Evening star., 1952-11-23
Chest Workers
Get Call for Biq
Drive on Goal
BIunck Asks Stuffs
For $4,150,000
TotoI by Wednesday

Chest -USO Fund Drive, yesterday
issued an appeal to campaign
workers to redouble efforts so the
goal this year can be reached.
"Now that we have passed $3.5
million and IS per cent. I share
the confidence of our campaign
committee that nothing less than
the goal will satisfy the people Of
our community" Mr.. Blunck de-
clared.
II am asking all field COM
manders to redouble their efforts,
gather all possible reports, and
bring them to the pre- -Thanksgiv.
ing luncheon meeting"
The next general report lunch
con of the drive will be held at
1890 pm. Wednesday at the
Washington Hotel.
Many Not Contacted.
Mr.. Blunck said more than H.
900 additional pledges have been
reported since he made an appeal
last week. He added:
But it is estimated there are
still some 250,000 gainfully en-
ployed individuals in Washington.
Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax.
Montgomery and Prince Georges
from whom we have not yet heard.
To be fair to them, many prob
ably have not been contacted
The campaign total now stands
at $3,536,673 or 1922 per cent Of
the $4,150,000 goal. This is ap-
proximately 100000 ahead of the
amount raised by the same date
last year. It represents 1868 .203
individual pledges.
Secretary of the Army Pace.
chairman of the Government unit.
has mailed a bulletin to all his
workers emphasizing that only
100000 more is needed to reach
the Government goal of 1,752. 900.
This unit is within $4,000 of the
total raised by the Federal work.
ers last year. There are still
Is 900 to 10000 Government EN-.
ployes who have not made con-,
tributions, however.
Four Groups Reach Quotas.
Since the last report, four Gov
|ernment agencies have made their
quotas. They are the Central In
Itelligence Agency, the Council Of
Economic Advisers, the United
States Soldiers Home and the Ma
tional Mediation Board.
Louis F. Bohraus, chairman Of
Business II Group, said $4,000
or q per cent of his job still re-
mains to be done. He urged his
workers to see the 1900 former
contributors in this unit who have
not yet made their pledges.
David F. Linowes, chairman Of
|the Professional Group, said ST.
600 is needed to put attorneys.
physicians and dentists over their
goal of $158,433.
Prince Georges County, under
the Craftsmanship of Philip Lus-
tine, expects to pass 100 per cent
of its $55. 900 quota by the lunch
con Wednesday. Several other
unit chairmen also reported they
may pass their quotas by then.
Urges Emergency Calls"
Mr.. Blunck appealed for volun-
teer groups or individuals to make
campaign emergency calls" on
Washington business firms.
Any interested groups, he said,
should call campaign headquarters
at the Washington Hotel. The
telephone number is Decatur 1880.
Mr.. Blunck praised the efforts
of two groups of university STU
dents, II from the Catholic Uni
versity School of Social Work and
five pledges from the Delta Sigma
Pi Fraternity at Georgetown Uni
versity's School Of Foreign Service.
The Gu student campaign thus
far has brought contributions
more than 300 per cent above
those last year.
Members of the special volun-
teer group at Gu include the
Misses Celeste Hoffman, Inez Sag
gese, Claire O'Shea, Rosemary
O'Brien, Natalie Ford, Margaret
Fringes, Kate Curran and Celia
Fitzpatrick, and Arden Southland,
Michael Malone and John Churan.
The Delta Sigma Pi pledges,
who are required to do eight hours
of Community Chest volunteer
work in lieu of "a hours of chores
around the fraternity house, in.
clude Raymond Kilmartin, Har.
old Savage, Bernard Klees, Tom
Scanlon and Bob Bickel.