New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
Week of May 20 Set for
Drive Throughout En-
tire Nation
Seek S25, 100000 Here
Leaders in City's Varied Ac-
tivities VIII To-day Out
line Campaign

Preliminary arrangements will be
made to-day for the campaign during
the week beginning May 20, through
which the Red Cross expects to raise
100000, 600 to finance its war work
between now and the spring of 1919.
New York City's quota of the new
mercy fund is $25,0OO, 900, which. calls
for the raising of more than s3,5oo.o0o
on each Of the seven days of the drive.
william {. Breed, chairman of the
New York City War Fund Committee,
issued call yesterday for a meeting
of leaders in finance, business, society
and official life to join IN the work of
carrying the new campaign to success.
Among those invited to the meeting to-
day are Mayor Hylan, J. p. Morgan.
Jacob II. Schitf, John d. Rockefeller,
jr., Charles NJ. Schwab, George W. Per-
kins, Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt and Mrs. Payne Whit
ney
Hope to Reach Every One
The nlan is to have every man, wom-
an and child in the city contribute to
the fund. Measures 20 achieve this re-
suit will be discussed to-day
OF the first war fund of S77721
the Red Cross has appropriated for its
various activities at home and abroad
all but Sl0.371,21S, and this must be
spent in the near future The organi-
zation's treasury will be practically
empty by the time the next fund is
started.
Nearly $4,000 600 of the original
fund was spent for local relief work
and supplies, and more than S3OOOO.O0O
was expended for army and civilian re-
lief in France. This gives some idea
of the requirements of the organiza-
ton for next year, when the calls upon
it, owing to the constant expansion of
the American army abroad, will be
greatly increased.
Expected to Answer Call
Among those who are expected to
attend this afternoons meeting are:
Horace Z. Andrews, Mrs. Charles B.
Alexander, George F. Baker, S. Read
ing Bertron, Edwin j. Berwind, C. K. G.
Billings, Cornelius N. Bliss, jr., the
Rev DR.. Nehemiah Boynton. Nicholas
F. Brady, Mrs. Sidney C. Borg, Mrs.
James A. Burden, jr., Charles A. Cot
fin, the Rev. DR.. Henry S. Coffin, R.
Fulton Cutting, Charles A. Craig,
George B. Case, Henry P. Dawson, Mrs
Henry ?. Dawson, Cleveland II. Dodge,
James B. Duke. T. Coleman du Pont
Mrs. William X Draper, Abram l.
Elkus, Henry Clay Frick. Michael
Gavin, James W. Gerard, Mrs. James
". Gerard, Mrs. Gray Griswold, Daniel
Guggenheim, Harvey D. Gibson, Bishop
David Fl. Greer, Charles E. Hughes,
Mrs. E: Fl. Hartman, Horace Harding,
Edward s. Hardness, Charles Hayden,
Charles D. Hillcs, Archer Huntington.
Mrs. Edward House, Darwin R. James,
j., Arthur Curtiss James, Darwin P.
Kingsley, William Kingsley and Mon
signor II. J. Lavelle
Robert Lovett, Clarence II. Mackay,
Alfred T. Marling, Edgar L. Marston,
Albert c. Milbank, Ogden Mills, Will
IAN Feilowes Morgan. Henry Morgen-
thau, Mrs. Edward McVickar, Mrs. Vic
tor Morawetz, Charles D. Norton, Eu-
genius H. Outerbridee, Alton B. Parker
George Foster Peabody, William D.
perlne, John W. Prentiss, Henry S.
prltchett, Seward Prosser, John j.
Pulleyn, Percy R. Pyne, Miss Mary
PARSONS and Mrs. John T. Pratt.
John D. Ryan. Mrs. Douglas Robin
son, Mrs. J. r. Swan, Charles H. Sabin,
Mss Louise Schuyler, Finley j. Shep-
ard, the Rev. DR.. Ernest NJ. Stires,
frederick Strauss. Percy |. Straus,
James R. Sheffield, Mrs. Louise Frances
Slade, Mrs. Willard d. Straight, DIN ].
Stephens, William B. Thompson. Miss
Ruth Iwombly, Charles 6. NJ. Thomas,
frederick D. Underwood, Theodore n
nall, james \. Wallace. Harry Payne
" whitney, Mrs. Felix N. Warburg, Rabbi
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