The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-10-30
AID IS URGED FOR
RED CROSS ABROAD
President Wilson Prepared Mes
sage Before Illness.
WORK YET TO Be COMPLETED
To Finance Operations and to Garry
Out Constructive Plans In Eastern
Europe, Organization Requires
Increasing Membership.

Washington, D. C.-Before his pres
.nt Illness President Wilson prepared
the following message, In which he
to generously respond to the third roll
call Of the Red Cross:
AS president Of the United Suites
and as president OF the American Red
Cross recommend and urge u gem
erOus response to the Third Red Cross
Roll Call. which opens on November
the second with the observance Of Red
Cross Sunday and appropriately closes
Oh November the eleventh, the first
anniversary of the signing Of the ar
mistice.
Twenty million adults Joined the
Red Cross during the war, prompted
by patriotic desire to render service
to their country and to the cause for
which the United States was engaged
In war. Our patriotism should stand
the test Of peace as well rs the test Of
war, and II Is an intelligently patriotic
program which the Red Cross pro-
poses. O continuance OF service to our
soldiers and sailors. who look to 1t for
many things. and a transference to the
problems Of peace 1T home of the ex-
perience and methods which It ac-
Quired during the war.
Stress O, Membership.
II IL on membership more than
money contributions that the stress of
the present campaign Is laid. for the
Red Cross seeks to associate the
people in welfare work throughout the
land. especially in those communities
where neither official nor unofficial
provision has been made for. adequate
public health and social service.
1t is In the spirit OF democracy that
the people should undertake their own
welfare activities. and the National
Red Cross wisely intends to exert upon
community action stimulating and
cO-Ortiinnting influence and to place
the energies Of the organization he
hind all sound public health and wei
fare agencies.
The American Red Cross does not
purpose indefinite prOlOngatiOn OF Its
relief work abroad. n policy which
would lay an unjust burden upon our
own people and tend to undermine the
self-reliance OF the peoples relieved.
but there Ia Il necessary work Of com
pletion to he performed before the
American Red Cross can hOnOrnbly
withdraw from Europe. The congress
~ the United Stntes has imposed upon
the Red Cross n continuing RESPONSE
bility abroad by authorizing the secre-
tary Of war To transfer to the Ameri-
Gun Red Cross such surplus army med
icnl supplies and supplementary and
dietary foOslstuffs now In Europe M
shnll not be- required by the army. tn
he used 10y the Red Cross to relieve
the distress which continues In certain
countries Of Europe ms n result Of the
war
Program Deserves support.
To finance these operations. to con-
ciu,ie work which was begun during
the war. and TO carry out s0nle com
parntIveiy inexpensive constructive
plans for assisting peoples In eastern
Europe I" develop their own welfare
organizations. the American Red Cross
requires. In addition 10 membership
fees. sum 81 money small In cOimpar
tson with the gifts is,ure,i into Its
TREASURY by our generous people dur
Ing the war.
Both the grcnter enduring domestic
program and the lesser temporary for.
eign pr"grnm ~ the Red Cross de-