The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-12-06
ROLL CALL FUNDS
R. c. FOUNDATION

Washington, Dec. 4-Future plans
OF the American Red Cross under
which the great organization built up
during the war will be devoted to
peace time relief work not only in
the United States but throughout the
world were outlined in Statement
issued tonight by Henry p. David
son, chairman OF the war council.
Mr.. Davidson, who was speaking to
the 1904 chapters and 22,0O0,0 600 mem
bers CT the mercy organization, said
it is confidently believed there need
be no further campaign for funds In
stead the annual Christmas roll call
tor members will constitute the foun-
dation of the Red Cross.
Conference in Paris
Since the armistice was signed"
said Mr.. Davidson's statement, Il
have had an opportunity to 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 Cross
divisions Of the United States and
with the heads OF Our departments at
National headquarters. | am, there
tore, able to speak now with know
ledge and assurance in saying that the
benehcent work of the American Red
Cross is to go forward on great
scale-not alone, as heretofore, for
purposes OF relief in war, but as an
agency of peace and permanent hui
man service
Since Americas entry into the war,
the purpose Of our Red Cross has
been primarily to aid our army and
navy in the care of our own men UNI
der arms, and, secondly, to extend
relief to the soldiers, sailors and civ
ilians of those nations which were
lighting our battles along with their
own. With the funds which have
been so generously, contributed by the
American people this war work of
the Red Cross will continue and be
completed with all possible sympathy
and energy
Ever Ready to Aid
Wherever our soldiers and sailors
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 war
zone, for those returning, for those
in the camps and hospitals, or for
their families at home to whom will
continue to be devoted the ministra-
tons of the Red Cross home service.
In this latter effort, $4,000 trained
ked Cross workers are now engaged
at $500 different places throughout
the land.
The problems of reconstruction,
involving feeding and caring for the
distressed civilian populations of Eu-
rope are OF such magnitude that nee
essarily. they must be met very large
ly by the governments of our allies,
with whom our OWN government will
cooperate.
The great tasks of fighting tuber-
culosls, 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 So
cleties OF those countries, which, now
that they are released from the ter
rihc: 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
idly merge itself into peace pro-
gram. The wake of the war will,
however, reveal the prevalence of dis
ease, 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 qualities
OF human sympathy which govern
ment action cannot display"
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