| Show S JED U C CROSS CROSSI O S I APPEAL s Heavy Response to Fourth Annual Call for Funds Nov No S. S S. President nt nf Sunday urged his fellow coun- coun n nto to join jojn th the Red Cross in im- im v numbers numbers during the fourth I to be held during durins- the ht beginning Armistice day e. Tied Red Cross said the lent et el t. t deserves cs a hearty response fourth invitation in to annual mem- mem pO Which ich Will nill be issued d during the beginning November 11 Arda Ar- Ar da der th the stimulus of or war and g s i the cooperation of our people organization grew into immense enlarged its range of activity dJ only ony our fighting forces lis iso civilians Involved in the hard- hard of war in our own own nation and ina in gallons a ions associated with us in a common common enterprise and gave to orld orid an example o of effective mer- mer rough coordinated effort i 2 the ce cessation of hostilities the has faced a a. dual duty t to fulfill obligations created b bj by r. r r c. c and secondly to adapt its lice nce and machinery to the nce needs Is ice ceo IK K GOES ON I Is tod today iY still assisting govern govern- in the care and cheer soldiers and sailors in in ining ing those able to work in civilian nations and in counseling and ald- ald Jh h families of former combatants is still assisting with diminished Trees ires the process of rehabilitation li me c of the more moro prostrated coun- coun lof our former associates tes A hUe these manifest ob- ob Q ons oils the Red fled Cross has bec been ac- ac methods and applying ns learned in war t to the normal lIrot fot our own people In times imes of peace especially in regions where pr pro provisions visions for public and anil welfare were imperfectly developed ihas It has placed public health nurses in in manylo- manylo and has endeavored to enlist greater numbers of young 1 w women men Inthe in tho the nursing profession in order that that the supply might more nearly equa equa the st steadily increasing demand lemand to tor- tor community nurses It has devised a scheme of public health centers for fot forthe forthe the relief relic of maladies and jand for Instruction instruction tion in hygiene and general principles of disease prevention With its nurses and nurses' nurses aides it has ren ron rendered dered incalculable service in the serious epidemics of f Influenza It has carried instruction in Ia hygiene and first fust aid into schools the tho women's clubs arid and th the homes of our country It has taught young and untaught mothers how to care intelligently for their babies and has done much in many ways to promote promote promote pro pro- mote child welfare upon which the welfare of the nation ultimately rests It h has s made it a fundamental principle principle to avoid futile duplications to coop cooperate cooperate co co- co- co op operate rate with public agencies when its cooperation was sought and to supply deficiencies where agencies had not yet been established READY FOR EMERGENCY It has continued its educational work among the school children through its Junior Tied Red Cross branen and it has as s one result of its war experience put preparation for disaster relief o on a scientific foundation so that it is now equipped to meet disaster I emergencies promptly in almost ever every ever I part pf if our country B By systematic plans and practical performances it haa has given a clear an answer answer answer an- an to the tho question why the Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross should be continued and carried over o from war activity Into peacetime activity The answer is in the record Additional to these obvious aspects of the tho matter malter there Is another reason why I I. I as president of ot the United States and president o of th the American Red fled RedCross Cross urge m mj my fellow countrymen to join the Red Cross in impressive numbers numbers num num- I bers hers reaction follows emotion and after after after af af- af- af ter great effort comes perilous lassitude lassi lassi- tude Sound patriotism and genuine I human service ser ice are arc continuous not in in- in inI I I not contingent merely upon i ithe the excitement of war If there thoro is in 1 some some of us an inward cooling of the fine fino fervor which animated us in crisis of the nations nation's stress and peril a contraction of the tho spirit which en ennobled ennobled ennobled en- en us as individuals and as a nation nation nation na na- na- na tion now during the Red Cross Roll- Roll call is a fitting season to take counsel with our inner selves to to o rekindle tho old flame to reaffirm allegiance to practical patriotism and practical humanitarianism hu- hu and to symbolize the regeneration of our better thoughts and handsomer selves by reenlistment in a great army mobilized for the common common g good od |
