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Chest
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Hugh Reilly Co., Electrical Con.
struction Co., the Capital Excavat-
ing Co., the Highway Construction
Co., Helsing Bros, Rudolph g. West
Co., and the A. P. Woodson Co.
Indoor, Outdoor Projects.
Plans for the one-day job include
replacement of the wornout wains-
coting in the basket ball court
sanding and refnishing Of the
basket ball floor, insulating the CELL
ing Of the boys games room and
resurfacing the play yard at the
nursery school at 1919 Fourth
street S.W.
Red Feather Sunday, being OBJ
served by Jewish congregations to-
day as Red Feather Sabbath, will be
marked in hundreds of Protestant
and Catholic churches tomorrow.
Red Feather Sunday is the great
opportunity for church members to
demonstrate their devotion to their
Lords command to feed the hungry
clothe the naked and heal the sick,
the Rev. c. Leslie Glenn of St. Johns
Episcopal Church, chairman of the
Committee on Religious Life in the
Nations Capital, said in a message
last night.
Special messages prepared for de-
livery in Jewish synagogues and
temples today include that of Rabbi
Solomon Metz of Adas Israel Con-
gregation, who will stress need for
being compassionately interested" in
the welfare of others.
Religion aims to make man
aware Of Gods presence" he said.
but the way to achieve 1t is not
merely matter of prayer or even
: Of piety. 1t is a matter of loving
our fellow man. Without love of
man, we can never attain love of
God"
Catholics to Hear Message.
A message from the Very Rev.
Peter L. Ireton, Bishop of Rich
mond, will be read at masses to-
morrow in Catholic Churches of
Virginia. .
I'VE are all agreed" he wrote,
shat an index of the intensity of
our Catholic life can be found in
the extent Of our practice of the
spiritual and corporal works of
mercy toward those of the house.
hold of the Faith and to all our
neighborS.
"The Community Chest gives all
Of us an opportunity to make these
works of mercy live. ."
Plans for a project similar to that
ut Barney House among employers
Of Williams & Baker, Inc, Nash
dealers here, were outlined yester-
day at a meeting Of workers in
Business Unit I held in the Hotel
Washington
Earl o. Baker, partner in the
hrm, told the gathering his en-
ployes had agreed to donate their
services for the Chest I next Satur-
day. Their pay for that day, and
all profit from the sale of parts
by the firm, will be donated to the
Chest campaign, Mr.. Baker said.
Cards have been mailed by the
company to some 1000 Nash drivers
In the District area, urging them
to bring their cars in for repairs
MIR. Baker said, to assure the max
imum possible contribution.
Mr.. Baker suggested other en-
ployers might find a similar plan
workable in their own companies
Pledge Cards Stressed.
The meeting also was addressed
by Chauncey G. Parker, general
chairman of the l949 Red Feather
campaign here, who stressed the
idea of using pledge cards to spread
out gifts over the course of the
whole year. Gifts may be made
on monthly, or quarterly basis
Mr.. Parker said. Many people, he
pointed out, cannot afford to give
days pay on any one day.
In answer to those who complain
that the Chest budget has been in
creasing too much in recent years
MIR. Parker reminded the group tha
the population of Washington ha
increased enormously since the be
ginning of the war, and that nev
families moving into the communit,
are especially likely to need help
Exclusive of the increased bulge
for surrounding communities car
ned in the washington Chest driv,
this year, the hospital fund and tn,
USO, Mr.. Parker said the basic bud
get of United Community Service
(the budgeting organization of tn
Chest has increased very littl
since 1910.
Business Chairmen Named.
At the Business Unit meeting
presided over by Chairman Herber
J. Rich, the names of area and di
vision chairmen for four of tn
units eight areas were announced
Tor the first time.
They are Charles. e. Krey, vic