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zone, for those returning, for those in
the camps and hospitals, or for their
families at home to whom will con-
tine to be devoted and ministrations
of the Red Cross Home Service
In this latter effort $4,000 trained
Red Cross workers are now engaged
at $500 different places throughout
the land.
The problems of reconstruction, in
volving feed and caring for the dis
tressed civilian populations of Europe,
are of such magnitude that, necessar-
lily, they must be met very largely by
the governments of our Allies, with
whom our own government will CO.
operate.
The great tasks of fighting tuber-
culosis, promoting child welfare and
caring for refugees, with which the
American Red Cross has concerned
itself so effectively in France, Italy
and Belgium, will at an early date be
assumed by the governments, the
Red Cross organizations, and the
relief societies of those countries
which, now that they are released
from the terrific 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
rapidly merge itself into a peace
program. The wake of the war will
however, reveal the prevalence of
disease and give rise to epidemics and
emergencies which in all parts of the
world will call for unlimited volun-
tary effort, the cutting of red tape
and the manifestation of those quail
tiles of human sympathy which gov
eminent action cannot display.
Here will be the opportunity for the
American Red Cross. But even our
Red Cross must not act and cannot
act most effectively alone; we must
labor in cooperation with the Ma
tional Red Cross and relief associa-
tons of other nations, to the enc
that not alone the heart of America
but the heart of all mankind may be
modified on behalf of suffering
humanity. .. ....
While, therefore, the plans of the
American Red Cross in this direction
cannot be formulated specifically, in
advance of the general relief program
of the Allied governments, the Am
erican Red Cross is nevertheless
planning to develope it permanent
organization in this country upon a
scale never before contemplated in
time Of peace. ~ -.a
The commissions which are now
conducting the activities of the Am
erican Red Cross in foreign countris,
as we'll as the temporary war organi-
zation in this country, will as mat
ter of course ultimately merge their
energies with those of the permanent
organization of the Red Cross.
With the War has developed the
striking and important fact that
many men and women, some of whom
had with great success devoted their
lives entirely to business, came into
the Red Cross organization at the
outset of the War simply that they
might serve their country, but have
realized such a satisfaction to them
selves in the opportunity to serve
mankind that they now desire to be-
come a part of the permanent peace
organization of the American Red
Cross.
There may, therefore, be perfect
confidence that the peace activities of
the Red Cross will be conducted un-
der able and inspiring leadership.
The Chapters will maintain their
organization upon scale adequate to
the new demands to be made upon
them Local committees will indeed
appreciate more and more the value
of having in their midst strong and
efficient Red Cross Chapters. The
Divisional organizations, with honor
airy and permanent stats, will be
maintained always ready for service;
and National headquarters will have a
large and efficient personnel to direct
the activities of the orgaE,zat., as a
whole.
Study is being given by the Nation
a. organization, not alone to problems
If international relief, but to plan. in
this country for enlarged Home Ser
vice, the promotion of public health
education, development of nursing the
care and prevention of accidents, and
other correlated lines, which may con-
tribute to the health and happiness of
men, women and children. Such
plans, when developed, will, it is be-
lieved, provide both for world relief
and for home community service, and
thus constitute channel for the con-
tinued and useful expression by Red
Cross workers and members of those
qualities of sympathy and love which
our whole people have poured out so
unstintedly during this war.
For the completion Of its War WORK
and for the institution of its peace
program, the Red Cross is fortunately
in healthy financial condition
Abundant occasion for the use O.
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