| Show INFORM PUBLIC OF CROSS WORK if heads of american relief body undertake extensive tour of the west JELL HOW HONEY IS SPENT henry P davison chairman of war council and harry D albon general manager make long trip ashington at the request of the lied cross war council henry P da chairman of the council and harry D gibson general manager of the american lied cross have under a tour through the west in the course of which they will visit points at which division managers of the lied cross have been stationed the pur pose of the trip Is to meet with depre of lied cross chapters also with those who have contributed to lied cross funds and with the public generally it is also the purpose of the war council to render an account of its stewardship to interest the people in the work of the red cross and to let the public know just how the war fund Is being uti llred beginning at st louis october 22 the schedule for the trip called for large meetings to be held successively at denver san francisco seattle minneapolis chicago and cleveland purpose of the trip in announcing the purpose of the trip mr davison authorized the tola lowing statement with the division of the united states into thirteen districts each headed by a successful business man serving this country through the red cross during the war the red cross organization in this country Is now complete also special red cross missions made up of competent and sympathetic american citizens have now arrived and are at work on behalf of the american red cross in trance great britain russia italy rouina nta and serbia collections to the fund of the red cross up to october 1 amounted to 84 00 of which 0 2695 57 has been to chapters to for their own red cross activities to that time the war council had appropriated from the war fund 25 41 the red cross has just become more than four million included in that membership are hundreds of thousands of american women who are knitting making eur dressings and comfort kits the red cross war council Is seeking to render an account of its stewardship to the american people in the most effective manner possible it Is giving frequent announcements of its activities and every fact concerning the work of the red cross Is available to everybody we now wish to go a step farther and give a detailed account of our stewardship as well as to advise with red workers and support era throughout the country as to red cross policy and methods we have felt that thie could best be done by appearing face to face before audiences of re citizens telling the bed cross atory answering questions and ourselves gaining a more complete knowledge of public sentiment would inform public we are extremely anxious that the people at large should b fully in formed a to the methods and policies adopted in handling the great fund with which the red cross war council has been In trusted and also that all policies and activities of the red cross hp in accord with a fully in formed public the purpose of this trip is not to solicit subscriptions or to take collections although we expect to giffe to the american people the latent advice we have received as to conditions in france russia Ro italy and serbia our reports indicate that the american red cross hai an opportunity to lend a helping hand and to carry a practical message of cheer to suffering hn maulty such ae no philanthropic der taking in the history of the world has ever had before accompanying mr davison and mr gabson on this trip is rev robert da fris of englewood N J who has just returned from france having gone to tarla with the american red cross commission in may |
