The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-11-10
PRESIDENT HARD|NG'S
RED CROSS PROCLAMATION


Press).-President Harding in proc
laamtion issued today calling atten-
ton to the annual membership roll
call of the American Red Cross, which
begins tomorrow, declared "there are
peculiarly urgent reasons to appeal
this year in behalf of an even greater
generosity than has been necessary in
some other times"
Notable among those reasons the
president mentions the situation IN
the Near East where he asserts mil
lions of people must look to more fav-
ored national communities such as the
United States for the means of life.
He bespeaks the aid of the American
people for the Red Cross as one of the
chief relieg agencies and the CO.
operation of Americans in the sup
port of all the organizations at work
in that portion of the world.
The proclamation follows:
"To the American People:
"The assurance, based on many
years. experience, that there will be
prompt and generous response, makes
it always a satisfaction to direct pub
lie attention to the annual member
ship roll call of the American Red
Cross. This year it will open on Arm
istice Day, November II, and close on
Thanksgiving Day, November 80. AS
president of the United States and
also president of the American Red
Cross, hereby proclaim November IL
as Red Cross Sunday, and invite all
the people to unite with their spiritual
leaders in such observance of it as
may promote a renewed conservation
to the gospel of service based upon
divine injunction and sanctioned by
all good conscience.
"By the terms of the congressional
charter which called it into being, the
American Red Cross is charged with
certain clearly defined duties and obli-
cations. These it has continued, dur
ing the past year, to discharge faith
fully and efficiently. There are pecu-
liarly urgent reasons to appeal, this
year, in behalf of an even greater
generosity than has been necessary in
some other times, because of the ex-
traordinary demands upon such serv-
ices 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 mill
ions of unfortunate people even now
depend, and must continue for a long
time to depend, on the untiring hber-
ality of more favored communities. A
very great sum is required to be rails
ed if the emergency shall be met; and
while the task is one to which all we'll
disposed peoples must contribute, our
own country in virtue alike of it's in
spirations of humanity and its fortu-
nate endowment in material posses
sions, must be conspicuous for both the
great share it shall give, and the high
spirit animating the gift. 1t is there
fore asked that cooperation be es-
tablished between the Red Cross, the
Near East relief and all other agen-
cies which are concerned to assist in
dealing with this crisis.
"In the domestic field, demands
continue to press heavily upon the
Red Cross. The government is earn.
estly seeking to insure to every dis
eased or disabled ex-service man the
full measure of care and help which
national gratitude and simple justice
dictate. The aim must be to restore
every service man to the best possible
health and the largest opportunity fol-
norma land self-supporting life. II
this effort the government, the army
and navy, have gladly availed them
selves of the assistance of the Rec
Cross which, due to its NATIONWIDE,
volunteer organization, has been {
constant and valued aid,
I'm the broad field concerned Will
the physical welfare of the people, tn,
Red Cross, in sympathetic contac
with other organizations, and tn
federal and state bureaus, has beel
particularly active in the establish
ment and support of public health &C
tlvities for the prevention of diseas
and the encouragement of sound san