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Show Chief Justice Hughes In Tribute to Red Cross One of the finest tributes ever paid the American Red Cross and its membership was that by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, of the United States Supreme Court, on the occasion of the fiftieth birthday anniversary of the organization on May 21 of this year. Mr. Hughes said: "The American Red Cros3 represents rep-resents the unltc-d voluntary effort ef-fort of the American people in the ministry of mercy. It Is the finest and most effective expression expres-sion of the American heart. It knows no partisanship. In the perfection of Its cooperation, there is no blemish of distinctions distinc-tions by reason of race or creed or political philosophy. "However we may differ In all tilings else, in the activities of the Red Cross we are a united people. None of our boasted industrial in-dustrial enterprises surpasses It in efficiency ... It moves with the precision and the discipline of an army to achieve the noblest of human aims. "The American Red Cross is not only first in war but first in peace. The American people rely upon its ministrations in every great catastrophe. It has given its aid in over one thousand disasters. dis-asters. When, as we hope, war will be no more, still the Red Cross, in the countless activities of relief and rehabilitation, will continue to function as the organized or-ganized compassion of our country." |