The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-11-08
KINGS and QUEENS
And plain FOLK
Thank RED CROSS
Secretary Lansing Urges
Public "To Maintain the
Efficiency" Of the "Great-
est Mother"

1tAOh dAAo A1ICI hdLlOIdl reputation
are pouring into National Headquar.
ters of the American Red Cross. Be
sides commencing the organization
for the work it did in the war, these
letters point out the Importance of
continuing Red Cross activities and
urge the American people 20 respond
promptly to the appeal of the Third
Roll Call for memberships.
Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall,
under date of September 2Sth, wrote
a letter in which he states:
1t is the eternal in as much"
that weighs weight in the scales
of the eternal. The American
Red Cross is the gospel in boots,
and every man who loves his fell
low man ought. to pull on a pair
and go out into the highways
and byways of suffering.
(Signed) THOS. R. MARSHALL.
A translation of a letter from
Marshal Foch follows:
The American Red Cross ac-
complished a great work during
the war. She had to employ
vast Il to do this, and
through it all displayed a mag
nificent spirit.
(Signed) "FOCH'
August s, 1919.
King Ferdinand of Roumania, writ
ing in English from Bucharest, Rou-
mania in July. says:
am eager to thank the Ameri-
can people for the generous way
in which Roumania has been
aided by its Red Cross.
The name of the American Red
Cross will forever be blessed in
my country. With %unceasing en-
ergy it has worked amongst the
suffering, showing a spirit of abb
negation and devotion of which
I cannot too highly speak.
Wherever need was greatest
there was the American Red
Cross to be found, it penetrated
into the most forsaken corners,
succouring the sick, clothing the
naked, feeding the hungry, bring
ing hope and comfort to thous-
ands in distress.
l would also offer my special
thanks to all members of the
mission, who under the intelli-
gent guidance of Colonel Ander-
son did wonders among the poor.
AJ+bo,,nh fhA uyo uyo ounr
they did not hurry back to their
homes, nor to their own inter
ests, having a~scertained how great
was the misery occupation has
brought upon us, they remained
on far beyond the time originally
fixed so as not to abandon the
work they had begun.
Unperishable will remain the
memoir of the American Red
Cross.
(Signed) FERDINAND.
Secretary Lansing considers that
sit would be amost a national calam-
ity to diminish its (the Red CROSSE
potentiality for the good of mankind
by ~lessening its activities or by per-
hitting public interest in them to
flag" His letter, in full, follows:
When a great organization such
as the American Red Cross is to-
day, has been developed to meet
the needs of a world at war, it
would be almost a national a
amity to diminish its potentially
for the good of mankind by les
sening its activities or by per-
hitting public interest in them to
flag. | wish, therefore, to COM
mend the plan to maintain the
emciency of the Red Cross at it's
present high standard and to di-
vert it's enterprise and energy,
after the demands of wal 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, l believe, will com
mand the hearty and generous
support of the American people
for the purpose appeals TO patri-
otism, to humanity and to COM
mon sense.
ROBERT LANSING.
Washington, d. G..
October 1919.
KIM and Queens of all allied
countries have from time time ex-
pressed their admiration for the
American Red Cross verbally and
orally. But what amo~nts to more
than the valued expressions of roy
atty and what is a greater source OF
qualification to the Red Cross is the
collection of thousands of letters
from the folks at home" thanking
the Red Cross for what it has done
for their boys" and what it is doing
for their communities.