The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-04-30
War Fund Campaign for $780,
100000 Discussed Several In
teresting Talks Made by Dis.
tinguished Speakers,
MEMBERSHIP OF BODY
INCREASED SIX TIMES
Last Year, There Were $4,000
Workers; Today, the Figure Is
1888, 900, Manager Of Mountain
Division Points Out.
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East Las Vegas. y NJ, April SO
An Interesting conference was held
I'm Las Vegas yesterday In the inter.
est of the second war fund campaign
for the fled cross. TIN" Rev Or
Zicgl,r, a.. secretary Of the Valencia
county chapter and county campaign
manager, was In attendance IRON
pcicn. II was hoped that Attorney
Livingston. chairman of the chapter
ana /. q. P,ckcr. cashier of the First
National bank, war fund cashier.
would also b." present. hu az The ms'
the, were unable 10 20. Mr..
Zlc' or expects To- return to Bc'rn
on TuCsoaN.
Tho conference was opened los VIM.
!. Lucas. ESQ. chairman Of he san
Miguel county chapter H.. c. Phipps.
chairman oi the mountain division
war fund campaign was introduced
who gave come interesting iucorma
ton on the work of the Red Cross
organization incc u entrance into
the war.
Il had been estimated that another
cali for fun Is would have t. be made
boz seven months. but the careful man
agcmcnt in handling the work has
extended tho time Ia eleven months.
The amount asl. ed Tor IN the second
aar fund campaign Is tho same ak
the first. 500. 900. 900
Membership Grow, Iiapidiy.
John ". MorcN. manager of the
mountain division. outlined the plan
for the campaign. He declared the
activities OF the Rcd Cross the past
year To ho "a record Of achievement
aud efficiency. Dup wear ago there
were $4,000 members. today there
arc $4,000 The purpose rs to give
every individual the privilege OF Civ.
ing. Mr. Morcv said that the national
committee 81 not endorsing the kea-
osha and the war chest plans for
meeting the requirements .Or national
objects during tho period 81 the war
rhey think that these plans lessen
somewhat the cducatiyo and enthus-
ing ADVANTAGES of u campaign. Thor
theory is that a campaign Is worth
while. FOR the sake Of the campaign
Tho same reason Is given for the
national congress not making an APP
preparation FOR the Red Cross work
JHdgc Iinnnn speaks.
Judge H. H Hanna Of the supreme
court of NcW McNico made a stirring
address In % afternoon lie sal
that II h better to secure contribu-
tions from q large number uf people
than Ia raise a large amount Of mon (
cy. The main fact ~ giving makes
the givors better Americans, and in
creascs interest In tho war lie told
Of the washer womau In Santa Re,
who earned Si2b a day. and as she
passed tho Red Cross chest at the
plaza. each day, she deposited . quar- !
ter, n ~ the Pinyon man. who,
whenever he sold % cents worth Of
p%invons, dropped five cents in the
box.
DcS 'rihcs War Crisis.
nr stockton Arson national sccrc-
tarN of the American Red Cross,
Washington. u. g., desc ibcd the war
situation as SCI dreadfd and 50 criti-
cal al this time. as e. demand the
supreme service of an the people. de-
claring that the greater the need, the
the effort, and that accord
tn the civilian populations be-
haNior arc the chances for victory
or defeat II they fiil he said. it
Is all over lie concluded ~ decia,,
The army, the avs and the