, 1922-02-22
"A REED LENDS ENDORSEMENT TO RED CROSS WORK
NEED GREAT AND PUBLIC WILL RESPOND, HE BELIEVES

In existing tbs support OF organ
izations here in tho drive for funds
which win be staged by the Red
Cross starting Monday. February &c.
the following letter Is being sent out
signed by l. A Reed. chairman OF
the finance COMMITTEES.
AS you have probable already
learned through the local newspa-
pers. the Natrona County Chapter
American National Red Gross. Is
preparing to go before the commun-
ity OF Casper and Natrona county in
an endeavor to raise funds TO meet
the needs for relief among the peo-
pie Of this county and city .
A the present time. Mrs. K1ttie
B. Payne. the trained social worker
employed by tho local Red Gross. Is
handling the cases Of more than 200
needy families in Casper and Ma
trona county. She Is securing much
valuable help from organizations
and from individuals in carrying on
this work In addition TO The work
a-,cug the needy. she is handling
much of tho delinquency work
among the Juvenile offenders in the
community, Is administering the
mothers pensions and poor relief for
the county and is acting rs n clear
ing house for other agencies in town.
thus preventing waste and duplica-
ton in relief giving.
las you know. the local Red Cross
Is sun carrying out its obligation to
the ex-service men Of the world war.
Ind an average of $50 men are be
ing served zach month in our of
flee. their claims for compensation
etc being prepared TO present to the
government. This in itself Is n big
job and is kept quite separate from
my other civilian problems which
the Red Cross has undertaken TO
help solve.
You are aware OF the present eco
nomic situation and the continued
unemployment This is creating a
greatly increasing demand on all
organizations for help and relief
and It is the purpose of tho Red
Cross to assist in securing n closer
cooperation between tho charitably
inclined people of Natrona county to
insure maximum relief for a mini
mum expenditure We respectfully
solicit your cooperation in this re-
spect, and suggest that should your
organization or any individuals in
your organization desire to contri-
butte relief to any needy family
which may have been reported to
you that you either telephone or
call on Mrs Payne at tho Red Gross
office in the Midwest building to
assure yourself that relief is needed
and also to ascertain what other or
ganizations or individuals are al
ready working on the case and also
what kind OF relief is most needed.
Often. too, we know of families who
are in dire need and the assistance
offered a be diverted to them in
case the family which you had in
mind is being adequately cared for.
The Red Cross does not want to
give the impression hat 1t is seek
ing to eliminate other help from or
ganizations- It must economize in
its own work and since il has found
n considerable mount of duplicn-
ton in the relief work in the com
munity. it bespeaks your co-opera-
ton In the suggested above
feeling sure that we can all work
together to much better advantage
then by working separately hmd
without knowing what other agency
is also giving relief in some specific
case.
"An the money to be raised in the
forth coming campaign is to be
spent in helping the needy of Ma
trona county-the greatest part of
it in the city of Casper. Not one
cent of this money is to go outside
OF 2Jatrona county. II the amount