Evening star., 1948-10-17
Armed Forces
Unit 10 Report
On Chest Drive
ForrestoI Heads List
Of Guests at Lunch;
Other Accounts Due

Federal Government employees
contributions to the Red Feather
Campaign are expected to raise
materially the $676,411 already
collected in the drive when VOL
unteer chairmen make progress
reports at a meeting at 1890
pm. tomorrow at the Washing
ton Hotel.
In letters to all department and
agency chairmen last week, Assistant
Interior Secretary C. Girard David
son, chairman of the Government
Unit, asked them to aim for 100
per cent attainment of the units
$l.524,557 goal by tomorrow.
Maj. Gen. Frederick A. Irving,
chief of the career management
group of the personnel and admin
istration division of the Army Gen
eral Staff, will be the guest speaker
at tomorrow's session.
Forrestal Invited.
Mr.. Davidson has designated it
as National Defense Day" because
special progress reports from each
branch of the armed forces will be
called for. Secretary of Defense
Forrestal has been invited to be
principal quest at tomorrow's lunch
con. But in addition to hearing
from armed services spokeSmen,
Mr.. Davidson has called for IS
reports from Government proups
generally.
A bobby prize" of a 2-foot doll
in clowns costume will be presented
by Campaign General Chairman
Chauncey G. Parker to the Govern
ment group reporting the lowest
quota percentage tomorrow. But
he will give awards of merit to vol
unteers reporting 100 per cent or
more Of their quotas.
The following voluntary chairmen
have invited as special head-table
guests tomorrow, in addition to
Secretary Forrestal:
1t. Gen. Raymond S. McLain,
Chief of Army Information, Red
Feather chairman for the Army
Department.; Assistant Secretary
of Navy Mark E. Andrews; Frank
Bentley, administrative analyst,
Veterans Administration; Assistant
Air Force Secretary Eugene M.
Zuckert; Brig. Gen Lemuel Ma
thewson, chairman of Inter-Amer-
ican Defense Board; Maj. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, director of the
Selective Service system; Rear Ad-
miral Glenn B. Davis, commandant.
Potomac River Naval Command,
and Rear Admiral R. H. Hillen-
koetter, director Of Central Intel
ligence Agency.
Drive Ends Nov. (.
The Community Chest Fedora
ton is seeking to raise 81 sec, ,790
and the drive will continue through
November 4. Benefiting from the
campaign will be 104 Red Feather
services and the USO. The drive
has now reached 14.81 per cent of
the goal, officials said yesterday.
The drive will get about $3.50 be-
cause workers in the automobile
repair shop Of Williams 81 Baker,
25l9 M street NV, gave up their
day off yesterday. Earle O. Baker,
a partner, said the result was dis
appointing because the public did
not bring the work in. He believed
the fine weather caused people to
use their cars instead of taking them
to repair shop.
Mr.. Baker said practically all his
employees gave up their day off yes
terday and the outcome is not the
firms fault. He explained in addi-
ton to the days pay, labor and
parts profits on cars repaired went
to the campaign. There are % en-
ployes and executives in the firm.
Mr.. Baker said the concern will
make its own contribution to the
Red Feather services, but was not
ready to announce the amount.