Show january floods reveal rei iti of red cross aid given persons through setup set up by agency the elasticity and scope of red crois disaster work Is shown in a relent re port on red cross relief measures dur ing the unparalleled ohio miss valley alley flood of this year at the height ot the emergency red cross relief offices were established in inundated counties and in coun ties where refugees were cared tor for the report stated eight regional head quarters offices controlled the coun ty offices and were in turn supervised bk by the national red cross crosb in washing ton D C A statistical summary of persona aided by the organization indicates that the floods constituted the greatest peacetime emergency ever faced by the nation the red cross gave some form of assistance to 1 1062 men wo men and children from january to august hundreds hund redi of trained workers leaped by thousands of volunteers ad ministered to the sufferers A red cross rescue fleet of boats was organized according to the report emerges cy hospitals lashed totaled and nurses were assigned to flood duty in more than 1000 refugee centers the victims of the flood were sheltered clothed and fed through the red cross medical health program and the work of publik health agencies sickness was kept to normal tor for the time of year in til inundated areas because of its disaster experience the red cross was v as directed by the president of the I 1 cited states who 1 Is also president of the red cross ross to co ordinate the effort of all federal boo floo I 1 relief groups government and red fled cross officials met dally daily at the red cross headquarters building in wash ington to plan relief measures and pre vent duplication of effort we were fortunate in having 56 years of disaster relief exper ence to call upon in meeting the emergency admiral gary T grayson chairman of the red cross said it was found that 97 families composed of persons bad had to have their re resources supplemented or an entirely new start pro viderA by the red cross the report stated red cross emergency and rehabilitation assist ance was as follows rescue trans por port atlon tation and shelter tor for 62 fam tam hies illes food cloth clothing and other amainte nance tor for families building anil and repair tor for 27 families household house holu goods tor for 90 oot famil es med cal nursing and sanitation leip tor for families agricultural rehabilitation for or 10 families other occupational aid lor for 3 tami famil liei lei and other types of relief for 4 families credit tor for this largest peacetime peace time relief operation in the history of the nation must go to the Amer american lLan people who contri contributed a red cross relief fund of more than 25 admiral grayson said during the the red cross gave aid to the victims of other dis asters in 36 states alaska and the district of columbia the red cross financed the majority of these relief operations from money contributed through memberships during the an nual roll call last november since it Is only in case of large scale disasters that a national drive tor for relief funds Is made this year the roll call Is from no vember bilth to the the red cross seeks a greater membership to meet its disaster bellel and other service obligations during 1938 last year red cross chapters gave vital help to needy families |