Show AID FOR RED GROSS ABROAD president wilson prepared message before illness WORK YET TO OE BE COMPLETED to finance operations and to carry out constructive plans plan in eastern europe organization requires require increasing membership Member hip D C llenore it ills pros ent president wilson prepared pie pared all tho fullow following lag Ines sage lit III which tu lie lurges tile thy people of the united S states tates to gener generously respond to tn tile the third roll vail call of if tile LI cited cross As ali president of the united states and as an presh president lynt of the Anie american rican lied cross I 1 recommend und and urge large it 11 generous re response to the third lied cross I 1 tell call which opens on november Move niber too second alvith ni the observance of lied cross sunday and appropriately closes un in november tile the eleventh the lie first of 0 tile the signing of the ar 1111 stive twenty million adults joined tit the lie ineil crotis cross during lie war prompted fly by a patriotic to render service to in their country unit and to the muse cause for which the united states was engaged in war our patriotism should stand the test of peace as well nell as tile the test of war lind and it Is in an intelligently pati patriotic lotic program liroff ani match tit lie lied itei cross proposes a continuance of service to our soldiers hold lers and sal sailors lors who it for luany thin hinga gsand and a the flit problems of peace tit at home of tile experience peri perl ence etive and methods which it acquired during the war stress on membership it Is on membership more than money contributions that the stress of the present pres campaign Is laid for the lied cross seeks to associate tile lie people in welfare work throughout tho the laud land especially in those communities where neither official nor unofficial provision lias has been made for nd adequate equate health and social service it Is in tit alie spirit of democracy that eliat tile hie people should undertake their own welfare activities anti and tile national lied cross staely intends to exert upon community action it stimulating and coordinating co and to place tile he energies of the organization ile he all sound public health and welfare agencies the Amer american icari lied cross does not purpose indefinite prolongation of its ita relief work abroad a policy which Vl ICi would lay lav ilia an unjust burden upon our wn peppie and tend to undermine tile the alf vir reliance of tile peoples relieved but there la Is ft a necessary work of completion to lo lie be performed before tile american red lied cross can call honorably withdraw from hurole tile congress of the united hus has imposed upon tile hie lied cross it continuing abroad by authorizing the secretary of if war to transfer to tile the american lied led cross crosa such surplus army medical medi I 1 val supplies tin and supplementary nil anil alery ll ery foodstuffs now in ili europe us as hall not net be required by the orally army to lc ile used by flit lie lied cross to relieve ahe distress which continues lit in certain countries of mirope europe as a result of tins thel war P program deserves support to finance alu these sy operations to con 4 hide work which was begun during the file war and to curry carry tout but home hoine com coin inexpensive plau for assisting peoples in ili eastern europe to develop their own welfare organizations tho he american tied cross require lit in addition to membership fe fecs a sum slim of money small lit in combar with the gifts poured itou reil into its Iren tr iury sury by fy our ge people dur mir tile war r hoth both the grenter enduring domestic program and file I 1 he lesther temporary for program of tile the lied cross crosa tin ili nerve support alid I 1 ven lure to liolio flat its benee atille mcm bersil lp will exceed rather than fall helow its war WOO WOOD DIlOU ItOW WILSON |