Evening star., 1947-11-20
Chest Residential Unit
Plans Special Report
On Drive Tomorrow

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The Residential Unit OF the
Community Chest Federation
campaign organization will make
a special report of its progress
tomorrow >at the sixth general
report luncheon of the cam
paign in the United States
Chamber of Commerce Building.
Mrs. Truman was among some TOO
workers and guests at the units
luncheon yesterday in the Hotel
Statler, where Mrs. Dwight D.
Eisenhower presented awards to
outstanding campaigners.
Mrs. Angus Dun, unit chairman,
presided at the luncheon and re-
ported the campaigners had raised
a little over half of their quota.
I'VE 60 out today to finish the
Job we have begun" she said in
concluding the meeting.
Drive to Close Tuesday.
At the last report meeting the
general campaign had collected
54.0S per cent of the $1,000, 900 goal.
The drive Is scheduled to close
Tuesday.
The campaign chairman, Edward
H. Foley, Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury, declared at yesterdays
meeting he believes the JOB OF the
Residential Unit, the foot soldiers"
of the campaign who do the door,
to-doer canvassing, is the hardest
of all.
Fannie Hurst, the novelist, told
the campaigners the phrase Com
munity Chest" means today what it
never before has meant in the his
tory OF humanity.
ut means we must live up to what
It asks, or else" she declared, You
need to make people understand
what you blessedly understand in
advance. You don't need to be
told what we are facing in the
world today.
More Important Here.
Washington has the burning
stare of the world on it, and that's
why it is a little more important
here that you understand crisis
when you see it and the vital
Importance of oneness in community
thinking"
The work, she said, is not CLAM
orous," but hard, honest, sweat-of-
the-brow labor" The writer added
that, in reality, you women come
giving rather than soliciting gifts. +"
Malvina Lindsay, the columnist,
told the group she was struck by
the progress that has been made
toward being our brothers keeper" "
The word charity is heard less
and a more democratic way of giving
has come to the fore, she declared
The Community Chest effort means
extending charity" in more in
tangible way, she explained.
II am impressed by the preventive
agencies trying to get at the root OF
the evil instead of doing something
that grazes the surface" Miss Lind
say said.
Double Satisfaction.
The idea of intangible giving
rather than going around with a
basket and playing Lady Bountiful,
she went on, brings "the double sat-
isfaction of having ministered to
these people in spirit"
We've got to keep on fighting to
see that we keep on expanding oui
work together" she concluded. '"The
world is too much divided as 1t is. ,
Mrs. Eisenhower made awards o1
corsages to the teams working under
Mrs. Joseph C. Monaghan and Mrs
Duane Wilson for outstanding ac-
complishments; Mrs. William E
Linden as co-chairman of region
for doing the most difficult job OF
the unit; Mrs. Wesley w. Bouters
chairman of the district in which
teams are sponsored by the Saliva
ton Army, and Mrs. George w. Bur-
CESS, captain of a team which has
raised 189 per cent of its quota.
Other Awards Made.
Awards went also to Mrs. 1llene
Fisher, chairman of district which
has gone over it's quota by 81 per
cent, and to Mrs Theodore O. Wedel
Mrs. Eugene r. Gilmartin received
a pair of red bedroom slippers from
Mrs. Dun for being the first to- COM
plete her assigned schedule of calls
Guests at the head table, who
Mrs. Dun explained, came Ito pay
honor to the women who work for
the Community Chest" included
wives of cabinet members and Su-
preme Court justices.
Mrs Virginia Fowler of Burke has
accepted appointment as chairman
of the entire Lee district of Fairfax
County for the campaign.
Mrs. Fowler has served often as
a volunteer in former fund cam
paigns for the Chest. The district
which she is supervising has quota
of $1,000 toward the $4,000 which
Fairfax County residents are being
asked to contribute for support O1