Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-23 | Page 3 | [Illegible] to Fight Against Disease

nISISTJHSE jjjj jCr0SS World Plans Are . Outlined by Chairman Davison. -V YORK', May 22.-The world its filed Cross societies organized ,vjth headquarters in Geneva, ' -Vanil '''s des,'llC(l to keeomo a ':"1or 'throwing the light of medi-into medi-into the dark corners of I'.'.,,,, world," Henry P. Davison, X 0f die organizatiou 's board of , declared tonight upon his ;:f.;m European tri(., which cut-in cut-in the formation of tho league, not to direct, but to cucour-:.'37coordinato cucour-:.'37coordinato tho activities of ' Rod Cross societies, the league f ordins to Mr. Davison, to :'l f mankind in reducing tho prcv-: prcv-: ' f disease and raising tho stand-ivin" stand-ivin" It will disseminate tho '. Ljaal and sanitary knowledge, :', "before the health organizations ".various nations, through their ",,1 societies, discoveries in the i treating disease and lighting and in backward countries ""Lblic' health departments do urging their establishment, ii'l he prepared to co-ordinate re- at times of national and iu- - rlul calamity and in general to 'J a clearing house for activities Vat alleviation of suffering and tie -.fi. , ,. . Vrt, h the vast populations of the 1M and Polauif and parts of Eus- manv and Austria undergoing ..mm Which he described as 4tl'ul,'' and beyond the compre- i "comfortable" Americans, m "pavison asserted the -launching -ot f league was opporlunc. It would ns assistance at ouce to the "sav-)Ves "sav-)Ves "-Vf the" world, ' ' he said. ., -jj five powers dominant in tho ' Vconference, whose Red Cross rep-"m? rep-"m? .'jiivcs formed the league, had in-ivi in-ivi -j twentv-four other national soci-.: soci-.: to join, Mr. Davison said, and dually he hoped Germany and tho us which were allied with her in iit would be represented. I iii Lieutenant General Sir David Jiison of England as its resident 1,'tbe league was already f unction- - from its Geneva offices, according Lu. Davison, who admitted that he winched its organization before resigned as chairman of tho Ameri-"M Ameri-"M Cross war ..work council. It j be supported, he stated, by as--i.ents voluntarily borne by its mem-socielies, mem-socielies, adding that tho expenses fit -the first two or three years already ite ..; ken underwritten, ij li. Davison said the league would a yiermnneut staff, not only of lQ varial workers, but of medical men, jjj in in their fields, and separate iruneuts for child welfare, tuber-i.'. tuber-i.'. study of epidemics and other ;cet 3.