The log cabin Democrat., 1921-11-10
RED CROSS ROLL
 GALL OPENS NOV. II.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE ON
Arkansas Leaders Hope to Re Enroll Every Member and Add Many
 New Ones.

The Red Cross chapters in Arkan- sas will embark on armistice day on the fifth annual Red Cross roll call which will continue until the evening
 Thanksgiving day and in which it
 hoped to re-enroll every one who is now member of the Red Cross and to add many new names to the roster. Chapters throughout the state, in-
 luding those in the two large cities, Little Rock and Fort Smith, are
 thoroughly organized for the roll call,
 nd much enthusiasm is reported in
 l, districts. The cha 3ters have been
 usily engaged informing their public Of the work they ha le accomplished Curing the last year With the purpose
 letting every one know just what
 he dollar memberships which the Red Cross is asking, will do in the com- ,launities where they are enrolled.
 The entire peace-time program of Ithe Red Cross is b b,il g outlined in detail in it's specific application to each community so thA the public will lundersand the true reasons for Red lCross activities now since the war is ended. This program includes the ldlscharge of Americas obligation to lits disabled eX-service en in the way ot vocational training, acting as agent for obtaining overdue compensation and allotment for soldiers, finding en- lployment for the we'll ex-soldiers and ex-sailors and assisting the disabled ones to obtai nthe kind of medical or hospital care they ned.
 Statistics show post war disability is increasing very rapidly due to the fact that many former service men made light of ailments which really ishould have had attc ltion because of tkeir eagerness to be discharged and get home to their friends and families, and these ailments are now giving them serious trouble.
 Other sections of this peace time program are public health nursing, public welfare work, general social service, nome service, civilian relief, baby welfare, nutrition service and Ilnstructions in nutrition among the Ichildren of America. A recent survey lconducted by the American Red Cross and the United States public health service showed that one-third of the children in America are suffering from ma.nutrtion and that as many of these children come from the homes of the rich as from the poor families of the nation. In the Red Cross nu- jtrltion classes conducted in some of the Arkansas chapters, children and their parents are taught why some highly expensive foods are far from nutritious and why many. very cheap foods have tissue building and blood making qualities which produce the healthy youngster.
 1 For the first time since the Amer ican Red Cross was re organized, the far greater portion of the member hip fees stays in the community where the member joins. According to in- formation given out at the south western division headquarters in St. Louis, only 50 cents of each of the three principal memberships goes to the national association. These mem. berships are: Annual, S1; contribut- lrg, 5; sustaining, ID.
 | Formerly 50 cents of the first class went to Washington and two dollars of each of the other two classes. The proportion going to national head quarters is used to fin .nce the current expense of the Red Cross and to pay tor national operations in civilian re- lief, such as the floods and tornadoes which have visited the states of the southwest in the last -hree years. That Which remains in the community where f It is raised is used to finance the community program of the local chap ter and serves in the most direct pos slhle way the people from whom it comes.
 l The Junior Red Cross is conducting it's annual membership campaign simultaneously with the adult mem- bership drive. Junior Red Cross chapters in Arkansas have been doing fine work in playground and baby welfare activities and in some of the owns an drural communities have in- stituted hot lunches for the schools.
 No defipite goal in numbe- of mem- bers for the state of Arkansas has been set, according to Edward B. Orr,
 he southwestern division roll call di- rector. This is true with reference to all other states in teh union. The national Red Cross, through its chairman, John Barton Payne, has stated that the Red Cross has a work and purpose worthy of universal un- derstanding and support and that he believes the majority of men and wom-
 n in this country will wish to have part in this work if they are given a correct understanding of it's character and scope The fifth annual roll call,