The Republican journal., 1919-10-02
V0||[D HAVE RED
CROSS ESTABLISH
HEALTH CENTERS
\, Farrand Outlines Features
nj Permanent Program to
New england Workers

r-e american Red Cross will con-
.,orata is future efforts upon war
,~ Dreventable disease and saw
.t1 vitality of the nation, accord
ia DR. Livingston Farrand, execu-
IT,, mead of the organization, who dis.
,.,ssa the principal features of the
s.t,rp program for the first time pub
.., m Worcester. Mass, on Septem-
-, '6 at a conference of representa-
,-as Of the Chapters and Branches
= .te New England Division of the
Red cross
IN Farrand declared that the pub
g. sealth is the most vital problem of
,sqr and that it is the problem to
.a-1 The Red Cross proposes to de-
-,,. self in the future.
rs- greatest contribution the Red
r-oss could make to the fight against
III. common enemy, disease, in the
oairi5n Of DR.. Farrand, would be to
establish a health center in every
.orma1ity. that would physically
mite Il the health and public vel
.-s navements and would result in
.4aaae coordination of their efforts.
4eev reyiewing the work Of the
rs cross during the war and it's
,-,ssnt tasks. DR.. Farrand discussed
1s future. speaking as follows:
Greatest Single Organization.
oIw the armistice was signed
"A. Noremher and Immediately war
rtyi-i and the war emotions sub
sfs' All over the word people be-
r- rersonal affairs where they had
81 them down to take up relief work
O. war activities for those two
5a- ike every other organization
Fl n.d Cross bean to look forward
re future. What was happening
RE American Red Cross was hap
re0- in the French Red Cross. in
~ allan Red Cross. in the British
r. cross. in the BELGIAN Red Cross.
.bs Japanese Red Cross and IN
rao-jcslly every other Red Cross or
nz23rion in the world.
nfa American Red Cross during
To- w7r had built up in this country
"a -n"7test single organization +N~4
aa world has ever known, nothing
If this kind had ever been built up
5tor There had been aroused
among he people in this country an
a.aosasm and a new spirit for serv-
10 The question that Immediately
qn4 to the Red Cross was this: Is
d R-- Cross to debate now that tre
va over, is it to subside to the sit
.2-7 hat it was in before the war o.,
he retained to accompi sh
"~'e.-g in time of peace? As far
T m concerned the question was
Dr. was the Red Cross going TO be
@a.7ed; that didn't worry me for a
moment it d dn't seem to ne the
77ast9n at issue. The question at
3S0a seemed to be this: Does this
var cave problems or are there
.N'-ns that existed before the war,
T-iot exist after the war. that are
more caDable of being solved now
ban efOre he war, and is the Red
SIS N position to hen solve these
p'5'emS? If it is 0n9 i this energy
Tia. IS been built up in these two
re2-s # war can be directed toward
1- so. ton of these fundamental
pr ems it would be illegitimate that
la' anergy should be dispersed alb
'lv without an attempt being
na.e to push the world further on
11 il was before the war, and if
possible to make the world better
lice to live in than It was before the
va
BE question was whether the Re
Gs was adapted to contribute or
Il-' that situation. The question
Fes not whether the Red Cross and
1e work it had done should subside.
iIlat IS not the issue There are too
na2' other interests involved. We
pa got to be sure before we decide
qua, given agency can accomplish
7 gwen thing and that it ran accom-
ES' better than some other agen-
w. or are you going to accomplish
more ny this or that method. The
'lF reason for saving the organiza-
aeh IS that it should be able to &C
Smplish something better than some
"1er organization.
Saving the Worlds Vitality.
There is the problem that has been
MN the world since before the dawn
' history, there is the problem of
oSfess and misery. In other words,
4''e IS the problem of saving the
Vi Vitality which has been re-
''1e by the ravages of war. Every
,14' mould be guarded with health.
mere IS the knowledge that large
F'' non Of the diseases of humanity
DE preventable diseases. Therefore it
aT part to do tbs things we know
's-l 10 be done and can be done to
7r7e the situation
Iherp was held last spring in
1a'1es a conferences at which were
present representatives, scientists
A PhvsictaTs IF the five lied ma
WIS 70 discuss the prob ems which
-t the Red Cross of the world was
,'-a to attempt And the opinion of
-ese men was absolutely unanimous,
sA these men who themselves had
ven buried in study of the health
n0o'ems Of their respective countries,
~'' on the Red Cross must devolve