Evening star., 1923-09-27
REDCROSSP[ANS :
|. ANNUAL roll CALL
4 - -
Heed for Special Efforts to
Get More Members This
Year Urged.

:, Organization of the annual roll call
of the American Red Cross was con-
sidered at the concluding session of
the annual convention of that society
today. The volunteer service and
home service work, including educa-
tional and health efforts in rural
homes, We're discussed by a, number
of speakers.
: Decreases i'll membership in recent
years were pointed to as showing the
need for special efforts in the coming
roll call to enlist new members.
2 Chairman Payne presented a cable
of greetings to the convention from
Gustav Ador, president of the inter-
rational committee of the Red Cross
at Geneva. which read: 49,
I'VE send our warmest message to
the worlds greatest Red Cross
society, which shows the way to all
other sister societies, both in the in
ternational field by succoriug suffer-
ing countries, and by providing for
every need of American citizens as
regards social welfare, first aid and
public health"
Praise Mr. Harding.
Resolutions declaring humane work
had lost "a great leader. a loyal
friend. an ardent supporter and one
whose counsel was of inestimabIe
value" by the death of President
Harding were adopted at yesterdays
meeting. The convention paused for
moment of silence in memory of the
late President and then adopted the
RESOLUTIONS.
!. Later the delegates transacted
great deal of routine business. in
cluding selection of Washington as
the next convention city and the
domination of officers. In the after
noon they were received informally
by Mrs. Coolidge in the east room
Of the White House.
Public health. nursing. health work
and hygiene were among the service
problems discussed as part of the
Red Cross work in the community.
The Junior American Red Cross. or
EanfZed among school children, was
praised for its advances in recent
fears.
: Four members were nominated for
election to the central committee, the
governing body of the, Red Cross, to
be voted upon at the annual meeting
next October.
. Miss Mabel Boardman of Washing
ton and Mrs. August Belmont of New
York were renominated, while Gus
taVus Pope of Detroit and Mrs. Henry
Rea of Pittsburgh were selected to
Value to Children.
z Il believe that the Junior Red Cross
Is the agency by which the finest
lessons in democracy and true Amer
fcantSm can be taught and that the
children in our schools are teaching
these lessons when they are enrolled
under the banner Of the Red Cross
and fulfilling its pledge" In these
words Miss Margaret Knox. a teacher
IN one of the largest public schools
tn New York's East Side, sounded the
dominant note of Yesterdays session.
Referring briefly to the world wide
sweep of Junior Red Cross. which is
now an integral part of all national
Red Cross societies, Miss Knox said:
@Some day the children Of all lands
under the Red Cross will teach the
grown people the ways of under
Standing and friendship. These juniors
are the hope of the world"
Work in Schools.
/. Other speakers on the program
we're Miss Doris Taylor of Chatta-
nooga, who outlined the work of the
Junior Red Cross in rural schools;
Miss Anna Milo Upjohn, who detailed
Che Junior Red Cross program that is
being carried out in the Indian
schools, with the sanction of the In
terior Departments Indian bureau,
and r. P. Lane, who was for three
years in charge of the work of the
It was under Mr.. Lanes guidance
that almost every country in Europe
organized its school children in the
Junior Red Cross.
: The public health nursing section
convened with Mrs. George w. Daum,
chairman of the nursing activities
committee Of the Westmoreland Coun-
ty Chapter. Jeanette, Pa, presiding.
@Dr. Allen Freeman, School of Hy-
giene and Public Health of Johns
HorkinS University. smoke THE
Relation of Public Health Nursing to
Official Health Work"
:; Miss Elizabeth G. Fox. national di
rector of the American Red Cross
public health nursing service, and
Miss Sara Fisher. field representative
of the New England division. also
spoke.