The log cabin Democrat., 1920-11-08
WILSON APPROVES
 CALL OF RED CROSS
URGES HEARTY RESPONSE
President Issues Appeal to Support Greatest Mother in the
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Washington, Nov 8-The following message from President Wilson, who is also president of the American Red Cross, to the American people, was issued from the White House today:
 "The American Red Cross deserves hearty response to it's fourth invita- tion to annual membership, which will be issued during the fortnight begin ming November the eleventh, Armistice Day.
 Under the stimulus of war and through the cooperation of our peo- pie, this organization grew into inn mense size, enlarged it's range of ac- tivity, served not only our fighting forces but also civilians involved in the hardships of war in our own nation and in the nations associated with us in great common enterprise, and gave to the world an example of effective mercy through co-ordinated effort.
 s"Since the cessation of hostilities l the organization has faced a dual duty: first, to fulfill obligations created by the war, and, secondly, to adapt it's experience and machinery to the needs of peace.
 Ut is, today, still assisting govern mental 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 comba- tants; and it is still assisting, with diminished resources, the process ot rehabilitation in some of the more pros 1 trated countries of our former asso- ciates.
 "While continuing these manifest obligations. the Red Cross has been accommodating methods and applying | lessons learned in war to the normal needs of our own people in times of peace, especially in regions where pro- visions for public health and welfare were imperfectly developed. It has placed public health nurses in many localities and has endeavored to enlist greater numbers of young women Tn the nursing profession In oredr that the supply might more nearly equal the steadily increasing demand for community nurses. It has devised scheme of public health centers' for the relief of maladies and for instruc- tion in hygiene, dietetics, and general principles of prevention. With it's nurses and nurses aides It has rendered incalculable service in the serious epidemics of influenza. It has carried instruction in hygiene and tlrst aid into schools, the women's clubs, and the homes of our country. It has taught young and untaught mothers how to care intelligently for their babies, and has done much in many ways to promote child welfare upon which the welfare of the nation ultl- matelS rests. It has made it fun damental principle to avoid futile du- plications, to cooperate with pubic agencies when it's cooperation was sought, and to supply deficiencies where such agencies had not yet been established.
 1t has continued it's educational work among the school children through it's Junior Red Cross branch, and it has, as one result of it's war experience, put preparation for dls- aster-relief on a scientific foundation, so that it is now equipped to meet dls- aster emergencies promptly in almost every part of our country.
 By systematic plans and practical performances, it has given a clear answer to the question why the Red l Cross should be continued and carried over from war activity into peace time activity. The answer is in the record.
 Additional to these obvious aspects of the matter, there is another reason why I, president of the United States and president of the American Red Cross, urge my fellow-countrymen to join the Red Cross in impressive num- bers: Reaction follows emotion, and after great effort comes perilous lassl- tude Sound patriotism and genuine human service are continuous, not ln- termittent, not contingent merely upon the excitement of war. If there IS m some of us an inward cooling of the fine fervor which animated us in the crisis of the nations stress and peril, contraction of the spirit which en- nobled us as individuals and as na- tion, now during the Red Cross Roll Call,' is a fitting season to take coun- sel with our inner selves, to rekindle the old fame, to reafffrm allegiance to practical patriotism and practical hu- manitarianism, and to symbolize the re- generation of our better thoughts and handsomer selves by re-enlistment in a great army mobilized for the common good
 (Signed) 'Woodrow Wilson. c. E. WORKER TO SPEAK.