The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-10-17
OFFICIAL NOTES OF THE
AMERICAN RED CROSS
Alice V. S. Grant, Chairman Public
ity Cobb County Chapter
DR.. Stockton Arson Explains Purpose
OF Red Cross Roll Call


The call of the American Red
Cross is for people for large enthu-
siastic membership which shall inn
part to it's peace program the mo-
rale and yet which makes it's war
accomplishments astonishing to Eu-
rope and gratifying to all patriotic
Americans.
The war emergency necessitated
much money, which the people gave
generously, always more than was
asked. Peace problems demand no
such outlay of money, but continuous
cooperative service, reaching into
every nook and Granny or urban and
rural America.
In the pending campaign, set for
November 2-11, inclusive, the Red
Cross is stressing not mony but per-
sonal enlistment. What is necessary
for the continuing any important
peace program is the member and his
dollar and his heart and his service.
The Red Cross proposes nothing
less than the mobilization of the
American people in united, instructed
intelligent cooperation with the Off
cial health and welfare agencies to
eliminate preventable disease and UNI
necessary misery from American life.
The Red Cross calls on the American
citizen to translate his patriotism in
to service.
The problems of peace are as grave
as the problems of war and more
complicated. They are primarily the
problems of national vitality and the
prosperity and happiness dependent
thereon.
The facts are known and startling
35 per cent of our young men ply
sically disqualified for military SER
vice; and annual death rate of 300,-
900 babies, 10000 women in child
birth, 100000 thousand people of
tuberculosis, 10000 of typhoid.
These are few typical items. Most
of this is preventable if the care ex-
pended for the health of the armies
is applied to the health of the coun-
try at large.
Since the Japanese Russian war 1T
has been understood that heavy army
mortality from disease is unneces-
sary, and, therefire, intolerable. It
is. eliminated because the nation at
war realizes that its very existence
depends on the health and highest
functioning activities of it's armies.
Now we are beginning to under
stand that the ultimate security Of
the nation is no less dependant on
the normal health and vitality of it's
youth. its women, its babies; that in
dustrial success is as essential as
military success, and that both de-
pend on the nations health.
We are also beginging to realize
that in peace as in war, official agents
require the cooperation of the citi-
zenry to put int othorough execution
the plans and methods they devise.
So the Red Cross proposes to CO.
operate with the public health depart
ments in all localities, to cooperate
with established volunteer welfare
agencies where such exist, to plant
and develop them where they do not
exist. 1t has formulated programs
of public health, public nursing and
child welfare, home service, disaster
relief, first aid, and also junior Red
Cross program for the education of
the citizens of tomorrow in civic serv-
| ice.
Only the people can turn these pro-
grams nito actual accomplishment.
They served their country enthusiast
tically in war because they loved it.
Their love of country will stimulate
them to an equivalent service if they
can be made to realize that the nation
needs them in peace no less than in
war.
STOCKTON ARSON,
National Secretary,