Cleveland County herald., 1920-12-02

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 Dr. Charles J. Hat field C- New York, pr. Ireland says:
 ''The werk of the National Tubcr- oulosis Association Is of such magni- tude and of so much importance to the welfare and happiness of every family in the land that take great pleasure in promoting an activity that enables you to seek new fields or better work old ones. To this end I heartily in- dorse the plan of the National Tuber- culosis Association to offer for sale, seals of its own and trust that 1t will meet with well-deserved success"
 The sale of Tuberculosis Seals has also the approval Livingston Far rand, Chairman of lAe American Red Cross, who says in Q letter to Dr Hatfield:
 q am, naturally watching with very great interest the plans for the an nual Christmas seal campaign of the National Tuberculosis Association, and am writing to express the hope that the success this year will be greater than ever before.
 There has never been time when united effort in the health field was more needed in the country and the world than now, and of all the aspects of the health problem, that of tuber- culosis in my judgment takes first place. The work already accomplished by the National Tuberculosis Associa- io fa h1n fhot if Ia raanuni1ad everywhere, but there still remains much to be done and success can only be obtained If there is a generous re- sponse in the seal campaign.
 "The Red Cross regards this work of your Association as of primary i'm portancs, and for that reason hopes to cooperate with you in every possible way, and trusts that the results of the sale of seals in 1920 will be all that the great importance of the program deserves and calls for"
 The campaign is meeting with far vorable response in Arkansas, where more than half the counties are al- ready organized for the sale of seals during the month of December John R. Frazer, Grand Master Workman of the A o. U. w, is the state cam paign director and is infusing into the campaign much of the enthusiasm which has made him prominent in the field of fraternalism in Arkansas. The advance program adopted for the state association, which contem- plates the raising of fund of $150,000 has been approved by Dr. Chas. J. Hat field. managing director of the Ma tional Tuberculosis Association. He writes the State Association that the National is much interested in the program undertaken by Arkansas. In a letter to the State Association, Dr. Hatfield says:
 lover 100000 children In the United States are left orphans every year on account of tuberculosis, according to figures recently published by the Ma tional Tuberculosis Association.
 "In arriving at this figure, the Asso- citation computes that there are at least 150, ,000 deaths from tuberculosis in the United States every year. On tA0 Ddolo LII u6 ulS5 PlONloCo Oy IhO United States Bureau of the Census, 1t is estimated that of the 150,000 not less than 75,000 are married. The average number of children in Ameri- can families is 2.8. On the basis of these figures, the Association esti- mates that the number of orphans as a result of deaths from tuberculosis would be well over 200,o0 every year.
 "The problem of providing care for these orphans. practically all of whom are already infested with tuber- culosis, and of raising them to be healthy and gelf-res1 ecting citizens Is. one of the utmost importance.
 'The Association points out that the additional drain upon society caused by 100000 orphans who are brought to this condition by preventable dis ease costs hundreds of millions of dol lars, most of which could be saved by proper community organization.
 "The twelve hundred state and local tuberculosis association of the country are organizing this community effort. Their support is derived from the sale of tuberculosis Christmas seals to be held from December l to IL"