The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-01-10
CHAPTERS AND BRANCHES WILL
BE cENTERS IN EACH CO."
MuNlTY FOR GIVING AID TO
DISTRESSED HUMANITY.
NOT CURTAILED
Membership Campaign Each Christ,
mas viii Be Means Of Calling
Americans Together to
D Show Spirit Of Love

A'hA = baflSollf Nhdll man "a tN'
War Council OF the Red Cross. has "a.
sued TO the ASA chapters and Ia
22.000.0O0 members OF tho American
Red Cross the following statement
outlining the future policy Of the
American Red Gross:
The whole American people will be-
Invited In the week preceding Christ.
mas TO enroll as members OF the Red
Gross. II is confidently believed
there will be no further campaigns fus
Red Cross funds. but instead the an,
nual roll call VIII constitute the foun
dalton OF the Red Cross The people
should therefore know as definitely as
possible the plans Of this their ma
tonal humanitarian society.
Since the armistice was signed !
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 Pre-.
dent OF the United States, the Wa
Council OF the Red Cross, the man
ayers Of the IA Red Cross divisions of
the United States and with tie head
of our departments az national head
quarters / am. therefore. able to
speak now with knowledge and assu-.
ance In sayina that the beneticoui
work OF The AHesican Red Cross is 20
~ forward ON q great scaic-no'
clone. a. heretofore iur purposes D,
relief oi war, but as 90 agency 20, p,..,
ana D rmancnt human service
3 reo Americas entry nto v.r OBJ,
IurpyH oi our Red Cross bias ga pr
w-r'r to aid cur ARMY and Eaty boz fa.
care .f Dgr own men under arms. ar.
feco.a.y to extend relief Co thc s,.
1lcr. %. 'urs ard civilians ~. tho-.
unfi, watch were nshung our r.'
Tics Ion with their oNn Win I,
funds wi On have been 80 gvncruu,l.
CnrtT lui.d hy The American pcorI,
his E.r work az the Rcd Cross N.H
.ogntille .-d be- complete vita 400 %,
tiI!c sympathy and energy
Wherever our sid. rs and sailors
may be-. the Rod Cross V.il stay with
ttcm until figy a.c demo5 lizcd No.h
irs which we may DO VII D. laft un
done. either Fer tLe men In he WA
Zone. for those returning. for those in
the camps and hospitals OF Tor th.lr
g. miles a. home the Red Cross "a 10
continue st. minis'ratlous IN thl, "a
ter Effort 500 % trained Red Gro.
workers ATE now ENGAGED At $500 d.i
i,ient places Throughout The land
The problems of reconstruction. h.
t,N ~ feeding anl caring for he d..
tressCd civilian population Of EuropD
agr VI such magnitude that necessarily
they must BE- met very largely boy The
governments OF our allies. " Oh whom
cur own government viii cooperate
The great task of fighting lubercu
los.s. promoting child welfare and car
irg for refugees. with which tho Anne.
lean Red Cross has concerned tseI 50
effectively in France. laly and bel
nm. viii az an early date De assumed
D. the governments the Red Cross or.
Esrizauons and the relief societies Of
those countries. which. now that ID y
are released from thc terrific burden
oi waging war naturally desire 20 TAKE
care as far rs they can. Of their ,WE
people
The war program OF the American
Red Cross will thus steadily and rap
IDLY merge itself INTO peace prugram
The wake of war will however. reveal
the prevalence OF disease and give rise
To cp.dem!cs and emergencies which
IN all parts OF the world will call for
unlimited voluntary effort the cutting
OF red tape and The manifestation OF
those qualities OF human sympathy
which government action canno, Dis
play
Here viii be the opportunity for the
American Red Gross Bar even our
Rcd Cross must not and cannot act
most effectively alone. we must labor
In cooperation with the National Red
Cross and 7 li,f societies Of other ma
tions, 10 the chd that not alone the
hoart 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
.ci The Allied governments. the Ameri-
can Red Cross Is nevertheless pun
ming to develop its permanent organt
eaton in this country upon scale ,,
never before contemplated in time OF
peace.
The commissions which are now
conducting the activities Of the Amer
lean Red Cross In foreign countries, rs |
well as the temporary war organiza |
ton in this country, will as a matter
OF course ultimately merge their ener
gics with those of the permanent or |
gan'7alion OF the Red Gross.
with the war has developed the
ST k.ns and important fact that many !
inea and women, some of whom have |
met with great success in devoting |
their lives entirely to business. came |
into the Red Cross organization at the '
outs ct OF the war simply that they