Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-12
Rotary, Lion, City and Ad
Club Members Join in
Enthusiastic Meeting.
TWO HUNDRED ARE PRESENT
l.. f. Phillips, State Chairman,
Delivers Stirring Appeal
for Aid.
TO SEEK 5000 MEMBERS
Tulsa County Workers Expect
to Reach Goal Within a
Single Day.
TO SEEK $1,000 MEMBERS

1--WE are seeking to build better
mercy machine than the kaiser's mill
tary machine.
I'VE are seeking to mobilize tho
heart and soul of America to bind up
the wounds of a bleeding world.
ITS a mans job and any man who
does not give to this effort is not only
u Stacker but he's close to being a
traitor.
This Is not a money-raising cam
paign. We want your support, your
time and your sympathy.
I'VE want 5000 members of the
Red Cross in Tulsa county by Christ
mas day"
In. these ringing words, afire with
patriotic spirit and enthusiasm, l.. f..
Phillips, Bartlesville banker, opened
the campaign in this city yesterday
with a stirring speech before the Joint
luncheon given by all the clubs of
Tulsa TO mobilize the famous Tulsa
pep" for the big Red Cross Member
ship drive which begins next Monday
morning and will continue until
Christmas day.
Two Hundred We're Present.
The big dining room of Hotel Tulsa
was filled with members of the Ro-
tary, Lions, City and Ad clubs and the
Chamber of Commerce. Two hundred
of Tulsa's representative business men,
noted for their ginger, energy and en-
thusiasm in every campaign of pub
lie character that has been held In the
city. were gathered around the tables.
As H. A. Wilcox, chairman of the
campaign in Tulsa county outside the
city. said In calling the meeting TO
order, Il was the Largest gathering of
Tulsa's live wires that had ever been
held" and the patriotic spirit that
dominated the meeting and frequently
stopped the speeches with outbursts of
applause was sure augury of success
IN the campaign about TO start There
wasn't a bit of doubt in the minds of
anyone present that Tulsa and Tulsa
county will come up with the number
of memberships asked OF them
$1,000 at 81 each.
The meeting was put under way by
the singing of america" and THE
Star Spangled Panner." after which
Mr.. Wilcox called upon r.. II. Hurd Of
Broken Arrow. Doctor Humphreys OF
Owasso and Messrs. Shiefelbush.
mayor and Lee Fitzhugh and r. w.
Gibbs of Sand Springs. who Will have
charge of the membership drive In
their respective towns. AS each was
introduced he was requested to rise
and was given n cheering hand by the
Tulsa boosters.
Hagan Presiding Officer.
Mr.. Wilcox then introduced Horace
Hagan. formerly assistant attorney
general and member OF the State Pa
triotic Bureau of Public Speakers who,
in one of his usual pep" talks briefly
empbasizsd d the importance OF the Red
Cross to the nation during the war and
OF the work II Is doing and will do.
"It Is the one international monu-
ment left standing" he said. and must
be supported by every patriotic loyal
American.
Mr.. Phillips. who made the prin-
cipal speech of the meeting. Is n mem
Der of the executive committee of the
National Red Cross campaign in the
southwest. having personal direction
of the campaign In Oklahoma and the
Panhandle Of Texas
He told how he had been drafted
into the work and declared il was
privilege to him and to any man to
help 1t along. He was making no
ga crifice but only doing his duty, serv-
ing his country In Its need as he would
take care of his own family.
Nevertheless. Mr.. Phillips is maxi
ing considerable business sacrifice In
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