Hickory daily record., 1922-11-10
President Appeals For
Support In Annual
Red Cross Roll Call
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 1O.-President
Harding today issued the following
proclamation i'll connection with the
annual roll call of the American Red
Cross which opens tomorrow, Arlnis-
tice Day:
To The American People:
The assurance, based on MANY years.
experience, that there will be prompt
and generous response, makes it ~
ways satisfaction to direct public
attention to the annual Membership
Roll Call of the American Red Cross.
This year it will open on Armistice
day, November IL, and close on
Thanksgiving day, November 80. As
president of the United States and al
so president of the American Red
Cross, I hereby proclaim November IL
as Red Cross Sunday, and invite all
the people to unite with their spiritual
leaders in such observanceof it as may
promote a renewed conservation to
the gospel of service based upon divine
injunction and sanctioned by all good
conscience.
IS By the terms Of the congressional
charter which called it into being, the
American Red Cross is charged with
certain clearly defined duties and OBJ
legations. These it has continued, dur
ing the past year, to discharge faith
fully and efficiently. There are pecul-
larly urgent reasons to appeal, this
year, in behalf Of an even greater gen.
erosity than has been necessary in
some other times, because Of the extra
ordinary demands upon such services
of mercy and humanity. One of the
most fearful disasters of all history
has befallen the ill-fated near east
area, where the lives Of millions Of un-
fortunate people even now depend and
must continue for a long time to de-
pend, on the untiring liberality of more
favored communities. A 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 coun-
try in virtue alike of its inspirations
of humanity and it's fortunate endow-
nlent in material possessions, must be
conspicuous for both the great share
it shall give, and the high spirit ami
mating the gift. It is therefore asked
that cooperation be established ber
tween the Red Cross, the near east re-
lief, 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 must be to restore every SER
vice man to the best possible health and
the largest opportunity for normal
life. In this effort
the government; the army and navy,
have gladly availed themselves of the
assistance of the Red Cross which, due
to its nationwide volunteer organiza-
ton, has been constant and valued
aid.
In the broad field concerned with
the physical welfare of the people, the
Red Cross, in sympathetic contact with
other organizations, and the Federal
and: State Bureaus, has been particu-
larly active in the establishment and
support Of Public Health activities for
the prevention of disease and the en-
couragement Of sound sanitation. In its
peculiar and historic field of Disaster
relief, the Red Cross has met the emer-
gencies brought about by the large
number Of floods and other ca:amities
during the past year, and is still called
upon to aid the suffering in foreign
lands due to war and pestilenc.,. Fer
these reasons, regardless of the multi
tude Of local problems in every COM
munity, the American Red Cross de-
serves we'll at the hands of the Ameri-
can people.
In the interests of our common hu-
1anity and of the service which we owe
to our fellow men, invite my fellow
citizens to renew their allegiance to
the American Red Cross during the
period Of the membership roll call.
(Signed) WARREN G. HARDING.
The White House.