Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-24
Red Cross Drive laqs Fund Transfer 10 Get
Behind Expectations; Stun Program Here
6O% Of Quota Reached Under Way Shortly

The District area Red Cross
fund drive touched go per cent
or $776,410. of it's $1.3 million
quota yesterday, but officials sale
lit is still tagging behind ex-
IpecJations.
Everett j. Boothby, general
campaign chairman, told the vol
Iunteer Embarrassing workers, at a
general report meeting in the
United States Chamber of Com
merce Building, that the drive
is II per cent behind the figure
for March % last year.
Greater Washington" Mr.
Boothby said, has always met It's
obligation to the Red Cross. 1t is
inconceivable that it will not meet
that obligation this time in sup
porting the American way"
Commenting on the slow start
Iof the drive. which is due to END
March 81. Mr.. Boothby stated
that the Red Cross had met re-
distance to adequate giving" be-
cause OF the number of other
drives. The real momentum Of our
drive, he said, is only now getting
under way. iaat .a...
Several Units Over Top.
Several units already have met
and gone substantially over Their
quotas. Mr.. Boothby said.
"These results are due. not tc
those units or areas being any
easier or richer than others, but
solely because those who took or
the responsibility for organizing
and soliciting got their job done.
he said.
ut is not too late for others
now to do likewise"
Top division reporting yester-
day was Arlington County with
SO per cent. or $26.625 of it's $32,-
225 quota. The City Division re-
ported the next highest percent
Iage, 81 per cent, or $35,312 of its
$4,000 quota collected.
Montgomery County, with only
80 per cent. or $15,826 of its $48,-
1855 quota, was still way behind
the other divisions.
Randolph Spurs Workers.
Calling on the campaign work
ers to canvass every assigned area
thoroughly. Jennings Randolph
assistant to the president of Cap
lital Airlines and former Repre-
sentative from West Virginia, sale
arguments will not raise the
needed money for the Red Cross
1--WE don't say it is your duty
as citizens to contribute" he said
but it is your opportunity to EN-.
brace the Red Cross, believing
that it will pay real dividends te
your country"
Mr.. Randolph said the American
Red Cross soon may be called or
to aid the armed services more
than ever before in it's history
Our Nation may be more deeply
Iimbedded in war in the next few
years. or even months" he con-
tinued.
Halls Service Personnel.
The service personnel, Mr.
Boothby said, have shown by their
contributions and by the number
of units that have already gone
over their quota. their apprecia-
ton of the Red Cross.
"They more than anyone know
what the organization has done
for them and what it will do in the
future if it has the money" he
said.
In the Government division
which reported 81 per cent of its
5000, 900 quota collected, the serv-
ice personnel were taking the lead
The Bethesda Naval Hospital, il
was reported. already has 102 pei
cent OF its quota collected. Fort
Belvoir and the Navy Purchasing
Office of the Potomac River Com
mand, have turned in 121 per cent
of their quotas.
Senator Dirksen, Republican, Of
Illinois, will address Tuesdays re-
port luncheon at 1890 pm. in the
Chamber of Commerce Building
District Commissioner F.. JOSEPH
lDonohue also will speak.