The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-10-23


to find your uncared for children the
ignorance of the simplest laws of SAM
tation-the scourge of tuberculosis
the undreamed Of percentage of We
nereal diseases-the crippled and the
maimed-the bad health conditions
which you yourself know of in your
own community.
You will only have to run over in
your mind the past record Of epidem-
les and of disasters right at home
the recent influenza epidemic which
took a greater toll from American
Citizenship than did the great war
the fires, wrecks, earthquakes, storms,
and ask yourself whether these are
all, whether there will be others? Run
over in your mind the Red Cross work
in connection with these things and
ask yourself whether the Red Cross
shall continue. There is but one an
swer and if your publicity organiza-
ton grasps the full import Of what
your own community has to suggest
your success is assured in advance
of your actual solicitation.
National Headquarters has plans
for meeting just the conditions set
out above-of cooperating with exist
ing organizations undertaking any
phase of this work-it is preparing
statistics and information which will
assist your chapter men and women
in cleaning up these conditions, but
the real work will always be in the
chapters hands. You therefore are
warranted in going before your public
with promise that your Chapter will
do these things for your town. Wash
ington will direct but you yourselves
will clean up your own community.
Make your people understand that
they are with you and back Of you.
The American public is fundamentally
right.
2. The answer to the second ques-
ton is in the gratitude of the Euro
pean peoples and the American SOL
dier-rather than in a mass of Stats
tics, though you know that there are
available in sufficient quantity to sat-
isfy the most exacting mind. Concrete
evidence that the Red Cross has made
good are to be found in lives actually
saved--not Indirectly but actually
swaziland in the elimination of suf-
fering over the whole world. These
facts are SO well known that need
not dwell upon them. Your best an
swer to this question of the public
though, is the voluntary offer of the
discharged soldier to assist in secur-
ing members for the Red Cross-so
that it's efforts may live. You should
use him in your calnpaign-use him in
uniform if possible-but use him. He
is your strongest endorsement of the
Red Cross job in the World War. You
can secure his cooperation by getting
in touch with tho commanders of your
local National Guard Units-your
American Legion Posts-your Veter-
ans of the World War organization
land putting your story over to them.
Ascertain meeting dates Of all mill
tary organizations and go before these
meetings with strong speaker and
get their enthusiasm for the work to
be done and their cooperation in your
campaign. You can secure this. You
will readily see the publicity value of
this sort Of cooperation. information
which will assist you in this work
will be sent you at nce-and sugges-
tions for the effective use Of the SOL
der will be passed on from time to
time.
The American Red Cross has made
good, which is equivalent to saving
that the heart of America has made
good. You can show this easily local
ly, as it can be shown Nationally and
internationally.
There are many good reasons
for advancing the date Of the cam
paign from Christmas to November
2 to II. The two offered by National
Headquarters in their announcement.
and which are set out here below,
however, are sufficient. Following is
an extract from this announcements:
1. 1T would be very difficult to
enlist workers at Christmas time.
There was general agreement that
this has always been the case, and
that it is more certain to be the case
this year on account Of the home
coming Of the soldiers with the con-
sequent desire on the part of the fam
lilies to give themselves up to Christ
mas celebrations.
2. "There was general agreement
that weather conditions, and particu-
slar1v the conditions Of roads in. the
rura' Districts, make it almost impos-
sihln tofao any effective campaigning
at Christmas time"
'rts4a is no smallest doubt in
the minds and hearts Of the Aemrican