Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-20
OMAHA TAKES ON
RED CROSS WORK
Spirit that 0versubscribed the
Liberty Loan in Gate City
Again Apparent in the
New Task.

Red Cross activities are every
where in evidence in Omaha. The
leaders in the movement here are los
ing no opportunity to get the great
work before the people. o. T. East
man spoke on the work at the BAN
quet given by the Commercial club
to the visiting editors from Iowa and
Nebraska at the Commercial club
rooms Monday. He spoke of the
success Of the Liberty loan campaign,
but said that that was a past mailer.
and gave most of his time to what is
yet to be accomplished in Omaha
and Nebraska for the Red Cross.
Tonight at Happy Hollow club,
where the Nebraska and Iowa editors
are to be entertained, Judge w. D.
McHugh and T. c. Byrne are to out
line the campaign to the editors and
publishers of the state.
To Tell of Necessary Work.
Instead of making typical after
dinner speeches of fun and frolic,
these men will go before the editors
with solid facts concerning what
work is to be done to raise the big
fund necessary to carry on the great
work of mercy in this war through
the Red Cross organization.
Naa.t,, O0n D., C,a,,, ,,,ok - ,l,o
Commercial club with Scout Execu-
tive English and various scout mas
ters to talk over plans for Boy Scout
activities in the Red Cross campaign.
Now that the scouts raised consider
ably over 100000 for the Liberty
loan, they feel they can do big things
for the Red Cross, and they will have
a part in taking subscriptions.
Mayor Dahlman, Ward Burgess and
John Cogan spoke to the boys on
the work.
Wattles Asks All to Help.
The duty of every man in assisting
the Red Cross work and the awful
results that are certain to follow
Stacking" were emphasized by G. w.
Wattles, chairman of the finance
committee, at meeting at the South
Omaha Live Stock exchange yester-
day:
Mr.. Wattles said in part:
We call the young man, who fails
to volunteer or register for service at
the call of his country, Stacker Be
it said to his credit that less than |
per cent of the young men Of the ma
ton have failed to perform their duty
in this regard. The small number
who have failed are now being ar
rested and treated as criminals.
"A name has not yet been coined to
adequately describe the citizen be-
yond military age, who fails at this
critical time to perform his full duty.
Stacker is too mild term-traitor is
probably little too severe, although
by failing to give the necessary f.
nancial support to furnish Red Cross
nurses, ambulances and hospitals for
the young American soldiers, who will
lie bleeding and dying on foreign bat
tlehelds within few months, will fur
nish the enemy with aid and comfort,
and this is defined by the laws of the
nation as treason.
1T is difficult for me to refrain
from expressing the contempt | feel
for the man who refuses either to give
or to assist in this great movement. A
few, and l am glad to say only a few,
Of the business men of Omaha have
said to me during the last week of
I am sorry, would like
to help in the campaign for funds, but
| am too busy
What would you think of the man
who gave this excuse as the reason
why he could not help you bury your
child, or assist in the removal of your
wife to the hospital in the hour of her
extremity?
"I am to busy'-how disgusting
Too busy doing what? Is making a
,ew dollars of more Importance than
saving the life of your son or your
1eighbor's son, who in few months
will lie bleeding Oil foreign battle