Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-10-24
INFORM PUBLIC OF RED CROSS WORK Heads of American Relief Body Undertake Extensive Tour
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TELL HOA MONEY IS SPENT
Henry P. Davison, Chairman of War Council, and Harry D. Gibson, General Manager, Make
 Long Trip.

Washington-At the request of the Red Cross war council, Henry P. Da- Vison, chairman of the council, and Harry D. Gibson, general manager of the American Red Cross, have under taken q tour through the West, in the course of which they will visit points at which division managers of the Red Cross have been stationed. The pur- pose of the trip is to meet with repre- sentatives of Red Cross chapters, also with those who have contributed to Red Cross funds and with the public generally. It is also the purpose of the war council to render an account of it's stewardship, to interest the people in the work of the Red Cross and to let the public know just how the S10G, 100000 war fund is being uti- lized.
 Beginning at St. Louis October 22. the schedule for the trip called for large meetings to be held successively at Denver San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis, Chicago and Cleveland.
 Purpose of the Trip.
 h announcing the purpose of the trip. Mr. Davison authorized the fol- lowing statement:
 With the division of the United States into thirteen districts, each headed by successful business man serving this country through the Red Cross during the war; the Red Cross organization in this country is now complete. Also special Red Cross mis- sions, made up of competent and sym pathetic American citizens have now arrived and are at work on behalf of the American Red Cross in France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy. Rouma- nia and Serbia.
 Collections to the war fund of the Red Cross up to October amounted to S64, ,424 ,232.90, of which SC, ,269. .566.57 has been refunded to chapters to pro- vide for their own Red Cross activities. Up to that time the war council had appropriated from the war fund $25.- 09G.S70.41 The Red Cross membership has just become more than four mill lion. Included in that membership are hundreds of thousands of American women who are knitting, making sur gicaf dressings and comfort. kits. The Red Cross war council is seeking to to the American people in the most effective manner possible. It is giving frequent announcements of it's activi- ties and every fact concerning the work of the Red Cross is available to everybody. We now wish to go a step farther and give a detailed account of our stewardship, as well as to advise with Red Cross workers and support CTS throughout the country as to Red Cross policy and methods. We have felt that this could best be done by ap- bearing face to face before audiences of representative citizens, telling the Red Cross story, answering questions, and ourselves gaining a more complete knowledge of public sentiment.
 Would Inform Public.
 "We are extremely anxious that the people at large should be fully in- lOIlHSu dS tO lHt llltlIiOuS duu pOilCIeS adopted in handling the great fund with which the Red Cross war council has been intrusted and also that all policies and activities of the Red Cross should be in accord with a fully in- formed public sentiment. The purpose of this trip is not 70 solicit subscrip- tions or to take collections, although we expect to give to the American people the latest advice we have re- ceived as to conditions in France, Russia, Roumania, Italy and Serbia.
 Our reports indicate that the Amer ican Red Cross has an opportunity to lend helping hand and to carry practical message of cheer to suffering humanity such as no philanthropic un- dertalSing in the history of the world has ever had before"
 Accompanying Mir. Davison and Mr. Gibson on this trip is Rev. Robert Da- wis of Englewood, N. J., who has just returned from France. having gone to Paris with the American Red Cross commission in May.