The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-20

used for the Red Cross purpos6A
This is a plan which unites for the
first time in the history of the coun.
try all these various organizations
movements.
!. 1T would be idle for me to say
how is a chapter to handle this par
ticular point. 1t remains for each
particular chapter to decide how best
it can act. Any chapter can act.
There are communities where proba-
bly, the best way to handle it would
be to erect a building, a Red Cross
building, and that building should be
the center Of activity. One thing they
must realize, and that is that the
only reason for the Red Cross exis-
tence is. to be of service in the com
munity in which it is, and if it can
not be of service. itself then to serve
by active cooneration with the organi,
cations in. community.
A Survey. of Conditions.
ITO outline the working out of this
health center idea, we will touch
first on the activities of the Red Cross.
1t is going to make survey of condi-
tons to see whether a Red Cross or
ganization is a desirable thing. ANY
careful survey is going to. cover the
points in that community that are not
now covered by the organization. and
there is going to be call for more of
the devoted service that was rem
dered by the women of the country
during the war, in the rehabilitation
of the world and the building up of
the vitality of the nation, more call
than before the war
Now, why is this the sort of prob
lem that We feel ought to be attacked
before all others9 It is because the
problem that is left after this war is
the greatest problem that the world
has known, it is the problem of its
vitality. The war, as you know. has
left us in state of national and in
ternational bewilderment, in kind of
economic and social revolution we
see it all around us. What does it
mean. 1t means that there is ne
cessity for our adjustment that there
was want and necessity for adjust
ment before the war, but that this
| problem has been increased since the
| war
| Don't let US deceive ourselves that
we can solve this problem by legis.
| iation, that we can solve the economic
| problem that this country is facing
by any simple legislation or by a sim,
pie adjustment of this or that relation
between groups. There are certain
fundamental obligations that have got
| TO be faced. The world has got ia
produce and there has got to be econ
emy. There has got to be increased
production. there has got to be more
! work, there have got to be things done
They must be done by us because we
have not suffered by this war what
IN various countries of Europe have
Dut these cannot, be accomplished be
cause the vitality does not exist. The
solution cannot be reached until the
vitality sapped by the war has beer
| renewed and rehabilitation is on it.
way. And rehabili alton is impossible
without realization of the worIt
that the rehabilitation of the vitali+,
OF the world is it's really great prob
lemi This is the problem which mus
be solved before our economic anf
social problem can be solved.
That is the reason why there !,
no condition today that compares il
Importance and in demand for solu
ton, such as this problem which
nave been outlining. There is NJ
problem to which the Red Cross ca,
devote its energy and which Won
as citizens, can devote your persona
energy. as essential as this conditio,
OF our country and nation. and tba
is the problem which the Red Cros
proposes to devote itself to in tn,
future
There are certain steps that INNS
be taken, and there is no wisdom !,
existence that can tell in detail ius
how these STEPS can be taken. TIL,
next step that must be taken in tbi
movement forward for human AM
American welfare will be these bealt'
movements. The next step will h
prepared and will be taken. and
you will stop to think you will Sc
that there is possibility that a great
err movement will be undertaken h
the Red Cross than has ever bee
taken by any organization in the his
! fa,. g T,a Il