The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-21
RED CROSS DRIVE

TIME RED CROSS Drive the second fund opened last
night with a talk by Franklin D. Roosevelt and con-
tributons amounting $4,000 This afternoon the workers
will begin collections from individuals going from nome 10
home and from factory to factory.
Several hundred and women, mostly men, are Civ
ing entire week to the work Each of these workers is |
ing from his purse substantial sum.
There "a teams of ten members each besides an exc
cutive committee, and general officers.
Every member of every team, and Of every committee
will make contribution in addition to his service In this
way he earns his right demand contributions of Others
Bridgeport will attempt to raise $600OOO If this IS done
only one collection will be necessary this year.
If the amount reached there must be uniform donations
by the and file of the people Most of the contributions
to the last drive were the gifts Of comparatively well to
do time everybody must help, the drive will fail Of
it's complete object.
To meet the demand for basic gift, which is the
lowest anybody expected to give the plan of to 81 has
been devised Nnety-one days is quarter of And
the basic least contribution four days pay for the year Al
ready the many factories have entered heartily in
to this program factories remain outside but the
prova of basic least donation Of to 81 is practically univer
sal.
wage earner are proportion Of gift to annual income is
fixed much higher.
Scanning the gifts already announced, and multiplying
them bv o. it will that they usually larger pro-
portion of the income of the donor, than in 81.
In addition the duty to give which Assistant Secre
tary Roosevelt said is virtually compulsory there certain
duties which the citizen has to the Red Cross and Red
Cross workers.
Receive the Red Cross Worker promptly Do not take his
time unnecessarily has done himself what he is asking
YOU to do usually will have done generous
scale than he is asking you to do it.
The fact More than million American boys are
over there They going to the fighting line in in
creasng numbers. They need the Of the Red Cross
Red collections started it probably true
the expense could have been met by taxation rather
economically than by voluntary contributions.
This is longer true Taking all the facts into consider
ation and admitting that in organization vast there is
some motion and waste the broad fact remains thai
the organization whole represents vast economic saving
great aid in freeing the purse of the people for other
activities
Today something like 10000 women working for the
under the Bridgeport Chapter They fabrica
ing about $5OO00 worth of MATERIAL annually, which has
far from $2OOOOOO The goods produc
ed such superior to commercial articles of the kind
which would be produced by less intelligent form Of labor
sold with considerable profit attached to production
costs.
The fair commercial value of the goods produced by vol
uneer labor, given to the Red Gross in Bridgeport will b
than three times much this year. the cash conibu
tons, if they reach than $6OOO0O
Whether there is not better way for doing the worI
of the Red Cross is neither here there. The way
is the only that counts The Red Cross doing the work
and if the work to be done, and the thousands of boys VIII
have gone out of Bridgeport to be supported and cherish
3D. the Red Cross must be cherished and sustained