Morris tribune., 1918-12-20
RED CROSS WILL CALL
THE ROLL NEXT WEEK
annual Christmas Membership
Driue ThrMout United States
Neat Week

The advent of peace has not les
sened the demands upon the Red
Cross and it's work of mercy must
continue. There can be no let up
at this time. Beginning tomorrow
and lasting until Christmas there
will be national campaign for mem
bers, called the Christmas Member
ship Drive. On account of the flu
epidemic in Stevens county very lit
tie plans could be made for this drive
and those in charge are depending on
the old members to renew their mem
bership without being asked. Send
in a dollar for each membership to
Mrs. c. J. O'Connell, Morris, secre-
tary of the Red Cross.
Red Cross memberships cost only
$100 each and the plan is to have
every man and woman and boy and
girl old enough to take an interest
in Red Cross work to join.
Elaborate efforts are being made
throughout the entire United States
for this membership drive and the
canvass will be thorough one. But
tons will be distributed to all mem
bers and window hangers for all
homes, so that on Christmas Day it
is expected that every home in the
land will have an interest in the Red
Cross.
There will be no Christmas seals
sold this year for Red Cross purposes.
That department of the Red Cross is
cooperating in this membership
move, so that those who have in
years past bought Red Cross Christ
mas seals can put that money into
memberships.
No citizen should refuse to take a
membership at this time because the
date of his previous membership may
not have expired. 1t is the desire of
the Red Cross to have all member
ships run from Christmas to Christ
mas so if your membership overlaps,
forget it. Take a new one and start
with the crowd at Christmas time.
The aim and underlying purposes
of this campaign is to recruit under
loyal American no matter where he
or she may live.
The object of the Red Cross Christ
mas Roll Call is to register in terms
Of active participation the spirit of a
nation. The spirit in question is per-
sonified in Red Cross membership.
Every worker is urged to make it
unanimous.
The week of December 21-25 has
been set for the Red Cross Christmas
Roll Call. 1t seems peculiarly ap-
propriate to have this Roll Call dur
ing the Christmas season. With the
dawn of peace at hand it should serve
as a fitting climax to an eventful
twelve months.
Universal Membership. has been
chosen as the keynote of the Red
Cross Christmas Roll Call. This
thought was expressed by President
Wilson when, on the occasion of his
address last May, he said: II sum-
mon you to the comradeship." In
this appeal the President of the Red
Cross, himself, has sounded the clar-
ion call to every good American to
enroll as a member of the Red Cross.
Universal Membership and its full
significance cannot be too widely en-
phasized. 1t means the enrolment of
EVERY loyal American as member
Of the greatest humanitarian organi-
zation in the world.
Each person enrolling will be CIV
en- a 1919 button and a Christmas
seal folder. One service flag should
be given each household having a
1919 member, with a Red Cross for
each additional member enrolled,
each member in the, United States
service and each member of Junior
Auxiliaries. It is highly important
to carry to each new member the
health educational messages on the
seal folder.
Henry P. Dawson, chairman Of the
War Council of the Red Cross, recent
ly issued to the 1854 chapters and
the 100000 members of the Amer
lean Red Cross, the following state
ment:
.'The whole American people will
be invited IN the week preceding
Christmas to enroll as members of the
Red Cross. It is confldentially be-
lieved that there need be no further
campigns for Red Cross funds,
but, instead, an annual Roll Call will
constitute the foundation Of the Red
Cross. The people should, therefore,
know as definitely as possible the