Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-30
RED CROSS WORK
DISCUSSED BY
. MISS bURKHOLDER
TELLS or WORK or ORG MIA
TION SINCE CLOSE OF
GREAT WAX.

htVN NlNNE NtNfNE wv
GREAT WAX
That the American rcd Cross i1 now
engaged In work more important Than
that which was undertaken during the
war. was the statement mnda Yesterday
Of Miss Lutte Burkholdcr field rcprc
sentative 81 the organization who hoH
been In Amarillo Zoe the last seven days
and expects 20 remain for a week longer.
She II engaged In the reorganization
and revivlflcaiion 81 the % Chapters 90.
the Red Cross In the Panhandle Her
headquarters are IN 81 Louis. but she
II temporarily attached to the STATE
headquarters at Dallas While cnguEod
in her work In the Panhandle. she win
DC locaicd In Amarillo The rrll mll
If tho various chapters In this territory
A. under the direct supervision % Miss
rurkholdcr.
Important Work.
One amazing statement ~ this onOr.
rctic worker ~ the Rcd Cross is that
''rhe Red Cross Il now ,nglring in 70
more important WORK than b, undertook
an the great war" and she makes hrr
statement good "a she pointed uui o.
the interviewer when he expressed bis
surprise at her assertion. IN the war
there were 20 000 American soldiers who
died or were killed IN battle iu the
eighteen months during which the Unit
81 States was nm active contender The
Red Cross was actively engaged IN thu
fnving al as many soldier lives as pos.
fiblc and the organization accomplished
q great work. Yet tho present WORK
az the same organization Is "a greater
ono Cor the reason that during each
twelve months IN the United States
there are 100000 deaths among infants
and childrcn which ore entirely needless
ard are from prcvcninhlc CAUSES. Tho
Red Cross ~ just now entering upon
Its campaign 20 save AZ large pro
portion as possible II the quarter u
million children who would otherwise
die during TIE coming year II Is a
great work. and one ~ mammoth pro.
portions. hut as Miss Burkholdor eN.
plains Il 10 one h. feels confident that
the organization she 50 efficiently rep.
fesnts IA going about this work In IN,
right way. and will save the lives ol
tens Of thousands ~ children and bi.
bies. and contribute tovsrd tho better
health 81 hundreds Of thousands II 9TH
ers.
Schocl Children.
Another surprising statement Is that
fhuN n q
children of the United States have
something wrong with them physicall,
something that could have been mr..
vented or could yet be- corrected n the
proper measures were taken This e.
just one phase 81 the mighty task which
The Rcd Cross has set for itself
The American people we're disagree.
ably surprised when the war department
announced that forty per cent II an
lhe millions 81 men who presented
themsrlver for examination were r.
.ecttd by army doctors because ~ phys.
-cM disquallflc~tions. The Rod Cross or.
EanlzasA'n at It's recent international
Conference. concluded that this tremen.
dous hanGcap could have been prevent
I'd. and resolved that though the wa
against the Teutonic forces had ended
the war against disease hsd no, yat
hsgun. and they resolved 10 begin IL
Miss Rurkholder In preaching This war
and those who line up FOR the Ecd Gross
Roll Call are recruits IN this new ami
greatcr conflict.
Community CONSEQUENCES.
Another thing that Is emphasized hv
Miss Birkholder II Community cor
scionsness.' Nothing worth whllo can
be done In a community. she malntrins
unlcs sthe citizenship IN that community
hands itself together and pledges itself
that each one shall do something Tor
the common good She has found much
Of that spirit In the Panhandle. she as
terts. and 1; has rendered her task 81
building up a bigger and greater Red
Cross much easier q accomplishment.
How much would Il be worth 10 tho
average family" she asks 10 know
that disease would be- banIshed IN that
fanily and all the physical dellnauonoics
~ which they are one half cnrnlz,n,
corrected Would II be- worth five d.
lars year, And her auditors ADM.
preforce. that such knowledge would De-
worth many times that modest sum 10
any family.
''The demand Tor the service that We
|, hASs-&s~s1llE-ihe people In ~ great In
The Panhandle that We canno, keep IN
with g." states Miss Burkholacr. There
arc requests on fiie from eighteen conn.
ties IN the Panhandle Tor Community
Nurses We shall. q course. fin N. >.
applications and AZ many others - "a
Ike character a. W. may receive a.
rapidly A. possible ana In the order OF
their receipt.
Peopie Responsive.
Il have found he people u Amarillo.
concluded Miss Rmkholder. '.much NOR.
responsive 10 the appeal Il the Red
Cross and much more appreclatlvo ~
the work Il has done and b. now trying
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