Evening star., 1947-11-05
Edward Fo|ey0pens
Alexandra Drive for
$4,000 Chest Quota

Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Edward H. Foley, jr.. addressed
more than 100 Alexandria workers
at Community Chest drive kickoff
breakfast" at the George Mason
Hotel at 8 am. today.
Mr.. Foley told the civic leaders,
group chairmen and volunteer
workers that Alexandria would re-
ceive $121,919 for its IA Chest agen-
cies against its campaign quota of
only $4,000. He urged them to let
these figures speak for themselves
in squirting the workers on.
Addresses by Albert A. Smoot,
president Of the Alexandria Chest.
and Marvin L. Wilson, local CAM
paign chairman, also were heard.
Armistead A. Boothe, counselor of
the Alexandria Chest, was master
of ceremonies.
The overall campaign goal, sought
for the 1948 operation of 125 Chest
supported agencies in Alexandria,
Washington, and Arlington, Fairfax,
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties is $3,900,000.
Meeting Tomorrow.
The general campaign orgapiza-
lion will meet at 1890 pm. tomorrow
at the Mayflower Hotel for its "kick-
of" Dutch treat luncheon. Repre-
sentatives of nine soliciting groups
and presidents Of the 125 agencies
will attend.
The Rev. DIR. Peter Marshall,
chaplain Of the Senate and pastor Of
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, will speak.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will
address a rally on the south steps of
the Treasury Building at pm. Fri
day.
Among the groups scheduled to
attend campaign meetings today is
the ordinance division of the Naval
Gun Factory, who will hear a talk
by Frank Birgfleld, recently retired
chief clerk of the Treasury. There
will be two meetings, one at / 80 and
the other about pm.
The Fairfax County Chest Is
sponsoring a half hour musical
show to be broadcast over Radio
Station WEAM at $3.50 pm. Sunday
from Theater No. at Fort Belvoir.
All volunteer campaigners in the
county and their friends and FAM
lilies are invited to attend the rally
broadcast, entitled, THE Band Red
Feather"
Ad Club Aides HOnored.
Members Of the Advertising Club
of Washington who have devoted
their time to publicity and other
work of the campaign were honored
yesterday at club luncheon at the
Statler Hotel spurring the drive.
Maurice Chevalier, guest speaker,
expressed hope for the success of
the drive and joined unexpectedly in
the entertainment program after
Abrasha Robofsky, soloist with the
Air Forces Band, included an i'm
personation of the French stage
star singing Louise" in his
program.
Mr.. Chevalier, urged on by his
audience, then sang Louise" "the
way I thought I was singing it" and
next initiated Mr.. Robofsky's imper-
sonation.
The members heard talk by Peter
Van Allen, 16, of the Boys Club of
Washington, who won the Regional
Optimists Club Junior Oratorical
Contest. He described the oppor-
tunities for friendship, musical &C
tivities and indoor sports provided
him by the club, Chest-supported
agency.
Asserting he had been in Wash
ington a year before finding out
about the club, he declared that mo
boy living in Washington" should
be denied the chance to take part
in it's activities through failure to
hear about it,
Mr.. Foley addressed the group
briefly, praising the work Of the
club in the campaign and expressing
confidence in the success OF the
drive.
Those honored at the luncheon m
cluded the following:
Publicity Committee: Matt Meyer,
chairman; Les Aries, Bert Warner,
Robert H. Davidson, Ed w. Donahue,
Harold D. Fangboner, w. N. Free
man, Arthur Gray, E. c. Giddings,
Tom Griffin, Miss Beatrice Hodgson,
Louis Janof, william Janof, Henry
j. kaufman, Frank La Falce, Har-
wood Martin, H. H. McMurray and
Marshall Trippe.
Others commended were Mrs. Jean