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people" and that realization is all
decent human beings really need in
order to find, the strength to take
up their task and carry 1t through
to a glorious finish
Bishop Dun declared that those
"who would sink this enterprise be-
cause they don't like some little ele-
mentS In its program are like those
who would sink a whole ship and its
passengers because they didn't like
the sound of it's whistle"
Not for Bread Alone.
The drive is raising money not
iust to pay grocery bill, he went
on, but "a skilled, understanding
friend to work out problems which
beset people.
We're thinking of mother who
has a shiftless husband -. children
born with defective bodies and de-
fective minds or whose parents have
failed them young people who
have no standards to live by e.
old people in homes :"
Special tribute was paid at the
meeting to the publicity committee
of the federation, headed by Matt
Meyer, and to members of Washing
ton area newspaper, radio and tele-
vision staffs for their part IN the
campaign.
Chairmen of the campaign units
reported the following quota per-
centages: Government, 1888; Resi-
dental, 65.67: Business I. 66.26;
Business II, 1861; Alexandria, 78;
Arlington. so; Fairfax, 81: Mont
somery, 81; and Prince Georges,
6677.
E. Cortlandt Parker, chairman Of
the Special Gifts Unit, reported "a
per cent of the units quota, or about
S940 900, in hand.
SEC Raises 299 Percent.
In his report on the Government
Urit. Undersecretary Of the Navy
W. John Kenney announced the
Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion has raised 299 per cent Of its
quota; Export and Import Bank, 1877
per cent; Pan American Union, 105
per cent. and the Maritime Com
mission, Office of Scientific Re-
search and Development and the
Air Forces, 100 per cent.
The Treasury Department now
has 95 per cent of its quota. the
Army, e8.3 per cent: the Navy,
e4 per cent; Interior, SO per cent;
Veterans Administration, 90 per
cent: the National Labor Relations
Board. 95 per cent, and the Budget
Bureau, 95 per cent.
Others reporting for the units
included Edmund D. Campbell,
chairman for Arlington; Comdr.
Keith Merrill. chairman for Fair
fax County; Mrs. P Landon Ban
field, chairman for Montgomery
County: William M. Werber. chair
man for Prince Georges County;
Marvin l. Wilson, chairman for
Alexandria; Henry j. kaufman wee
chairman for Business Unit II. and
Granville Guide, chairman for Busi-
ness Unit I.
Mrs. Dun Breaks Wrist.
It was announced that Mrs. Angus
Dun, who is chairman of the Resi-
dental Unit, suffered broken right
wrist In a fall, and that her active
duties are being assumed in the
campaign by Mrs. Theodore o.
Wedel.
Three boys from the Club Teen
of the YWCA Kendall House, GA E
street NV, reported on me activi-
ties of the club and its recent drive
for the Chest. in which they raised
more than 500.
Joseph Messina declared that I'VE
of Club Teen think there ought to
be more places like it, James
Throckmorton told how youths who
have no such centerf for leisure-time
activities play in the streets and
alleys and beat-up places like con-
demned houses"
The third member. Joseph Kriss
said his interests in the club center
cn the musical activities and added: