The Washington herald., 1920-11-08
JOIN REDO CROSS,
URGES WILSON
President Issues Annual
Statement Recommend
ing Society S Support.
RECALLS WAR PERIOD
Says Armistice Week Is
Happy Time for
Reckoning.
RECALLS WAR PERIOD

Counseling the American people
TO reafhrm allegiance to practical
patriotism and practical humanita-
rianism" by re-enlisting in the Red
Cross. President Wilson, who is also
president of the American Red
Cross, yesterday issued from the
White House the following state
ment:
The American Red Cross de-
serves a hearty response to its
fourth invitation to annual mem
bership, which win be issued dur
ing the fortnight beginning .Novem-
ber A. Armistiee Day.
"Under the stimulus of war and
through the cooperation of our
people. this organization grew into
immense size, enlarged its range of
activity. served not only our fight
ing forces but also civilians in
voIved in the hardsAips of war in
our own nation and in the nations
associated with US in a great COM
mon enterprise. and gave to the
world an example of effective mercy
through co-ordinated effort.
PAGES Dual Duty.
Since the cessation of hostilities
the organization has faced a dual
duty: first, to fulfill obligations
created by the war, and. secondly.
to adapt its experience and ma
chinery to the needs of peace.
1T is. today, still assisting gov
srnmental agencies in the care and
cheer of our disabled soldiers and
sailors, in replacing those able to
work in civilian occupations. and in
counSelling and aiding the families
of former cambatants; and II is still
assisting. with diminished resources.
the process Of rehabilitation in some
of the more Frustrated countries of
cur former associates
while continuing these manifest
obligations, the Red Cross has been
accommodating methods and apply
ing lessons learned in war to the
normal needs of our own people in
times Of peace, especially in regions
where provisions for public health
and welfare were imperfectly devel-
oed II has placed public health
nurses in many localities. and has
endeavored to enlist greater num-
in order that the supply
might more nearly equal the stead
lily increasing demand for commun-
ity nurses
Helped Fight Flu
: TT has devised a scheme OF pub
lie health centers' for the relief of
maladieS and for instruction in
hygiene, dietetics and general prin-
its nurses and nurses aides 1t has
rendered incalculable service in the
serious epidemics of influenza 1t has
carried instruction in hygiene and
FIRST aid into schools, the women's
Clubs and the homes of our country.
II has taught young and untaught
mothers how to care intelligentiy
for their babies, and has done much
in many ways to promote child well
fare. upon which the welfare of the
nation ultimately rests. 1t has made
1t a fundamental principle to avoid
futile Implications, to cooperate
with public agencies when its co.
operation was sought, and to supply
where such agencies had
not yet been established.
Children Educated.
TT has continued its educational
work among the school children
through its Junior Red Cross branch,
and it has, as one result of its war
experience. put preparation for dis
aster-relief on a scientific founda-
Ition so that it is now equipped TO
meet disaster emergencies promptly
In almost every part of our country.
"By systematic plans and prac-
tical performances. it has given a
clear answer to the question why the
Red Cross should be continued and
carried over from war activity into
peace-time activity. The answer is
in the record.
Additional to these obvious as
poets of the matter there Is anbther
reason why l, as President OF the |
United States and president of the !
American Red Cross, urge my fci. :
low couEtrymen to join the Red |
Cross in impressive numbers: Reac- !
tim follows emotion, and after great |
effort comes perilous lassitude.
Human Service Continuous.
Social patriotism and genuine hu-
man service are continuous, not in |
termittent. not. contingent merely /
upon the excitement Of war. II there |
is In some Of us an inward cooling |
of the nne feryor which animated us /
In the crisis Of the nations stress
and peril, a contraction of the spirit |
which snnobled US as individuals and |
as nation. now, during the Red |
Cross Roll Call is fitting season !
TO take counsel with our inner
selves, to rekindle the old flame, to I
reafirm allegiance to practical pa
q n nd
ism, and to symbolic the regenera-
sion of our better thoughts and
handsomer selves by re-enlistment
in a great army mobilized for-the |
common good.
tsisned) WOODROW WILSON"
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