The Connecticut labor press., 1919-10-25
HOME PROGRAM
 EMPHASIZED IN
 CALL FOR FUNDS
RED CROSS WILL OPEN
 CAMPAIGN ON NOV. 3
Membership Primary Purpose. S15,OOO,OOO Asked for as Means of Fulfilling War
 Obligations.

The enrolment of members for 1920 and the collection of $15,OOO,OOO to en- able the organization to fulfill it's war obligations at home and abroad are the objects of a nationwide campaign to be conducted by the American Red Cross, beginning Monday, November 3, and continuing until Armistice Day, November Il. Local appeals will be made by chapters where it is neces- sary to secure funds for local pro- grams, according to the statement of pr. Livingston Farrand, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Red Cross, in formally announcing the cam paign.
 During the war there were two an nual Red Cross campaigns, the War Fund Drive in the late spring and the Christmas Roll Gall for membership. The only campaign this year will be the one in November, and in succeed ing years there will be only the annual Roll Call, in which the Red Cross will seek the reafirmed allegiance of the American people expressed in dollar memberships. The money so derived will be used for American purposes and the approval is to be regarded as Q mandate to carry on future pro grams.
 To Concentrate on Home Program.
 'The first task of the American Red Cross is, of course, to complete its ob- ngations to American soldiers and sail Ors," said Dr. Farrand in announcing the program. "The organization plans as its future policy to concentrate Its efforts upon peace problems at home unless America should again be in- volVed in war or confronted by great disasters creating special emergencies.
 "The Red Cross programs are pri- marily within the field of public health and will aim particularly at co-opera- ton with official activites-federal, state and local. The Red Cross will seek not to duplicate the work of es- tahlished organizations, but will en- deavor to supplement other agencies where they already exist or to stimu- late and organize work where none such exists"
 The tremendous task of the Amer1- can Red Cross in the war has, how ever, left continuing obligation which cannot be fulfilled for some months to come, Dr. Farrand stated. In an amend ment to the Army Bill, Congress has prolonged the responsibility of the Red Cross abroad by authorizing Secretary of War Baker to transfer to the Red Cross such medical and surgical sup plies and supplementary and dietary foodstuffs now in Europe as Is not needed by the army abroad or at home S'to be used by the American Red Cross to relieve and supply the pressing needs of the countries tn- Volved in the late war"
 Inventories of these supplies are now being made. To them will be added such material as the American Red Cross itself has in Europe, and these will be distributed in tho countries where the organization is concluding Its war relief program and where be- cause of the ravages of war, famine and epidemic the distress is most pro- nounced, as in the Balkans, Poland and other Eastern European countries, To meet these obligations and admins ter this foreign relief the Red Cross must raise at this time a fund of $15,- 100000 Dr. Farrand stated.
 Asks for Smaller Amount. "'The Red Cross authorities realize that the astonishing generosity of the American people during the war and the present high cost of living at home might legitimately lead many to ex- pect q release from further demands for assistance to other people," contin- ued Dr. Farrand, "but we must remem- Der that our Allies were much harder l hit by the war than were we and that l we have Incurred obligations to them | which honor demands shall be-dis- l charged. In naming the sum of $15,- l 100000 the Red Cross has tried to de- l termin0 the smallest amount which will enable 1t to round out its work l and make effective the appropriation | of Army goods rather than to estimate l the generosity of the American peo- | pie"
 In conclusion Dr. Farrand said:
 ''It is believed that the end of our foreign obligations is in sight, and ac- cordingly the Red Cross is turning it's l chief energy and attention to the de- velopment of a clearly defined home 1 program, which already includes sys- tematic preparedness for Disaster Re lief, a widespread Nursing Plan, con- tnuing Home Service operations, First | Aid instruction and a Junior Red | Cross program, all or which will de- pend for their success upon large and vigorous Chapters. For these reasons the enrolment of members is the chief purpose of the November campaign. It is the primary ambition of the American Red Cross to be of service to Americans"
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