The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-18
RED CROSS drive
IS AT ITS HEIGHT
Wonderful Support Everywhere Be-
ing Accorded to Membership
- Campaign.

erican Red Cross, as the annual mem
bership campaign has been officially |
termed is now at its height, not only
in our own community but in ever. |
city and town of the New England |
Division with which the local Rec
Cross interests are identified, but also |
throughout the length and breadth OF
the land.
This campaign for members 10
1919-and because man or woman |
Joined and paid his dollar year agt |
does not mean that he will not be
canvassed this time, dollar member.
retaining their membership but g
single years. expected to result il
at least a doubling of last years mem
bership of twenty two millions. Uni
versal Membership" has been made
the slogan of this campaign by the
national leaders and while it is, OF
course, out of the question to enrol
| everybody it is hoped, and even ex
pected, that when the books close OF
next Monday night, the total will foot
up close TO 60,00O,000 for the country
at large.
Those who have had the active
management Of the plans for this
| campaign were at first a bit fearfu
that with the war virtually over many
would think that the work Of the Rec
| Cross had ended, that the Red Gross
was primarily and almost exclusively
nursing organization. Happily, the
results to date in this and other com
| munities SHOW c0nclusiyely that the
fears of the leaders were ill-founded
and that the general public is even.
more keenly alive to the future needs
Il for The Red Cross than the most en-
thusiastic had dared TO hope Solicit
tors everywhere report that there is
very general desire to become en-
rolled in the Red Cross for 1919 and
that those who, through some error,
have not been personally solicited
, feel really insuited. If this spirit
: which so very generously exists in
New England is 10 be found in other
sections OF the country then it is rea-
soma ply certain that there will be a
very close approximation TO the Uni
' yersal Membership" slogan of those in
. charge.
4 Under the system of organization
+ that is being followed in most Of the
r New England chapters and branches,
l. the first portion of this week was de-
: voted 20 more or less Of house-to-
/ house, store-to-store campaign in
J order that none might escape being
: asked to join, and TO pay his dollar
,. Just as soon as 1t had been felt that
the personal canvass was completed
G The bars were thrown down so that
g today and for the rest of the cam
paign. which ends on Monday night
! there is promiscuous and very general
n solicitation for membership There is
@ however, one and one very certain
!. way to prevent person from beins
= repeatedly asked. in his tours abou
= town, to Join the Red Cross. An(
II that means is by exposing his or he
y button conspicuously upon the cute
garment. The slogan OF today. here
y and everywhere, is SHOW your Rec
T Cross button" The fellow who ha
g ii on will receive a smile. but NOTHING
!. more urgent, from the canvassers
Those who do net show their buttol
/ will be taken rs still being withou
~ the Red Cross fold and viii, accord
ii ingly, De solicited to Join.
= This is the last war campaign" of
: year that has been crowded wit
ID drives of various sorts, all of ther
ne important, all. of them essential t
81 the winning Of the war The import
nd ance Of the present membership cam
ut paign OF the Red Cross is twofold.
or the organization is to continue, if
81, is TO keep up its grand work anon
Is, our BOYS, and their families, an
u among the Allied soldiers and thel
5 Allies 1t must have the support of th
ct American people. The response I
p the call for 1919 membership will b
y, the answer tc the question as
~ whether the United States peopl
. want the work to continue. An
while this is distinctly membership
= and in no sense. a. money campaign
90 the fact remains that -the-dolIar men
. bership fee from each is to be Il
rs. only revenue that will be. received j
-: the future for Red Cross purpose
u Chairman Dawson of the Red Gro.
ell War Council has authoritativelv sta
I'LL ed that there will be- no more mons
me campaigns conducted by the Re
us Cross. The revenue from membe
= ship. nominal as is the individual fe
f'S is expected TO furnish sufficient funt
GU in The future to- defray ali of The O.
se' Grating expenses of the great organ
=, cation of mercy.
If The EnglaAdr;Dix isionE fra IS. g
mr. fcred as a-.stimulusF for .its-.wurke,
10 two elegant, flags. One-wilE- be civ,
noe e that city or town under. 100
Sill population which; in thee present ca,
re- paign, most closely reaches ,the,-IJr
re- veTsal Membership standards. T
rn- other Nag will be for cities snd-tuw
1O above 10000 population, showing 1
- highest membership TO populattnnr
to Do your part to land aztag-f
nal this community