Arizona republican., 1919-03-09
RED CROSS FUR WORLD AID
 DURING PEACE
Dr. Farrand Outlines Great CT Organization Would
 Fight Disease Everywhere Public Health Demand
 Of Every Nation-War Work Now At Its Height

NEW YORK. March S.-Plans of an organization of an international Red Cross to be led by the American Red Cross, in a great peace time campaign to prevent disease. relieve suffering and make the world what the war was fought fora better place to live in"- was outlined by pr. Livingston Far rand, newly appointed chairman of the central committee of the American Red Cross, at a conference of Atlantic di- vision chapters delegates here today. About 1.500 delegates were present
 Immediately after his address, which was his first public discussion of peace time aims of the organization since his recent appointment as it's head by President Wilson, Dr. Farrand sailed Nor France to prepare an international conference of Red Cross societies which will meet in Geneva 30 days after the signing of peace. The international organization will be proposed at this conference.
 Dr. Farrand warned Red Cross work CTS that they would be called on for continued service for long time after peace had been declared, and an- nounced that a nation wide appeal for funds to carry on the organization s NOtk NOuiu ludQt cpO4A.
 We will postpone the call as long as possible" he added, "but I don't mind telling you that the bottom of the Red Cross treasury is in sight, and if would be quite impossible for the American people not to act in this par ticular field "
 Discussing the proposal of the or ganization of the international Red Cross has become outgrown.
 War Showed Possibilities
 This war;" he said, has shown that the great possibilities of the Red Cross lie in time of peace. and we propose now that not only shall the American Red Cross assume it's responsibility ir the United States. and possibly take the lead in an international movement but we now assume and propose that the allied Red Crosses, that the ReC Cross of the central powers, shall al unite in an international movement fol the prevention of disease, for the re- | lief of suffering, for the possibility o making the world what the war wa: ] fought fora better place to live in | Of the peace aims of the American 1 Red Cross, pr. Farrand said:
 T happen to be one of those who fo l ten or fifteen years has been loolsin. for the day when there might be som organization strong enough, fit enough representative enough, to. co-ordinat all of those random and unofficial eff forts in the direction of the prevention of disease and the protection of tn public health, upon which the welfar of any nation depends.
 "lt seems to me that now for tho frs time in the history of the world, in tn history of this country certainly, W have an organization that is able t bring about those ends"
 The Red Cross home service, orig inally begun in the interest of familie of soldiers, he said, would be extende to all homes in every section wher
 such service is needed. especially tn
 south and west.
 Similarly, he continued, problems C mortality, child health and tuberculosi
 would be taken up, the Red Cross act l.ing mot as the great absorber' (
 existing agencies. but as an organiza tion for the support and co-ordinatio