The New York herald., 1921-11-10
PRESIDENT URGES
AID FOR RED CROSS
Asks Liberal Support Of Two
Weeks Campaign Beginning
Armistice Day.
DELEGATES NEXT SUNDAY
Churches Requested to Devote
That Day to Gospel of
Service

WASHINGTON. Nov g. President
Harding asked the American people to-
night to give their liberal support TO
the annual campaign Of the Red Cross
for relief contributors. which begins
on Armistice Day and continues for
two weeks.
The call of the Red Cross, the Presi-
dent said in formal statement. should
be regarded as "the call OF country and
humanity" He set aside next Sunday
as RED Cross Sunday" and requested
churches throughout the land to devote
that day to emphasizing 'the gospel OF
service" Mr.. Harding's statement fol-
lows:
ITO the American people: AS Presi-
dent of the United States of America
and as President of the American Red
Cross, l announce that the Red Cross
annual roll call will begin on Armistice
Day. November IL. and continue
through Thanksgiving Day, November
a. and | designate November IL as
Red Cross Sunday.
81 recommend ministers and priests or
all congregations to stress the gospel
of service on November 13, and in
vite and urge my fellow citizens to
accept the entire period of the roll call
as an occasion for rededication of them
selves to the principles and practice of
service. The American Red Cross is
both the volunteer and semi official
medium through which our people may
appropriately express their patriotic and
humane desires to render practical as
sistance to their soldiers and sailors, to
their fellow citizens in civilian life and
t. those peoples of other lands who have
ala mai hot IN
cern of our own people.
Has Kept Faith.
"The American Red Cross has kept
faith with the principles which gave 1,
birth and with the obligations laid upor
1t by Congressional charter-:to act ir
matters of voluntary relief and ir
accord with the military and nava
authorities as medium of communica-
tion between the people of the United
States and their army and navy. After
a notable war service 1t, in conjunction
with the veterans bureau and othe,
activities. stands by our veterans ant
their families in a period of painful
reconstruction, in which, as too man!
OF US have been prone to forget, thou
sands are in progressing need. not only
of governmental attention and assist
ance, but also of those supplemental!
acts of human kindness which onl,
volunteer mercy can supply.
by systematic and scientific PLAN
and equipment for relief from disaste
and by prompt response to many urgen
calls throughout the last year tn
American Red Cross has fulfilled anothe
requirement Of its Congressional char
ter, to continue and carry on a system
of national and international relief II
NJ nd to I, ,
mitigating the suffcrings caused b.
pestiience, famine. fire, food and othe
great national calamities.'
Takes Up New Task.
After liduidating it's obligations q
general relief TO peoples of other land
who were associated with us in the grea
war 1t has concentrated it's foreign ei
forts to programme for the medica
relief Of children in Central Europe an
from funds made available last year
continues this work Of mercy. and ais
contributes from its medical and hos
pital supplies for the work Of relief Il
Russia, which is operated under Ameri
can direction
LAS a result of vast and varied OK
perience during the world war the Amer
ican Red Cross has devised and put II
operation an extensive domestic healtl
and welfare programme whereby on
American communities are instructe,
and directed in the solution of thos
community problems upon which tn
public will ultimately rests.
''It is a fundamental principle of tn
Red Cross not to duplicate but to sup
plement the efforts Of governmental an
other agencies IN the mitigation an
alienation of human suffering and {
supply the means thereto where othe
agencies do not exist. The call of IN
American Red Cross is the call of coun
try and humanity. and l earnestly urg
my fellow citizens to make that respons
which satisfies the promptings Of a gen
crp,to uaopla