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THE REASON FOR The RED CROSS

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During the week of June 1925 Ore
gon, outside of Portland, must raise
s4OO, 900 of the 500, 900, 900 emergency
Red Cross war service fund Of this
amount Hood River has pledged to
raise $4,000. President Wilson has
made direct appeal to all of the peo-
pie of the nation for this fund. And
we feel safe in saying that Hood River
will not be in the Stacker class.
Why should you do all in your power
to aid in the Red Cross movement? If
you are not going to the front, if you
have no friend or relative who is going
to be on the firing line, by contribut-
ing to the Red Cross you are perform
ing your service. You may say ! am
not able. | need my money for some
thing else. Of course, we would not
advise you to give to such an extent
that you might later become subject
of charity. But make sacrifice. Bat
Ting with the insidious toe of the
very basic principles of our country
time has arrived when Individually and
collectively we must make sacrifices.
Are you one of those wrapt in SNUG
Indifference who has not sensed the
seriousness of this great war? If so,
awaken, and let the messages of the
country's leaders strike into your heart.
Cast off the cloak of apathy and remit
IN full the obligation you owe to the
country, the survival of whose ideals
of democracy, and this alone, guaran-
tees you and posterity the right to
freedom of living to which you have
been accustomed.
And these are further specific rea-
sons for the need of huge Red Cross
fund and why it should be raised by
subscription instead of by government
al appropriation:
Prompting the Presidents appeal are
the thousands of Red Cross ambulances
on the firing line that must be main
tanned. Other thousands of ambulances
must be built and sent to the front.
Forty-fve base hospitals already have
been established and their work must
be supplemented with that of many
more hospitals in order to treat the
wounds and save the lives of thousands
of soldiers. including our own home
boys.
The force of Red Cross physicians
and nurses must be greatly increased
and kept on duty.
British, French and Belgian soldiers
can be sent home when, under hospital
care, they have commenced to recover
from wounds or sickness, but for Uncle
Sans soldier boys convalescent hospi-
tails must be built by the Red Cross.
Mothers and wives who have given
up sons and husbands and who have no
other support must be cared for by the
Red Cross organization
Vocational schools for soldiers inca
pacitated by wounds for ordinary work
must be organized and financed.
From the front line trenches to the
mothers left at home the Universal
Service of Mercy must maintain vast
organization and spend tremendous
sums in order to meet an almost over
whelming emergency growing out of
United States participation in the
world war. Nor can the work be de-
layed one day. Bullets will not wait
on tardy dollars. The man who offers
his life on the battlefield for the de-
fense of his country must not be left
to bear the burden alone.
Why does the government not finance
this relief work? The question is often
asked. The American Red Cross is
ranked as neutral, as long as it is
maintained by private subscriptions.
The administration of the Red Cross
cannot be carried on as are the nation
la naval and military operations. Re-
lief work, also, must cut red tape,
must be promptly ready for every
emergency, must be governed by hu-
manitarian principles and quick de-
cisions and must not be hampered by the
restrictions of governmental machinery
At the same time the Red Cross is the
only relief agency formally authorized
by the government. Its head is the
President of the United States. Its
accounts are audited by the war de-
partment. 1t is chartered by congress.
President Wilson declares:
"a large, well organized and eff.
cient Red Cross is essential. 1t is both
a patriotic and humane service that is
rendered by every citizen who becomes
a member of the American Red Cross"
Red Cross subscriptions need not be
paid all at one time. One-fourth will
be due July |; one-fourth, August /
one-fourth, September and the bal
ance October /.
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