| Show COAL OF 0 REO RED CROSS HAL ANNUAL roli ROIL CALL MEMBERS acaster relief and work for veterans cause heavy dr drain I 1 on re resources sources I 1 in order to enable the american red cross to carry on its brond broad activities ranging from service to the world war veteran to instant response in time of disaster a membership ot of should be enrolled and in this year of 0 1928 2929 that Is the goal set for the twelfth annual roll call to be held from november 11 to 29 armistice to thanksgiving day john barton payne chairman of the american red cross at washington in calling upon the nation tor for adult members directs attention to the great expenditures required of the red cross tor for disaster and veteran relief work and for or its many other activities tivi ties devoted to health preservation sad and improvement and to cutting down the number dumber ot of accidental deaths through lif life a saving and first rid aid courses the red cross should at all times have a large reserve fund judge payne stated because when disaster strikes and this organization Is called into instant action there Is no time to stop flop and raise funds dollars may mean lives so we should have at all times a good reserve we hilve have been forced each year to draw upon our reserves and we find that the demands are increasing annually judge payne pointed out that in the fiscal year ot of 1927 28 the red cross had extended aid in 66 major calastro aphes to in the united states and its insular possessions and in 22 nations abroad this does not include the west indies hurricane disaster in porto rico and florida which occurred after the close of the red cross fiscal year june 30 1928 the red cross expenditures tor for disaster in that period were flash ot of which approximately was expended in the mliss valley tor for the flood relief work I 1 1 which came from a fund contributed by the public more than was expended in the st louis tornado damage and more than in new england in both eases cases public relief funds were raised although in new neff england the red cross ted led in excess of from its own funds funda lor for the relief work in the ma the other 66 disasters and lu in all of the 22 foreign catastrophes in which the red cross extended aid the money came from its own ret re sources bounces Bour ces the largest item in the annual budget of the red cross Is tor for its veteran relief and work tor for disabled ex service end and service men upon which it expended in this year every man and woman is asked by judge jude payne to join the red cross during the roll call period to aid in these humanitarian enterprises |
