Evening star., 1947-10-04
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Guard Drive 10
Recruit 3,171
Gen. Young Heads
Committee to Spur
Logging Campaign

Washington's civic, business,
church and veterans groups today
swung behind en- extensive city-wide
program to help recruit 3,171 District
National Guard members by Novem-
Der 16.
Plans to spur the guards tagging
recruiting program were made
yesterday by representatives of about
SO of the groups, members of the
Citizens Committee for the District
Of Columbia National Guard. Brig.
Gen. Gordon r. Young. Engineer
Commissioner, was temporary chair
man of the committee.
The group approved a proposal
by Gen. Young to split actual opera
tion of the program among these
three units:
A Publicity Committee, headed
by A. Julian Brylawski, president
of the Motion Picture Theater Own
ers of the Metropolitan area.
Leonard Heads Unit.
A Zone Recruiting Committee,
headed by Walter E. Leonard, direc-
tor of the Veterans Service Center.
A General Recruiting Committee.
headed by Everett J. Boothy. presi-
dent of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association of Washing
ton.
Overall policy matters will be de-
cided by an Executive Committee
headed by Gen. Young and including
E. G. Bliss, chairman of the Wash
ington Army Advisory Committee,
I'd Army: Brig. Gen. Albert NJ Cox,
commander of the District Guard,
and the three Campaign Committee
chairmen.
Mr.. Bliss outlined the guards
national recruiting drive for $500
members and called for complete
reorganization of recruiting methods.
I'm normal times" he declared.
recruitment is routine. But we
must have an M-day force-to be
ready to swing into action whenever
a mobilization call is put out"
Armory, Equipment Cited.
The Army now has only two and
one-half divisions of ground troops
in this country. he said.
"A strong guard can be one of
our most potent influences for inter
national understanding, he said.
This is no time for us to come to
the international council table
anemic or run down.
Gen. Cox told the group acquisi-
tion of the new Armorv at 2001 East
Capitol street and the arrival of
modern Army equipment opens a
new phase of guard training.
Members will be able to choose
their own field of training among
the guards array of radio, radar,
air, artillery, ordnance and military
police units, he said. For partici-
pating in weekly training classes,
they will receive pay equivalent to
one days Army pay for whatever
rank they hold,
The zone recruiting committee will
divide the city into the 10 desig-
mated postal zones and establish an
office in each to supervise recruiting.
Mr.. Leonard said he would meet
with veterans organizations lead
ers early next week to ask them
to furnish personnel for the offices
at night. Clifton H. Newell, presi-
dent of the Federation of Citizens
Associations, will ask members of
his groups to man the Offices during
days.
Key Workers in Each Zone.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
already has appointed key workers
to help in each of the zones. Albert
M. Armstrong, District VFW COM
said post commanders would
be asked to start recruiting within
the organization next week.
The general committee, headed
by Mr.. Boothby, will be concerned
with recruiting in large business
firms and District and Federal Gov
srnment departments.
Henry Hubbard, vics chairman of
the Federal Personnel Council, said
he was authorized to assure the
committee it could carry on recruit
ing in the Federal agencies. The
council, he said, is made up of
personnel directors from each de-
partment
Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Kenneth F..
Cramer, chief of the Armys National
Guard Bureau, announced the Dis
trict National Guard recruited
total of IS new men in the first two
weeks of its campaign. The general
said 14,429 men have signed up
throughout the Nation.
Maryland, with a quota of 1880,
enlisted 1873 during the period, while
Virginia, with a quota of 1910,