Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-10-31
AID IS URGED FOR
RED CROSS ABROAD
President Wilson Prepared Mes.
sage Before Illness.
WORK YET TO BE COMPLETED
To Finance Operations and to Garry
Out Constructive Plans In Eastern
Europe, Organization Requires
Increasing Membership.

Washington, d. C.-Bcfore his pres.
ent illness President Wilson prepared
the following message, In which he
urges the people OF the United States
TO generously respond to the third roll
call Of the Red Cross.
As president Of the United States
and as president Of the American Red
Cross recommend and urge gen
erous response to the Third Red Cross
Roll Call, which opens on November
| the second with the observance OF Red
Cross Sunday and appropriately closes
on November the eleventh, the first
anniversary OF the signing OF the ar
mistice.
Twenty million adults joined the
Red Cross during the war, prompted
| by patriotic desire to render service
10 their country and to the cause for
which the United States was engaged
In war. Our patriotism should stand
the test OF peace rs well us the test OF
war. aud II Is an Intelllgently patriotic
program which the Red Cross pro-
poses, n continuance Of service 10 our
soldiers and sailors, who look to II for
many things, and n trnnsfcrence TO the
problems of peace at home Of the ex-
perlence and methods which II ac-
qulred during the war
Stress o, Membership.
II Is on membership more than
money contributions that the stress of
the present campaign Is laid, for the
Red Cross seeks TO associate the
people In welfare work throughout the
land, especially In those communities
where neither official nor unofficial
provision has been made for adequate
public health and social service.
Ii Is in the spirit of democracy that
the people should undertake their own
welfare activities, and the National
Red Cross wisely intends TO exert upon
community action n stimulating and
co'ordlnnting influence and To place
the energies OF the organization be-
hind all sound public health and well
fare agencies.
The American Red Cross does not
purpose indefinite proongatiOn of its
relief work abroad, policy which
would lay an unjust burden upon cur
own people and tend to undermine the
Self-relance OF the peoples relieved.
but there Is Il necessary work Of COM
pletion TO be performed before the
Red Cross can honorably
from Europe The congress
N the United States has imposed upon
The Red Cross continuing RESPONSE
Dllity abroad by authorizing the secre-
iary OF war TO transfer to the Ameri-
IAN Red Cross such surplus army med
cal supplies and supplementary and
iletary foodstuffs now In Europe as
shall not be required by the army, to
70 used by the Red Cross 10 relieve
he distress which continues In certain
of Europe as result Of the
var.
Program Deserves Support.
To finance these operations. to con-
Jude work which was begun during
he war, and to carry ont some COM
aratively inexpensive constructive
Ians for assisting peoples In eastern
europe to develop their own welfare
rganlzatlonS, the American Red Cross
equlres, In addition to membership
ees sum of money small In compar-
son with the gifts poured into Its
rensury by our generous people dur
1g the war.
Both the greater enduring domestic
roeram and the lesser temporary for.
ign program OF the Red Cross de-
erve enthusiastic support, and | ven
are TO hope that It's peace-tIme mem
ership will exceed rather than fall
Glow Its impressive war membership.
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