The Washington times., 1917-06-04
RED CROSS NEEDS
HUNDRED MILLION
Chairman Dawson Outlines
War Council Plans.
PREPARING BIG CAMPAIGN
Must Hearten Allies in Fighting
the German Peril.

NEW YORK. June 4-Henry p
Dawson. chairman OF the Red Cross
war council and the man TO whom
President Wilson has intrusted prob
ably the greatest humanitarian prob.
lem ever placed on the shoulders OF
a private citizen, outlined at his home
near Glen Cove yesterday the tire
mendous plans which he and his as
sociates are formulating for the al.
deviation OF suffering on the battle
neld and for the material and spiritual
encouragement OF our war-weAry,
war-stricken allies.
Mr.. Dawson appealed to the people
to get ready to give 800, 0oo. 900 be-
fore this summer ends. 80 the war
council can drive ahead without loss
Of invaluable time or without waste
OF effort In its plans for taking care
Of the American troops that are going
to Europe and for quick assistance 20
the impoverished, helpless citizens Of
the allies who have suffered from the
savagsries Of German occupation.
France Is full OF blind men, OF
mutliated men. men who have lost
about all that makes lifeyworth while
because they reared themselves as a
wall between the German hordes anu
ourselves" said Mr.. Dawson.
These facts must be lightning
sharp TO everybody in this country.
Must Use All weaDoaA
The German enemy Is not to be
combated with shot and she'll alone.
He must be fought with every moral
and psychological weapon. He must
be made 70 understand that he is 90
much morally the enemy Of mankind
that every father and mother-svsry
child--in America 10 determined TO
correct and punish him
'If the American people 90 desire. -
he went on, eve can make our Red
Cross felt on every battlefront. One
OF our hrst aims must be to hsarten
our allies.
The hrst pressing work Of tie
American Red Cross. As planned by
the War Council. will be to look out
for our sailors and soldiers abroad
and at home"
Mr.. Davison's Job IL to get things
done with the least lost motion. the
least waste OF time, money. and ma
terials. with the greatest possible eff
fectiveness.
camDatsn Begins June 3.
Beginning June IS a campaign will
be lnaugurAted in all the cities and
towns OF the United States to raise
81 100, 900, 900 50 the Red Cross can ex-
tend its activities on the lines ! have
Indicated" said Mr.. Dawson. I'VE are
not quite ready to announce the de-
tails OF the campaign. Probably every
state, on the basis Of its banking
strength, will be assigned Its reason
able quota Of the sum we must have.
and thus subscription EFFORT will be
systematized, concentrated This Is
not yet the time to emphasize the
purely financial dstailA Il IL the time.
however. to sound the wake-up call.
It IL the time to make people see that
you might as well try to dam up a
food with sand a. to try to meet the
German peril In q careless let George
do IT. way. No. we have got TO build
q wall of granite or prepare to suffer
what Belgium and northern France
and Poland and Serbia and Roumania
have suffered. The nrst masonry in
that defensive wall should be aside
from questions of military service) as
to the Red Cross. No excuses
no procrastinatlons will do.
= This Is no time for any man to
say, We'll, 90 many calls have been
made on my pocketbook that I don't
feel as II could AFFORD to give to the
Red Cross. This IL an inopportune
call Well. say TO that man. Ny
friend, the whole war 10 inopportuns.
II II inopportune that millions OF
brave men are dying or suffering that
we may remain . nation, not . German
province"