Ellsworth American., 1919-10-01


u is only one Of the other great prob
lens; there is the problem Of vene-
real disease and of cancer, and all
these things wi h which the public is
i 7fficted.
| No other agency in the country
has the cementing tendency of all
these various movements as the Red
Cross. Il seems to me and it seems
| to many of us that there is not any
| great problem for relief that the Red
| Cross cannot take up in any commun-
| ity. I don't care whether It is in a
| village of purely rural district, or
in one of the great cities of the first
class These different individual and
| Independent movements fill in a place
in the community where this spirit
exists
And it seems to me and to many
Of us that the best thing, the great
est contribution that the Red Cross
could make would be to establish
some center some place which would
be the expression of all these efforts
on the part of the public and that the
establishment of a small center in
small community and a large center
in large community would be the
best method BY which the Red Cross
can accomplish on broad policy the
results sought II we only devise the
| means.
All Look to America.
"All he countries of Europe look to
America to take the lead in the move.
! rent to establish health centers and
+ to gather together the movements,
! publ'c or private, Official or voluntary
dealing with the problem Of health
~ with the prevention of diseases.
These centers could be called upon
! n case of sickness. If here is Wis
/ ting nurse in the com mmunity or II
there are visiting headquarters in
/ larger community and you have
rome one room for that purpose. you
have a rlace where the visiting nurse
can be located 1t may or may not
be operated by the Red Cross. but II
is proper activity for the Red Cross
Now, this work might be carried on In
! the larger cities c building might be
used for the Rsd Cross purposes.
! This is 1l41 lfl;ch mites for the
| first time IN the history of tha coun.
! try al these various organ!za ions
movements
/ 1t would be de for re to say
how is cha,te,. to tard1a tbis mar
/ ticplar MOTT II remains for a,ob
! particular chapaer tn decida how beet
, II can az. ANY cbanto- "a, art
There are r0-ann,ities wba.e nropa-
| bly, the best yay to handle il ovid
( be tn erect r;,i1ding = Rod Crosse
/ building. and that build,ng shonld ba
! the ent,r o. activity One thing tbey
! must rearzo and that is that tbe
! only reason for -be Red Cross, axis.
tence is to be of se~vioe /, tbo co,n
munity in which Il :s and if il oan.
not he of so~vfco itsa,f than - so.,.a
bv active coorera+ion with tho ore,o,i
cations in q co,prr,ity
!
|
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the devoted sarvico mt u.as ro.
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during tha war in tba raI..,,,.,t.atian
of the world ana 80 b,,;,a;r, -
tbe vi+a,;tv ~ tbo r.+io. ~,
than before tba ar
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