Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-01
TELLS Of CAREFUL
PLANNING FOR RED
CROSS ROLL CALL
Meeting of Potomac Division
will Close Here at To-
days Session.

udy , SCSStUtls
The careful foresight and detailed
planning necessary to insure the sue
cess of the annual Red Cross roll
CALI as the big membership CAM
paign is usually called, were evil
denced by Marion 6. Scheitlin, ma
tional director of the fourth roll call,
speaking this morning before the
group conference of the Potomac Di-
vision of the American Red Cross. The
meeting, which began yesterday, and
which is held in the Church OF the
Epiphany, will conclude this after
noon.
The small celluloid buttons. for in
stance. which are pinned TO the lapel
as visible evidence of membership,
had to be ordered as long ago as last
February, Mr.. Scheitlin explained
The directors of the roll call knew
that the presidential campaign would
! have a terrific effect on the always
preearious button situation; hence the
hurry-up. The chair announced
that practically all the necessary sup
plies were in hand. and that every
thing was ready for 4 determined
campaign TO last from Armistice day
| to Thanksgiving.
Corresponding Results.
Last year, he told the delegate
from the District, and from thirty
three counties in Maryland. ana the
two Virginias the peace time pro
gram of the Red Cross had not been
formulated to a point where it alone
was a sufficient incentive TO make
the average American join. Now II
has, and corresponding results are
expected. Chairman Seheitlin also
told of particular efforts to divorce
! he
ception of a drive" 1t is per
| fectly normal activity OF the Red
| Cross, and not at all an abnormal
| one, although coming but once yea
| A special effort will also be made this
! time to handle the persons speaking
only some foreign language This
will be done through members Of
their own races. OF 100000 per
! sons not speaking English, there arc
6. zoe 900 who have never been can
vassed at all, il is estimated. "a"
speaker summed it all by saying thai
| the success of the whole peacctihl"
! program of the Red Cross i'll reality
| depends on the success of the roll
! call. A year ago. he added, tue couh-
! try was in the 'doldrums now, IL Is
| on the rebound. and the roll cali Sopes
| to benefit thereby.
Aid i'm Disasters.
| Production of material is the one
! thing calculates to appeal to every
member of every chapter, accoriinG
! to Miss Orie- 5. Whitaker, associate
| director of chapter administration OF
! the Potomac division, who also spoke
! this morning She pointed out that
during the last fourteen years there
has been an average of one disaster
; every month somewhere in the Cnlteu
States in the form of fire, Hood, cS-
| clone: explosion. riot, etc. Whenever
| disaster strikes community sue
said il needs Red Cross service Tor
| a time at least. fully as much as the
| neopIe of Europe needed it during the
| war. 1t is the duty of every chapter
! TO be prepared to respond promptly
| to this need. while. at the same time,
| the need for assistance 10 aii .I,
(deplorable conditions abroad sun re-
mains urgent. Miss Whitaker recoH
| mended also the establishment o.
I! chapter shops. where new OF. remodei-
ed garments could be purchased LOT
nominal sums by those who ,prez&tFeu
not to receive free gifts. -
| Luncheon in Church.
| Luncheon was again served in the
church to the delegates by the cam
tteen corps of the District Chapter
THOMAS Dec. Ruth. manager OF the
Potomac division, is presiding over
the afternoon session, which convened
lat 2:15 o'clock and which was fea-
ichapter and other organization repre-
| Miss Mabel T. Boardman, District
commissioner and national secretary
.of the Red Cross, in her address de-
tliyered last night made appeal to Red
Gross women TO turn their capacity
for service as demonstrated in war
work to civic and social service, ana
voiced the particular suggestion that
1.-THE canteen system of the District
1t.x, hos to
lschooI children.
I'VE should be building up the
Health of the next generation" said
Miss Boardman. by providing the
ichildren with hot. nutritious food in
the middle Of the day The Parent
Teachers Association of Washington
,could assist in serving the food. A
iplan similar to this is in, operation
! in Baltimore, and it is meeting with
isplendid success"
! The Red Cross health center,
| backed by the local chapter, will per-
form unreasonable good in bridging
the great gap between the people who
know how to combat disease and
! those who do not-always the chieI
aim of all health workers. This was
| the declaration of DR.. Erwin A Pc
F! terson. national director of the de-
| partment of health service, who spoke
at last nights session. The Red
! Cross is ideally fitted 10 prform such
! a task, he said. and the work is plS
/ enough to justify its presentation to
! The great reifef organization.
! We need look no further Tor our
peace-time philosophy than TO our
! chart Frederick {. Munroe. gen
eral manager of the National Red
! Cross. announced to the conference
Yesterday afternoon. Mark that the
| charter SAYS we are not only to act
| in the event of pestilence. famine, fre.
! floods and other great national ca
lamities but that We are also 10 devise
and carry on measures for prevent
! ing the same Here is our whole
| nnace-time program, stated clearly
and concisely. 1t is program OF
! health service in its broadcast sense
| (HIr. Munroe stated that he did not
| wish the public to get the idea that
| The Red Cross is feeding and cloth
! ing starving and destitute Europe.
| This he said. could not be done by
any voluntary organization. Neverthe-
! less. thousands of tons of clothing,
/ food supplies and medicines have been
! distributed From the Red Cross sup
niy bases in France, the Baltic and at
! f,onstantinople. tn work Of dtstri-
button will be pushed as rapidly as the
| resources of the organization VIII
! nrrmit For the Red Cross to with
draw from Europe to-day, he said.
/ would be nothing short of world
| catastrophe.l