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Show , Join . the Red Cross Today TodayStatement TodayStatement Statement by byHonorable byHonoiable HonOlabIe Honorable Fianklin Flankhn Franklin D . . Roosevelt RooseveltPI RooseveltPresident RooseveltPiesident President PI esident of the United StatesNovember States StatesNovember November 11 , 1933Then 1933When 1933 1933When \ When \Then Then oui om olir people in any section sectlOn of the country are faced facedVlth facedwith facedwith \Vlth Vlth with \ the perils and suffeiing suffeung suffering which follow fol1ow so swiftly in the thewake thewake thewake wake of disaster d1saster , they look with one accoid accOld accord to the Amencan American AmencanRed AmericanRed AmericanRed Red doss ClOSS Cross for instant and efficient relief . , . They have never toohed looked neverlooked nevertoohed in vain . . Those of us who at aie are e willing wIllmg to lend a helping helpmg hand 1n in 1nbme intime intime bme time of emergency to others less fortunate than ourselves ourselveslook , look repiesenta-tive repiesenta tive replesentatIve representative to this great national relief agency as our replesenta- replesenta representa- representa - tIve in the hour of need . It does not ( disappoint bsappomt us . It is an anhIstorIc anhistoric anhistoric hIstorIc institution closely allied with your Government Governmentand , , and its Jis Piesident PleSldent is always dlways the President of the Umted United UmtedS UnitedStates UnitedStates S States ta lese . leseJust Just now the Red Closs Cross is asking askmg every adult American Americanto to lend his or her support to Red Cross service thiough thlough through in- in indIvidual individual in individual - dividual memberships membershIpC ) . . The record of the Red Cross is one onewe onewe onewe we may all aU be proud of . In the past year sufferers of 117 117disastels 117disasters 117disasteis disastels disasters have been cared for . . Five million families have haveRr havebenefited Rr Rrbenefited . " benefIted by distribution of relief materials . A mIllIon mIllIonAmerIcans millionAmericans millionAmericans AmerIcans have served as volunteers under uneler the Red Cross Crossbanner Crossbanner Crossbanner banner . I earnestly urge you to respond most generously to the theAnnual theAnnual theAnnual Annual Red Gross Roll RoU Call Can CanVe . We \Ve Ve \ must do our part to keep keepthe keepthe keepthe the Red Closs Cross read readv ready v , day or night mght , for service . , |