The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-11
DR. LIVINGSTON FARRAND
nE1HE big peace time programme of the American Red Cross will

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 S be to get back of the move
 ment for the promotion of prevention
 of preventable diseases; checking the needless death of children; to Improve
 child welfare; to stimulate the educa-
 ton of the people every where with re-
 gard to health and hygiene, and to as-
 sist in the great stimulating and CO.,
 operating agency of the American peo-
 pie in building the health and vitality
 of the American Nation"
 ,Anti-climaxing the virile, ringing,
 story of the plans and programme of | the great American Red Cross of which ne IS the honored and beloved Chief
 Executive, Dr. Livingston Farrand I thus expressed himself yesterday as he
 threw into every word that he uttered, | the human, kindly, touch, that is so characteristic of this cultured, charm | ing, gentleman
 For as big of heart and mind as pr. t'arrand is the fact that he possesses l that one magnetic quality which en- dearS him to all who come in contact With him-the human quality, so gentle
 and so sympathetic--is the one domin-
 ant feature in his makeup which ! makes him so 1ovable and makes his | influence so keenly felt
 1 Independence in thought word, and
 action-have been his always--and his ! aesthetic mind, carrying him into the 1 chambers of research which have-p1aced | him among the great educators of the
 day, member of the faculty of Colum :
 bia University for twenty years, presi- dent of the University of Colorado for | many more, again assert their influence
 in his splendid views concerning the democracy of the great organiza tion- 1 of which he is the head, today. Expecting, as many did, who gave their services to their country during the war, to return to his former occu- l patton when the war was over, after
 spending two years and more in France in tuberculosis work in which he had
 become so much interested in days gone , by, with Dr. Osler, pr. Welch, and other eminent authorities, Dr. Farrard found that his country demanded still
 more of him, honoring him with the po- sit1on of chairman of the American Red Cross which he has graciously ac- cepted and is filling with so much credit to himself and the organization. Determined goodness is written upon pr. Farrand's brow;~his forhead high enough to indicate generosity-and broad enough to indicate benevolence- shows from the crown of his head to the watchful gray eyes, a veneration ana a Will Qulelly entnrOneQ.
 Tt is hard in a word to express my >sdeas about the work of the American
 Red Cross,' Dr. Farrand said thought fully. I'll merely think aloud for a 1 few minutes and say that the way I I'see it is this; the American Red Cross is now concerning itself with two things, the first is a programme which is practically finishing itself; bringing itself to close the war programme at hnr oP ic soldier or sailor or member of his family who needs the help of the Red Cross that the organization will do it's work to the utmost, needs not to be
 emphasized. Every one knows that
 without being told"
 'The programme abroad stands un- finished and I doubt if the American Red Cross abroad has actually meant" continued Dr. Farrand. "In 1917-and early in 1918, before the American troops went overseas, the situation was very intense. The morale of the French and the Italians was shattered; l we had declared war to be sure, but to the French and Italian nations it was merely scrap of paper;' they needed help to tremendously because they were bendingaunder the load which they had carried for so long and they were showing frightfully, worn and tired. Now then-what l want particularly to stress is what the Red Cross did in this interim of waiting; the first acti- witty was to send commission to France this commission interested it. self with the civilian population as well as with the army, and after cor railing it's personnel, with the splendid and generous contributions from Am erica-the most splendid and generous ever known in all history--they up- held the morale of the people and in SO doing inspired the confidence in the hearts of the French and Italian sol- diery as well as the civilian popula- tion."
 'In doing this the Red Cross estab- lished a position of confidence all over Europe-even in countries which were unable to do any sort of work--like Poland and the adjacent territory These looked to the Red Cross as the greatest hope and inspiration of the future," said Dr. Farrand, and as soon as the armistice was declared there came the appeal from various countries of Europe-those which had really suffered more than Belgium and France-an appeal not so much for money for help in renewing vitality for help in building up what they had lost during the war"
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