Evening star., 1947-11-12
Chest Workers Repor'
.41% OF Quota at
Progress Meeting
s1,el5,3es in Gifts
Is Record Figure
For First Tubulotion

The Community Chest FEEDER
alton campaign organization
today reported having reached
41.42 per cent of the $3,900,O0O
goal, in the first general tabula-
ton of progress in the drive.
One unit, that of Fairfax County,
did not report today.
The workers reported at lunch
con meeting at the United States
Chamber of Commerce Building
they had collected s1,615,39S in con-
tributions and pledges, the largest
sum ever reported at an initial
meeting.
The Government unit, whose
chairman Is Undersecretary Of the
Navy w. John Kenney, reported
$s4s, ,3s4.72 collected, or 62.48 pei
cent of its quota. Special time was
devoted to that unit today, des.
ignated as national defense day o.
i the drive.
The Navy Department has reached
90.4 Of its quota, with SOL ,851.
Government officials were specia
guests at the meeting.
Aid for 125 Agencies.
The goal must be oversubscribee
to meet all the needs Of l25 healtf
and welfare agencies in the Wash
ington area supported by the 81,
Community Chests of Washington
Alexandria and Arlington, Fairfax
Montgomery and Prince George!
Counties, according to Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Edward
H. Foley, ir., campaign chairman.
At today's meeting, Brig. Gen
Charles T. Lanham, chief of tht
troop information and education di.
vision of the Army Special Staff
was guest speaker.
Invited to attend also were tht
Secretary of Defense and Mrs. For
restal, the Secretary of the Army
and Mrs. Royal, the Secretary o.
the Navy and Mrs. Sullivan, the Sec
retary of the Air Force and Mrs
Symington, Admiral and Mrs. Ches'
ter A. Ninitz, Gen. A. A. Vandegrift
commandant of the Marine Corps
Assistant Secretary of Navy for All
John Nicholas Brown and Assistan
Secretary Of Agriculture Charlie!
Brannan.
/ Chairmen to Report.
Other Federal officials also were
asked to attend. Volunteer chair.
men of the soliciting units reported
progress for their groups.
A musical program was presented
by the Glee Club Of the Chesapeake
g. Potomac Telephone Co.
After today's report meeting, rep
resentatives of the entire campaign
organization will bring in dali!
progress reports to luncheon meet
ings at the Chamber of Commerce
with the exception of week ends and
a two-day interval on November Is
and 20, when the meeting place Ii
required for Chamber Of Commerce.
sessions.
The campaign ends November rs
Three Silver Cups Offered.
i Three silver cups have been Of
fered by anonymous private doner'
Ito the outstanding district chairman
team captain and neighborhooe
worker in the Fairfax County unit
Comdr. Keith Merrill of Herndon
unit chairman, announced.
Comdr. Merrill. emphasized th'
showing of "civic spirit by the vol.
unteer workers who are soliciting
$4,000 in the county. The cups, hi
added, will be only small expires.
sion of a lasting recognition of theil
tireless efforts on behalf of tht
Chest"
/ The largest of the cups will bt
presented to the individual neigh.
borhood solicitor in the winning
team and district, whose percentage
Of collections is greatest. The sue
cess of the campaign, Comdr. Mer.
rill declared, depends on two fac.
tors-"the generosity Of the donol
and, to an equal extent, the dill.
gence and hard work of the indi.
vidi,al rarnpaicy1 uorker"