Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-14

abandon the Christmas Seal Campaign this year and to unite in the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call Such a combination of effort is extended in no way to interfere with the vital work of the National Tuberculosis Association, but merely 10 reduce the number of national appeals for con- tributfons. To insure support of this E work during the coming year the Red Cross War Council has appropriated | g 500, 600 for the work. No Christmas Seals are to be sold this year and the National Tuberculosis Association and | its state branches are calling on all representative who formerly soiu Christmas Stals to cooperate with the | Red Cross chapters in conducting the | Red Cross Christmas Roll Call.
 In an announcement of the opening | of the Red Cross Christmas roll call 1 Henry P. Davison, chairman of the | war council of the American Red l the 22, 000,600 saembers of the Ameri- | can Red Cross the following state i ment outlining the future policy of the American Red Cross:
 "The whole American people will be invited in the week preceding Christ mas to enroll as members of the Red Cross. It is confidently believed that there need be no further campaigns for Red Cross funs. but instead, the annual roll call will constitute the foundation of the Red Cross. The peo- pie should, therefore know as definite ly as possible the plans of this, their national humanitarian society.
 Since the arm litice was signed I have had an opportunity = confer in Paris with the heads of all American Red Cross commissions in Europe and later in Washington with the president of the United States the war council of the Red Cross, the managers of the fourteen Red Cro.7 divisions of the United States and with the heads of our departments at national head
 quarters. I am, therefore, able to speak now with knowledge and assur- ance in saying that the benefit work of the American Red Cross is to go forward on a great scale, not alone, as heretofore, for purposes of relief in war, but as an agency of peace and permanent humane SC 2 ce.
 Since American entry into the war, the purpose of our Red Gross has been primarily to aid our army and navy in the care of our own men cnder arms and, secondly, to extend relief to sol diers, sailors and civilians of those nations which were fighting our b;S
 
 funds which have been so generously contributed by the American people, l this war work of the Red Cross will continue and be complete with all | possible sympathy and enerff'.
 Wherever our soldiers and sailors l may be, the Red Cross will stay with | them until they are demobilized. | Nothing which we may do will be left undone, either for the men in the wal i zone, for those returning, for those in 1 the camps and hospitals, or for their 1 families at home, to whom will con- tinue to be devoted the min1strations | of the Red Cross home service. In ! this latter effort 50,000 trained Red Cross workers are now engaged at l 2,500 different places throughout the i land
 "The problems of reconstruction in- | Volving the feeding and caring for the
 distressed civilian population of Eu- | rope are of such magnitude that necessarily they must be met very
 largely by the governments of our
 allies with whom our own government
 will co-operate.
 ''The great task of fighting tubercu-
 losis, promoting child welfare and
 caring for refugees, with which the
 American Red Cross has concerned it.
 self so effectively in France, Italy and
 Belgium, will at an early date be as- 1 stunned by the governments the Red
 Cross organizations and the relief so-
 cieties of those countries which, now
 that they are released from the ter
 rife burden of waging war, naturally
 desire to take care, as far as they can
 of their own people.
 The war program of the American
 Red Cross will thus steadily and rap l id ifcn1f into
 The wake of the war will, however
 reveal the prevalence of disease an(
 give rise to epidemics and emergencie! 1 which in all parts of the world vii cal5 for unlimited voluntary effort The cutting of red tape and the mani
 festation of those qualities of human sympathy which government actiol
 cannot display.
 l Here will be the opportunity for tn American Red Cross. But even ou Red Cross must not act and canno . act most effectively alone; we mus labor in cooperation with the Inter national Red Cross and relief societie of other nations to the end that no alone the heart of America but tn : heart of all I\- nkind may be mobilize } on behalf of suffering humanity.
 "The war has developed the strikin . and important fact that ::iany me- and women, some of whom have wit, : great success devoted their lives en s tirely to business, came into the Re s Cross organization at the outset of tn ' war simply that they might serv l 1 their country, but have realized sue
 a satisfaction to themselves in tn
 opportunity to serve mankind tha T they now desire to become a part 0 . the permanent peace organization c e the American Red Cross. There may
 therefore, be perfect confidence tha | the peace activities of the Red CroS ' will be conducted under able and in spring leadership.
 Study is being given by the nation l al organization not alone to problem of international relief but to plans i this country for enlarged home ser vice, the promotion of public healt . education, development of nursing, tn '' care and prevention of accidents an 1 other correlated 1ines which may con
 tribute to the healtN and happiness ( Y. men, women and children. Such plar when developed will it is believe, provide both for world relief and fc
 home commcnity service, and thu constitute channel for the continue
 and useful expression by Red Cros l. workers and members of those qual d ties of sympathy and love which ol = whole people have poured out so LII
 stintedly during this war.
 Y What the American Red Gro: e needs now is not so much contribt e tions of money as the continued q, 1T votion and loyalty of it's member e, This is peculiarly true at this momel j. of transition from war to peace Al -e nual membership involves the payrnel 70 of only one dollar. The moneys thu
 received not only defray all the. at of ministrative expenses of the organizt in ton but leave a substantial balan