division will
make the rounds, taking them TO
every house In the residential area
before the campaign closes on Oct
ober az.
At the same time, the Chest
drive will open In plants, offices
and factories throughout the coun-
try, in each Of which volunteer
solicitors have enlisted to help
raise the $l,587,74z which viii be
needed to sustain the operations
of the 81 Red Feather welfare
and health services throughout
1913.
In the year 1947, which finds so
much of humanity throughout the
world wracked by doubts, discords
and fear CT the future, this COM
munity effort on behalf of our
neighbors assumes an importance
which transcends even the vital
constructive community services
performed by these agencies" Mr..
Smith declared this week.
Throughout much OF the globe
the free spirit of democracy itself
is under fire, the belief that free
men can voluntarily provide for
the common welfare Is held IN
question. The success of the Com
munity Chest campaign will provide
ringing answer to those who
would assail the American way OF
life that we are capable, acting of
our own free will, to assume the
responsibility of providing for the
general welfare.
Millions of Americans are unit
ing this month In local campaigns
on behalf Of their own Red Feather
services. Seattle and King County
cannot fail. We shall not fail"
The opening Of the Chest cam
paign will eliminate months Of in
tensive preparations to whichs ,bu-
sinessmen, labor leaders, clergy
men, educators. lawyers, doctors,
housewives and school children
have already contributed generous
ly of their time and energy, Mr..
Smith stated.
Leaders of the various camp
atgn divisions are rs follows:
Campaign vice chairmen: H. Dan
Bracken, Jr., manager of Sterling
Tobacco Company; Myron C. Law,
vice president of Frederick g. Mel
son; L. A. Williams, general mana
ger, Puget Sound Power e. Light
Company.
Advance Gifts Committee: Frank
E. Jerome, vice president, Seattle
First National Bank, chairman
Wildwood e. Beall, vice president,
Boeing Aircraft Company; LOUIS
K. Bye, manager, mail order d.
vision, Sears Roebuck g. Company;
Gordon N. Scott, president, Pioneer
Sand & Gravel Company, vice
chairmen.
Finance and Industry, Richard o.
Haynes, LaBow, Haynes Company;
Commercial, Lloyd w. Nordstrom;
Public Service and Utilities, o. w.
Fisher, president Of KOMO; Edu-
cation, DIR. Raymond B. Allie
president IIniuersifu nf MIarLi..