New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
Country's Most Prominent
Men to Aid in Biggest
Appeal Ever Made
Campaign to Cover
Week Of June 1925
Nineteen New York Teams
Organized, One of Them
Headed by Mayor

Plans for making one Of the most oX-
tcnsive appeals TO the generosity OF
the American people ever organized
will be perfected tomorrow at meet
ing Of the American Red Cross IN
Washington, it was announced here
last night. Teams to solicit funds,
composed Of prominent bankers. heads
Of public utility corporations, business
men. manufacturers and professional
men. will be organized in every city IN
the country, and from June Is to June
o. will devote their entire time to Red
Cross work.
TIE captains Of the teams. which arc
oxpsctcd TO collect several million dol
lars in New York City. were named
Yesterday by Cleveland II. Dodge
chairman Of the War Finance Commit
tee: Seward Prosser. chairman OF inc
executive committee, and members OF
tho Now York Committee. They arc
Mayor Mitchell. J. P. Morgan, Michael
Friedman, T. A. Gillespie. J. Horace
Harding. c. d. Hilles. william NJ.
Kingsley. Edward /. Marston. George
+ Raker. jr.. II. G.. s. Noble. +. II.
Outerbridge. Charles II. Sabin. Jacob
n Schif. Albert Strauss. W. B. Ihomp-
son. F. d. Underwood. Frank A. Van
derlip. Albert II. Wiggin and George j.
Whelan.
Nearly every line of business activ-
;tv will be represented in the member
shin Of the teams, which will consist
NJ Ton men each. Among the members
ALREADY listed are 5. X. Guggenheim.
Alfred +. Marling, William Fellowes
Morgan. George T. Wilson, George a.
Zabriskie. Mortimer l.. Schifi, Joseph
p Day. John Sloane. Paul d. Cravath,
Frank Hcdley. Irving I. Bush, Arthur
q Choate. James r. Sheffield and
Harry Payne Whitney.
Women Also TO Help
Ton teams Of women also will be
organized By Miss Mary Parsons pc
fore the campaign Is under way. heau-
quarters will be established IN the
meeting room Of the Chamber of Com
n,erce. and lists of persons to be seen
nv the solicitors will be issued daily
nv the Red Cross finance committee,
at AZ Wall Street.
Men from thirty cities, in whlch keo
Cross chapters are not at present 10
Gated. will meet to-day in Washington
with a view to organizing teams ~
their cities at once. Red Cross chap
ter chairmcn from all parts OF ths
country will assemble at the capita!
to-morrow for similar preparation:
On Sunday. June 17-Bunker Nm
Day preachers throughout the country
will be asked 10 deliver Red Cross ser
mons TO open the big weeks campaign.
"The action of President Wilson IN
amounting a Red Cross War Council,
said Mr.. Prosser yesterday, sets IN
motion the tremendous campaign Tor
popular subscriptions to fund when
The Red Cross will use for supplying
HOSPITALS at the front and also for
carving on relief work at home and
in Europe on a scale greater than the
world ever has seen.
Country Behind Campaign
"The Red Cross has never in all its
history faced such tremendous need.
In addition to the work done thus far
during the war, the entrance OF our
own country into it multiplies the de-
mand many fold. These men have an
swered the call Of President Wilson 70
enlist in Red Cross work the most ef-
fective men. the best organizers, the
hest doors of big things in the nation.
They are going TO give TO the ma
chinery of this organization all the
efficiency and capable business manage
mcnt that the country affords