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Show Red Cross Plans Clothing Supply The American Red Cross will' initiate ini-tiate its cotton distribution program by procuring piece goods to be made into clothing for the needy and distressed dis-tressed by Red Cross chapters, othef local production units and housewives, house-wives, A. L. Schafer, manager of the Pacific area, announces. Formation of the central cotton dis-1 dis-1 tribution office to dispose of 500,000 bales of government cotton has been effected at Washington, D. C, under the general direction of James L. Fie-ser, Fie-ser, vice-chairman. At the presenttime, gingham, muslin, mus-lin, outing flannel, shirting and bird's-eye are required. Interested manufacturers are invited to write to the Central Cotton Distribution Office, Of-fice, American Red Cross, at Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, for specifications and other information. An official statement says merchandise mer-chandise will be bought from stock or made at prices which represent cost or market, whichever is lower. Payment Pay-ment will be made in raw cotton, that is, negotiable instruments thereof. George S. Harris, former president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Manufactur-ers association, now a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, is serving as textile expert for the Red Cross. The Red Cross estimates that fully 90,000 volunteers in chapters throughout the country will be available avail-able to start production work immediately. imme-diately. In the Pacific area, Mr. Schafer reports, re-ports, many chapters have perfected their production units and now await materials on which to begin work. ' |
