The Pulaskian., 1917-10-26
INFORM PUBLlCOF
 RED CROSS WORK
Heads of American Relief Body Undertake Extensive Tour
 of the West.
TELL HOW MONEY IS SPENT
Henry p. Davson, Chairman Of v,.~ Council, and Harry D. Gibson. General Manager, Make
 Long Trip.

Washington.-At the request of sha Red Cross war council, Henry P. Ds- vison, chairman of the council. ana Harry D. Gibson, general manager of the American Red Cross, have uuder. taken tour through the West. in inc course of which they will visit points at which division managers of the Red Cross have been stationed. The par. pose of the trip is to meet with renrA. SentativeS of Red Cross chapters. s,sa with those who have contributed ta Red Cross funds and with the pubNr generally. It Is also the purpose of the war council to render an account of its stewardship, to interest the people in the work of the Red CroSs and to let the public know just how the $100,O00,000 war fund is being uH- lized.
 Beginning at St. Louis October n the schedule for the trip called for large meetings to be held successiyeRy at Denver. San Francisco, Seattle. Minneapolis, Chicago and Cleveland,
 Purpose of the Trip.
 In announcing the purpose of the trip, Mr. Davison authorized the fel lowing statement:
 with the division of the United States Into thirteen districts, each headed by a successful business msa serving this country through the Red Cross during the war, the Red CroR 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 ef 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 l amounted to $64, 424, ,232.90, of which S6,269, ,566gy has been refunded to chapters to pre- vide for their own Red Cross activities. Up to that time the war council had appropriated from the war fund $2h,- 090, ,870.41. The Red Cross membership has just become more than four mn lion. Included In that membership are hundreds of thousands of American women who are knitting, making sur gical dressings and comfort kits. The Red Cross war council is seeking s render an account of it's stewardship to the American people in the most effective manner possible. Ii is giving frequent announcements of it's activi- ties and every fact concerning the work of the Red Cross is available ts everybody. We now wish to go a step farther and give detailed account 0f 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 ae- bearing face to face before audiences of representative citizens, telling the Red Cross story, answering question: and ourselves gaining more complete knowledge of public sentiment
 Would inform Public.
 We are extremely anxious that the people at large should be fully iar formed as to the methods and policies adopted In handling the great fund with which the Red Cross war counca has been intrusted and also that sA policies and activities of the Red Gross should be in accord with a fully ls- formed public sentiment. The purposs of this trip is not to solicit subscriR- tons or to take collections. although we expect to give to the Americas people the latest advice we have Fe- ceived as to conditions in France Russia. Roumania, Italy and Serbia
 "Our reports indicate that the Amer ican Red Cross has an opportunity Ss lend a helping hand and to carry practical message of cheer to suffering humanity such as no philanthropic ua- dertaking in the history of the worsa has ever had before..
 Accompanying Mir. Davison and MT. Gibson on this trip Is Rev. Robert Da- wis of Englewood, N. J.. who has 1uss returned from France, having gone ss Paris with the American Red Cross commission in May