Evening star., 1924-05-25
"BUDDY POPPY" SALE
Will START TUESDAY
Funds to Be Used to Benefit For
mer Soldiers-Flowers Made
by Disabled.
COOLIDGE BACKS CAMPAIGN
Veterans of Foreign Wars Sponsor
Annual National Event.

Immortalization of the little red
poppy which grows on Flanders Fields
is one of the two objects of the buddy
poppy campaign which starts here on
May 27. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan,
senior vice commander-in-chief of the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars. discussed
the campaign last night in a prepared
statement.
THE second object" he continued, "is
collateral to the first, for it is in
memory of those fallen comrades that
the Veterans of Foreign Wars con-
duct this campaign around Memorial
day each year to obtain funds for the
relief of the disabled and less fortunate
ex-service men and their dependents.
And by so doing they are asking the
the cities of the country to assist them
in honoring the dead by helping the
living.
Made by Disabled Veterans.
These poppies are being made in
the buddy poppy factory in Pitts
burgh by the disab abled veterans them
selves. They are being sold in vari-
Gus localities in the District of Co
lumbia by members of the V. F. w.
posts, and the ladies' auxiliaries, and
are recognized by the little V. +. w.
tag with the symbol. Buddy Poppy
and the cross of Malta. They will be
sold simultaneously in every city and
village throughout the United States.
president Calvin Coolidge inaugu-
rated the campaign by accepting the
first poppy that was made. Others to
receive and pin on their coat lapel
one of these poppies were, Gen.
Pershing, Gen. Hines Samuel Com
pers, Secretary Of Labor Davis and other
members of the Presidents cabinet.
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and others prominent in public life.
Secretary Of the Navy Wilbur ac-
cepted an immense anchor standing
five feet high, rsade entirely Of pop
pies, and which is to be EAST on the
seas in memory of those men of the
Navy who lost their lives during the
war"
Approved BY Coolidge.
President Coolidge, in a letter to
Gen. Lloyd NJ. Brett. the commander
in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, wrote:
1T is a pleasure to comply with
your request for a word of indorse-
ment and approval OF the poppy cam
paign which the Veterans of Foreign
Wars are organizing. 1 note with
particular interest and satisfaction
that the poppies are to be made by
disabled ex-service men. / hope the
petuate and strengthen the national
sentiment of obligation to those who
served their country in the world war
will be eminently successful.
Very truly yours.
CALVIN COOLIDGE"
BY purchasing poppies Washing
tonians will help the disabled men to
earn an honest living and give them
the necessities of life, little COM
fort and a measure of happiness for
them and their dependents. 1t is
pointed out.
Gen. Stephan added in his talk last
night:
"The funds derived from the sale of
these buddy poppies' can only be
used, and will only be used for the
following purposes:
Assist Ex-Seryice Men.
ITO aid, benefit, comfort and assist
all the ex-Service men. and their de-
pendents who come TO us for relief.
ITO provide cheer and comfort to
veterans in hospitals.
To acquire, maintain and decorate
suitable burial places for deceased
| soldiers
ITO maintain in Washington and
in other cities a service bureau to
carry out these objects of assisting
the disabled.
1T is for this reason that this mes
sage is broadcast to urge every citi-
zen to purchase and wear the little
V. F. W. buddy poppy on Memorial
day"
Under the auspices of the Equality
Walter Reed Post. No. 2S4. a four
day campaign will be conducted, be-
| ginning Tuesday morning and lasting
until 4 pm. on Memorial day. The
chairman of the campaign has made
an urgent appeal for fifty women to
volunteer their services to fill the
concessions that have been allotted.
Volunteers will communicate with
Frank G. Thomas, 1925 Hall place.
| Phone West 1853.