The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12
KINGS AND QUEENS AND "PlAIN FOLK"
 THANK RED GROSS
Secretary Lansing Urges Public "Io Maintain the Efficiency" of the "Great- est Mother'

Testimonials from Kings and queens and from men and women of national and international reputation are pouring into National Headquar. ters of the American Red Cross. Be sides comm ending the organizat ton for the work it did in the war, these letters point out the importance of continuing Red Cross activities and urge the American people 70 respond promptly to the appeal of the Third Roll Call for memberships. Vice-PTesident Thoms R. Marshall, under date of September 2sth, wrote ! & letter in which he states: It is the eternal "In as much that weighs weight fn the scales of ths eternal. NThs American l Red Cross is the gospel in boots, and very man who loves his feI- low man ought to pull or a pair and go out into the highw ,s and byways of suffering. (5igned). THOS. R. MARSHALL A translation of lett from ! Marshal Foch follows:
 The American Red Cross ac- compltshed a great work during the var. She had to employ vast resources to do this, and through it all displayed a mag nihcent spirit.
 tsigned) sFOCH'' August 8, 1919.
 King Ferdinand of Roumania, writ
 ing in English from Bucharest, Rou- mania in July. says:
 I am eager to thank the Amerf- can people for the generous way in which Roumania has been aided by it's Red Cross. Ths name of the American Red l Cross will forever be blessed in 1 my country. With unceasing en- 1 ergy it has worked amongst the
 suffering, showing a spirit of ab- l negation and devotion of which I cannot too highly speak. Wherever need was greatest l there was the American Red Cross to be found, 1t penetrated into the most forsaken corners, succouring the sick, clothing the naked, feeding the hungry. bring l ing hope and comfort to thous- ! ands in distress.
 ! I would also offer my special ; thanks to all members of the mission, who under the intel1i- gent guidance of Colonel Ander- ! son did wonders among the poor. Although the war was over 1 they did not hurry back to their l homes, nor to their own inter- 1 ests, having ascertained how great l was the misery occupation has 1 brought upon us. they remained 1 on far beyond the time originally | fixed so as not to abandon the 1 work they had begun.
 ] Unperishable will remain the 1 memory of the American Red Cross.
 1 (Signed) FERDINAND. | Secretary Lansing considers tha' 1 ''it would be amost a national calam ! ity to diminish it's (the Red Cross
 potentiality for the good of mankind 1 by lessening it's activities or by per hitting public interest in them tc | flag" His letter, in full, follows: l When a great organization such 1 as the American Red Cross is to- day, has been developed to meet i the needs of world at war, it l would be almost a national cal 1 amity to diminish its potentiaffty l for the good of mankind by les | sening it's activities or by per ] hitting public interest in them to 1 flag I wish, therefore, to com mend the plan to maintain the 1 CT .ciency of the Red Gross at it's l present high standard and to di- l vert it's enterprise and energy. after the demands of war cease | to the relief of suffering and the preservation of health in times | of peace. The services, which can be rendered in a field so vast
 that it seems almost limitless. should and, I believe, i'll com mapd the hearty and generous support of the American people for the purpose appeals 70 patri- otism, to humanity and to com mon sense.
 ROBERT LANSING. Washington, D. c.
 October 1919.
 Kin, and Queens of all allie | countries have from time time eX pressed their admiration for the American, Red Cross 2rbally and orally. But what anc nts to more than the valued expressions of roy alty and what is a greater source oi ratification to the Red Cross is the eo,laetiou of thousands of letters from the folks at home" thanking the Red Cross for what it has done for .thei- boys" and what it is doing .Lo;r ,op,uorutfjaS