The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-16
RED CROSS DRIVE NOW ON

RED CROSS DRIVE NOW ON !.
The following was sent to us BY
J. z. Hardy Of Fargo, who is in charge
of the Red Cross Drive for this State
this year. Local solicitors are now
taking the Annual Roll Call and be
prepared to, give your dollar when
the solicitor comes around.
Washington, Nov. 10.-President
Harding today issued the following
PROCLAMATION in connection with the
Annual Roll Call of the American
Red Cross which opens tomorrow, Ar
mistice Day: s.s,r =. ~/.> u. -
To the American People: L r
The assurance, based on many
years experience, that there will be
prompt and generous response, makes
1t always satisfaction to direct pub.
lic attention to the annual Membership
Roll Call of the American Red Cross.
This year it will open on Armistice
Day, November II, and close on
Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 80. As Pres
ident of the United States and also
President of the American Red Cross
! hereby proclaim November II as
Red Cross Sunday, and invite all the
people to unite with their spiritual
leaders in such observance of it as
may promote renewed conservation
to the gospel of service based upon di-
vine injunction and sanctioned by all
good conscience. RI
By the terms of the Congressional
Charter which called it into being,
the American Red Cross is charged
with certain clearly defined duties and
obligations. These it has continued,
during the past year, to discharge
faithfully and efficiently. There are
peculiarly urgent reasons to appeal,
this year, in behalf of an even greater
generosity than has been necessary in
come other times, becaues of the ex-
traordinary demands upon such SER
vices of mercy and humanity. One of
the most fearful disasters of all his
tory has befallen the Inflated Near
Eastern area, where the lives of mil
lions of unfortunate people even now
depend and must continue fol. a long
time to depend on the untiring liber-
ality of more favored communities. Al
very great sum is required to be
raised If the emergency shall be met;
and while the task is one to which all
well-disposed peoples must contribute
our own country in virtue alike of it's
conspicuous for both the great share
it will give, and the high spirit ami
mating the gift. It is therefore asked
that cooperation be established be-
tween the Red Cross, the Near East
Relief, and all other agencies which
are concerned to assist in dealing with
this crisis. -. =
In the domestic field, demands con-
tinue to press heavily upon the Red
Cross The Government is earnestly
seeking to insure to every diseased or
disabled ex-service man the full meas
ure of care and help which national
gratitude and simple justice dictate.
The aim gaust be to restore every ser
vice man to the best possible health
and the largest opportunity for a
normal and self-supporting life. In
this effort the Government, the Army
and Navy, have gladly availed them
selves of the assistance Of the Red
Cross, which due to its nationwide
/ volunteer organization, has been con
slant and valued aid. s
In the broad field concerned with
the physical welfare of the people of
the Red Cross, in sympathetic contact
with other Organisations, and the Fed
eral and State Bureaus, has been par
tlcularly active in the establishments
and support Of Public Health activi-
ties for the prevention Of disease and
the encouragement OF sound santa
tion. In its peculiar and historic field
sof Disaster Relief the Red Cross has
met the emergencies brought about By
the large number Of floods and other
.calamities during the past year, and
is still called upon TO aid the suffer
ing in foreign lands due TO war and
pestilence. For these reasons, regard
less Of the multitude Of local prob-
lems IN very community, the Ameri-
can Red Cross deserves well at tho
hands of the American people.
III the interests of our common hu-
manity and Of the service which we
owe % our fellow men, ] invite my
fellow citizens III renew their ale
glance to the American Red Cross dur
Ing tho period 81 the Membership Roll
Call
(signed) Warren G. Harding.