Show IRED RED CROSS SERVICE WAS AN EPIC IN It REliEF YORK WORK I III II IIAn dramatic An epic in rk reli-rk relief cork with ic details covering the stupendous task of distributing government wheat and andI I cotton to provide food and clothing to tor r more than five million needy families lis is described in the official report of I the American Red Cross received here today from national headquarters in I Washington D C JUdge John Barton Payne as chair chair- chairman chairman man of the Red Cross gate ga personal direction to both distributions with Vice Chairman James L Fiesser In charge of the administrative details In a foreword to this comprehensive report JUdge Payne states Since the relief went into practically every county in the United states and each I of the territories it Mill Ul be of interest to the men a and d women throughout the domain of the United States Inasmuch as this was the first time I in the history of private agencies in inthe inthe the United States that th a distrIbution on a national n scale was attempted this report wIll be of interest to those who are now or may be concerned in similar activities ThIS report is dedicated to a gen gen- generous generous erous Congress and to the great reat army of volunteers throughout the United States and Territories litho ho made th I In In one of r HS its interesting tables of J I statIstics the report shows that 85 85 i bushels of wheat were made l madel into 10 barrels of flour I tons of cereal and tons of feed I for livestock I The cotton cotton was bales con con- conI converted converted into yards of cloth I and sheeting 66 52 ready made garments and blankets and andI I comforters I In addItIon both wheat and cotton cottonI I were used m in barter to meet costs of I i manufacture packing and shipping The e costs such as set set-I ting up clerical al forces paying for printing postage telephone telegraph etc were borne by the Red Cross Crass with an expenditure of from Its treasury Cooperating with the Red Cross were flour mills and textIle plants and clothing manufacturers Ship Ship- Shipments Shipments ments of wheat products amounted to II 66 carloads and several thousand than carload shipments There I v were ere separate shipments from the Ithe cotton converSIOn centers The hauling of raw and finished products I v was as distributed amon among raIlroads and steamshIp companies I is expressed in the there re re- report report I reI port of the cordial cooperation of the I II millers and vendors and transportation companies A complete outline is given I of the of local Red Cross chapter officers aDd committee members The participation of these devoted workers worker I and the several hundred thousand vot vot- who aided them Ls is described as asI asan asan an epic of local relief I When cotton yardage arrIved the I chapters faced the task which the re- re reI report I port calls the greatest piece of work Red Cross members had done SInce the I World War War-of cutting and sewing 3 I million garments from the yard goods The compilation shows that this diS 1 dis- dis distribution reached one out of ev every ry I five persons in the nation Twenty Twenty- Twentysix Twentysix six million individuals receIved the I relief m in of the counties m in inthe the United States and in Puerto Rico t Alaska and other outlying possessIOns I Participating were ere Red Cross CrAsS chapters theIr branches and other I unit The second step m in the clothing pro pro- program program I gram was provIding ready made gar gar- I pleats Ready made garments distributed distributed numbered 66 pieces Add Add- Added Added ed to the garments made in the sewing rooms the grand total of garments distributed was more mOle than The NatIOnal Red Cross closed the wheat conversIon program on July 27 1933 when It Iced the last order ordel wIth a mill The last of the cotton cottonI garments v was as ordered shipped by the I national organization in February 1934 The entire financial transaction of the dIstrIbution was audited by the War Department as required by Red RedCross Cross CroS charter q I Of special interest in the final re- re report report port are reproductIOns of the forms for requisitioning shipping and hand hand- handling ling the products and also the specifications speCIficatIOns for the cotton garments A valuatIon m in terms of cash based on the market m QuotatIons on the raw and manufactured manur materials involved andI IS I given as 73 11 |