The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-08
WILSON APPEALS In
NAME OF RED CROSS
Fourth Annual Roll Call for
New and Old Members
Opens Armistice Day.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.--President VIII
son to-day urged his fellow country
men" to Join the Red Cross "in impress.
sive numbers" during the fourth annual
roll call to be held during the fortnight
beginning Arnistice Day.
The American Red Cross" said the
President, Deserves hearty response
10 it's fourth invitation 60 annual mem
berahip, which will be issued during the
fortnight beginning November II. ARMS
tee Day.
Under the stimulus Of war and
through the cooperation OF our people
this organization grew into immense
size, enlarged it's range OF activity,
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 coordinated effort.
Since the cessation Of hostilties the
Organization has faced dual duty
first 70 fultA obligations created by
the war. and, second. 10 adapt it's ex-
perience and machinery TO the needs of
peace.
ut is to-day still assisting govern
mental agencies in the care and cheer or
our disabled soldiers and sailors, In re-
placing those able TO work in civilian
occupations and In counseling and aid
ing the families OF former conloatants:
and II is still assisting, with diminished
re sources the process NJ rehabilitation
in some of the more pr0strated countries
OF our former associates.
Learning Duties of Peace.
While continuing these manifest ooi-
cations. the Red Cross has been accom-
.nodating methods and applying lessons
learned in war TO the normal needs OF
our own people In tines of peace, espe-
cially in regions where provisions for
public health and welfare were imper-
fectly developed. 1t has placed public
health nurses in many localities and has
endeavored to enlist greater numbers or
Young women in the nursing profession
In order that the supply might more
nearly equal the steadily increasing de-
mand for community nurses. It has
devised a scheme of public health CEN
tres for the relief OF maladies and for
instruction IN hygiene. dietetics and gen
eral principles Of disease prevention
With its nurses and nurses aios II
has rendered incalculable service In the
serious epidemics of Influenza. Ii has
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aid into schools, the women's clubs and
the homes of our country. 1t has taught
young and untaught mothers how TO
care intellgently for their babies ana
has done much in many ways TO promote
child welfare, upon which the welfare OF
TIE nation ultimately rests. 1t has made
Il a fundamental principle to avoid tu-
tile Implications. to cooperate with pub
lie agencies when Its cooperation was
sought, and to supply deficiencies where
such agencies had not yet been estao-
lished.
1T has continued It's educational work
among the school children through us
Junior Red Cross branch. and IT has, as
one result of It's war experience, put
preparation for disaster relief on a
scientific foundation. so that 1t is now
equipped to meet disaster emergencies
promptly in almost every part OF our
country.
Proved It's Right to Survive.
by systematic plans and practical
performances II has given a clear answer
to the question why the Red Cross
should be continued ard carried over
from war activity into peocetime actlv-
ity. The answer Is in the record.
Additional to these obvious aspects
of the matter there is another reason
why I. as 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 lassitude.
Sound patriotism and genuine human
service are continuous. not intermittent.
not contingent merely upon the excite
inent of war. II there is in some of us
an inward cooling Of the fine fervor
which animated us In the crisis Of the
nations stress and peril a contraction
OF the spirit which ennobled us as indi-
viduals and as a nation, now, during the
Red Cross Roll Call is fitting season
To take counsel with our inner selves,
to rekindle the old flame, TO reaffirm al
legiance TO practical patriotism and
practical humanitarianism, and to SYM
be lize the regeneration of our better
thoughts and handsomer selves by re-
enlistment in a great army modified for
the common good.
WOODROW WILSON"