The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-11-05

" ,ou. and furnished convincing proof that We cannot afford to go bacl, to ,hr pra-war basis when all Red Cross Ifsast,r relief was administered from Washington, D. (. In case oi dis as.er whether 1t be- small one due .a .o..,, fire in the Northwest or d great Nississipp.Valcy flood, the inst affective relief will hereafter some from nearby communities, work ing through their Red Cross Chapter which are part of the disaster lrirc' machinery established by Congress i' l9O5.
 During the cp.dcm.r.of Of influcnz. ast winter many thousands of hyes wa.. saved by Red Cross action aud cooperation, which was possible ony bnrausa tho Rcd Cros, wo, fully ot- ranIr,d for Ioea. service and nat u2' cooperation m every community H the United States. Aglns. a possible rrcg renee Of mfucuza this winter and against a danger oi epidemic n 5nr future. a continued universal mc.a- br.,afn i'm the Rcd Cross is essential. Owing to the changed social an# economic conditions following th" ..ar and the necessary ajustmcn that must b., made by the nation as !: vh,I, ro meet these conditions, 'th' Red Cross is confronted with new rg. .ponsibHfics which must be djschmr ad with the same energy md efic. tiv,nass as were those occasjoncd bN the war.
 In addition to carrying on the al- ready established system of national and international relief in mjJtcatin2 ,ac suffering caused by famine, fire, floods and great national canmiti"S .acrc is a strong popular demand to- .nc Red Cross to co-oprrat" with al recognized agencies, both public and Bryat.. m 0n. conservation o' human health and happiness.
 In general the scope of the service of the Red Cross, in addition lo the .,ruIar d-ast~ function amt coop c.atan with ,hc military and naval forces vii. b. directed ,o assisting,
  stimulating aol supplcmcnung legI- innate movements for th" prcscryat'or oromo-ron aaG improvement of the public health and for bottcring Hv- ns conditions through applying "nd extending ts. principles of tn" ocfchboHnnss.
 This means grca, national p'o- ,..n which vs1 find expression r1 many communities in such activities as public health. nursing, cdura.iono' ,rasscs in home nursing, dic,jcS and first aid. extended home service, CO., ,porat,or os school children throuc' Junior Membership and other acti'
 tics later to be authorized.
 The American Red Cross iS still an emergency organization. It must be realized that there is such thing ,s a continuing disaster: thousands Inf babi,s under oae year of age die ,vary year. thousands of mothers die pnnecessarily in childbirth; it is still possible for an epidemic like the infl'- anza to take a toll within compass ,f a few weeks five times greater than -be losses or our nation in a year and a half of war {; hundreds of thousands ! of people in the prime of life die 'n the United States every year from wholly prevcntablc diseases. This 's nothing short Of disaster which IS a continuing ope and will be pcrma- nent unless the people cooperate with one another to use the knowledge ani wealth already in existence to bring .le nation into better d2y. Many ae,,ncies are already at work on thoSS nrobiems. The Red Cross will not supplant or compete with the cfTor of arv established and effective age2- cv. public or private But tn" Re' Cross through it's millions of r/ mbc"s comprising every element in every community, many of them themselves victims of the foes that cut short human life and rob it of it's sweet rrss. can serve nation and community as can no other agency in supplement- ing, reinenforcing, and supporting wei , directed efforts for the conservation of the most precious things in the