Evening star., 1925-11-14

/ Red Cross organizations in other
| countries and the work is interns-
| tlonal. 1t works i'll harmony and CO.
operation with the Near East Relic
| in Mohammedan communities
When the great earthquake IN
Japan occurred the President of the
United States appealed TO the public
10 contribute s5,000,000 for Japanese
relief TO be administered by the Red
Cross Society.
The public quickly more than
doubled what the President had est.
mated would be generous sum, and
gave Sll, ,122, ,67S.67, all of which with
not one cent deducted for administra-
! uonl went to the sufferers, our Red
Cross Society sending supplies bought
by this fund to the Red Cross Society
of Japan.
! Aid has been sent to Greece and
/ Bulgaria-not in the recent hostilities.
| but IN the destltution incident to the
exchange OF populations with Turkey
! Rellef has been given to famine
stricken China. 1t has gone to dis
! tressed refugees of Persia, both Chris
! iian and Moslem; to food sufferers in
! Peru; to hurricane victims in Hol-
land, Philippine Islands and many
other regions.
| !,
In addition to relief in connection
with sudden disasters, the work of the
I Red Cross includes many activities
/ Of permanent value. For example q
! thousands of its woman members are
| knitting sweaters for veterans OF the
! World War who are still patients in
/ hospitals. 1t maintains a liaison with
/ the Veterans Bureau, assisting thou
sands of veterans in making their for
mai claims, according TO law, and
! pushing the merits of the claims. Its
| soldiers relief last fiscal year was
/ S3,577,916. 1t contributes thousands
! of dollars toward the support OF the
| American Legion Rehabilitation Office,
| whose functions are also liaison be
tween veterans and the bureau. 1t
! carries on educational work in first
| aid, in life-saving and in health and
/ sanitation.
! Its budget for work in the United
! States last year was $6,750,733, and
! for foreign work, S404.477 and 1t is
/ clear that in its altruistic interna-
tionalism it remembers first the pri-
/ ority claims of the homes of
! America. These figures refer TO it's
regular budget. They do not include
| special funds, such as $1l 900 900 for
Japanese earthquake victims, nor the
$4,000 600 specially raised for the re-
! lief of the "Murfreesboro hurricane"
| catastrophe, referred to as extending
over several States last Spring.
The Red Cross is Incorporated bv
| Congress. with the President of the
| United States it's ex-officio president.
| and with auditors of the War Depart
| n1ent checking its financial affairs
+ Under the articles of Incorporation,
| aside from its war duties, it is re-
| quired to continue and carry on a
system of national and international
| relief In time of peace, and to apply
the same in mitigating the sufferings
! caused by pestilence, famine. fire,
! floods and other great national calamt-
ties, and to devise and carry on meas
ures for preventing the same"
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| The active chairman, under the pres
ident, is Judge John Barton Payne
| The vice presidents are Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court William Howard
! Taft, together with Mr.. Robert W.
| Forest. Miss Mabel Boardman Is its
secretary. Both Judge Payne and Miss
| Boardman give their whole time to the
work, without salary, and pay their
| own travelling expenses. Eliot Wads-
worth, former Assistant Secretary of
| the United States Treasury, is treas
| urer. also without pay.
| There are $500 local chapters. At
the head of the District of Columbia
| Chapter is Maj. Gen. George Barnett,
| with Gen. John A. Johnston chairman
of the roll call work now being carried
on in Washington. Gen. Barnett is en-
| thusiaStic in his praise of the co-opera-
tion Of all public service corporations
| In assisting in the roll call.
Tomorrow and next Sunday in all
| churches there will be Red Cross rep
resentatives at the doorways with
| buttons" and membership cards
ready OF accept, but not to urge, the
| joining of all who desire to help. All
pulpits will indorse the cause. There
is no distinction of sect; the work Is
| supported by Christians and Jews, hy
| Protestants and Catholics. alike.
toopSrtsht. 1895. by Paul " collinsk