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Show Red Cross Membership Is Sound Investment, Business Leader Says "We believe that Individual membership mem-bership in the American Red Cross is a sound investment, yielding the investor tremendous returns in personal per-sonal satisfaction," Is the statement of William Butterworth, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, in endorsing the twelfth annual roll call of the American Red Cross, Nov. 11-29. Mr. Butterworth's statement follows: fol-lows: "The men engaged In carrying , forward the business and Industry of this nation are quick to respond, and respond generously, when human hu-man suffering calls for their assistance. assist-ance. They welcome the existence of an organization authorized by international treaty and congressional congres-sional charter to act as their agency, and the agency of all the people, in providing relief in disaster dis-aster and promoting tljeir beneficial services to humanity The nation's business men take particular pleasure pleas-ure in supporting The American National Red Cross because it has applied sound and efficient business technique and administrative methods meth-ods without sacrifice of sympathy and understanding in the prevention preven-tion and mitigation of human suffering. suf-fering. "The Chamber of Commerce of the United States, as representative of the nation's business, has such confidence in the American Red Cross that it calls upon its member organizations to contribute to relief re-lief in disaster only upon Red Cross assurance that an appeal is necessary. nec-essary. "We believe that individual membership mem-bership in the American Red Cross is a sound investment, yielding the investor tremendous returns In personal per-sonal satisfaction. "The Red Cross - is seeking to increase its membership member-ship to five million; the opportunity opportu-nity to join its ranks is presented by the Red Cross Chapters throughout through-out the nation from November 11 to 29. It is good to be a link in this great chain of service reaching reach-ing around the world." (Signed) WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH, President The Chamber of Commerce of the United States. i : |