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Show BISHOP JOHN J. O'CONNOR TELLS OF RED CROSS APPEAL Bishop John J. O'Connor of Newark thus expresses his approval of the Red Cross Christmas roll call: "A citizen of the United States can offer no valid excuse for failure to enroll en-roll himself In the American Red Crosa Society. An organization whose one great principle Is humanity has the right to call ail men to Its-standard, The Red Cross appeals to the common human In us. It alms at giving fine words, like synipnthyi and pity and mercy, some practical value. The world has waited a long time for an organization organi-zation which coiild give to vacua feelings feel-ings of sympathy wide, prnctical application. ap-plication. The American- Reoss fulfills every reif!xment of ii' iy huinnnltarlnu alwJfitlon. 1 yts only universally aoltted pi en. It limits Its operatl" tf" Acu-lar Acu-lar class. It sidca It asks of its members things tha. they have pity 0? wherever wher-ever found and that tR. '!je will lo relieve misfortune. I "The appeal of the v Increased membership irv stantly heeded. The heed this call places hlj the pale. He tloen not native land. He Is not kind. Here is our ovy In a work which gly' Its teachlrtreseX names on trhi Red Cross."J |