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Show RED GROSS CROSS CLOTHESTHE CLOTHES CLOTHESTHE CLOTHESTHE THE NATION'S NATIONS ' NEEDY NEEDYFlour NEEDYFlour Flour , Bread , Clothing Reach Into IntoMore IntoMore More Than Five Million MillionHomes MillionHomes Homes of Jobless JoblessThe JoblessThe The greatest task ever un undeitaken undeitakenby undei del taken takenby takenby by a relief rellet agency In tha the history ot of otprivate ofprivate ofprivate private charity la 113 Is drawing to a close closewith closewith closewith with tha the final distribution of ot colton cotton coltonclothing cottonclothing cottonclothing clothing to more than five fIvo ml11lon million ml11lonI millioni ml11lonfamihes millionfamilies millionfamilies I famihes families by the American Red CrossAt CrossAt Cross CrossAt CrossI I At the direction of ot the Congress , b be beginning & ginning eighteen months ago , the tho Red RedClOSS RedCioss RedCloss ClOSS Cioss undertook to convert the thG wheatand wheat wheatand \ \ heat heatand and cotton cottOD surpluses surpluaes of ot the r C [ ' Cirm irmBoard irmBoard irm irmBoard Board Into food and clothing for the theunemployed theunemployed theunemployed unemployed and needy . In the con consequent conSequent consequent sequent operation , this relief rehet agency agencyentered agencyentered I entered upon a n . commercial enterprIse enterprIsegreater enterprisegreater enterprisegreater greater than any single commercial commercialfirm commercialfirm commercialflrm firm has ever undertaken In the thG Dame same Damepenod sameperiod E > ameperiod penod period of ot timeIn timeIn time timeIn In the ensuing months the Red RedCrosB RedCross RedCross CrosB Cross converted 85,000,000 85000000 , , bushels ofwheat at of atwheat ofwheat wheat into flour and bread and gave Itto it itto itto to 5 5803000 803 000 families hm1l1es The distributionwas distribution was through 3,700 3700 , Red Cross chapters chaptersand chaptersand chaptersand and hundreds of o ( other charitable agen agencles agendies agencles cles dies During the severe northwestern northwesterndrought northwesterndrought northwesterndrought drought of 1931 the Red Cross also alsogave alsogave alsogave gave wheat In the form of ot food tood for tor live livestock livestock livestock stock to 184,188 184188 184,183 184183 , tam1l1asThe familiesThe families tam1l1as familiesThe The clothing - dresses , undel undei undeiwearoveralls wear , overalls , jumpers , , sweaters and stock stockings stockfags atockings ings fags for tor men , women and children childron , andeven and andeven andeven even blankets and comforters comforters-was comforters was - was dietributed dls die dlstributed dietributed tributed to 5,465,410 5465410 , , families tamihes Morethan More Morethan Morethan than 54,000,000 54000000 , , ready made garments garmentsand garmentsand garmentsand and 92 92000,000 92000000 000,000 000000 , yards of cotton cloth clothwere clothwere clothwere were given to the needy . This clothing clothingcame clothingcame clothingcame came from trom 844,000 844000 , bales of cottonThe cottonThe cotton cottonThe The wheat distribution was conclud conelud concluded coneluded concluded ed in June , 1933 , and final distributionof distributionot distribution ot of cotton clothing la is occurring In the thefall thefall thefall fall months . In handling these tasks voted to Itby It Itby itby by Congress , the Red Cross will wiIl ex ea eapend expend expend pend from its Ita own treasury $735,000 735000 $735,000At ? $ 735,000At 735000At , At the same time the organization car carrled carrued carned rled rued on its regular program of disaster disasterreliet disasterrelief disasterrelief reliet relief , of ot service to the veterans of at a11 all a11onr allour allour onr our wars , of educational and weUare welfare welfarework welfarework work \ ork through the Junior Red Cross ; ; : of health education and public henlth health henlthnursing healthnursing healthnursing nursing and of life saving and first aid aidFunds aidFunds aidFunds Funds tor for this work come from the themembership themembership themembership membership roll call ca11 the Red Crosschapters Cross Crosschapters Crosschapters chapters conduct from Armistice Dayto Day Dayto Dayto to Thanksgiving Day , when every one oneis oneis oneIs is Invited to join the Red Cross Croos and aid aidin aidin aidIn in this vital relief work . |