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Show Red Cross War Fund Head Enlists Full Public Support neighbors at home in time of natural or war-caused emergency. More than 3,000,000 volunteer solicitors so-licitors stand ready to aid in local collections in every American community. com-munity. Each will devote his time and effort toward reaching the goal so that men and women in military service will know the Red Cross "is staying right with them, right up to and beyond the day of peace and victory," Mr. Chester explained. Without personal gain or remuneration, remu-neration, the 3,000,000 men and women wo-men volunteer canvassers will represent rep-resent 3,756 Red Cross chapters throughout the nation. Seeking from door to door those contributions which will not be made through factory, fac-tory, office, school or theatre, each will carry an official identification card for the protection of the householder. house-holder. For the most part, however, such identification will be unnecessary unneces-sary because the solicitor will be a neighbor or friend. To each contributor, con-tributor, he will give a red, white and blue window sticker bearing the well-known Red Cross emblem. WASHINGTON, D. C. Urging each American citizen to consider the Red Cross as his personal emissary emis-sary to his particular serviceman, Colby M. Chester, chairman of the 1945 American Red Cross War Fund campaign, today asked all Americans Ameri-cans to give to their fullest ability in support of the 1945 national goal of $200,000,000. "Those of us who must stay at home and fight by doing our daily tasks as efficiently as possible," he said, "like to feel that though we are not beside John or Jim or Bob on the battle field, we do have a personal per-sonal ambassador in each of the ten thousand Red Cross workers now serving with the troops overseas." Opening March 1 and continuing throughout the entire month, the third Red Cross War Fund will not only fill Intensified needs on advancing advanc-ing war fronts, but will provide needed services to those who have returned from action, their families, their buddies awaiting transporta-'ten transporta-'ten overseas, and their friends and |