Evening star., 1926-10-04
Payne Explains Position.

Payne Explains Position.
II thought / ought to toll YOU he
said. Just what led up To that state
ment. I want To tell YOU that the
disas in Florida is really much
greater than the interests there would
have us believe. And there is going
on i'm FlOriG; ~ conflict between the
huma nitarian efforts of some ON tn"
one side and the seltiShncSS of buSl
ness interests ON the other. The time
has come when we must consider
seriously whether ii is too late IN
renew our campaign ~ the relief Of
the poor and stricken in the storm
area.
THE FIRST intimation | had about
what was going ON was when the
chairman of the Chicago chapter
called me mp ON the telephone. aud
read me the message Gov. Martin had
sent To the Mayor of Chicago. thank
inS him for offers and aid and aSsur-
! ing the Mayor, he. the Governor,
would let him know if further assist
ance WAS necessary. At first ! could
scarcely believe that Governor
would he such an idiot as To- make
such statement, right at the height
Of Il campaign Ia raise money for the
relief of the poor people of his State"
Judge Payne read COY. Martins
telegram. which was also sent To- the
mayors of a number of other large
cities. lie also read all of the mes
SageS and correspondence that had
passed back and forth between him
self and Florida officials and business
men. Loud applause greeted the
reading of his suggestion that the
governor should call in the ncwSpa-
per men in Miami and give them IN
unbiased statement. without trying
to advertise Florida.
Time to Speak Now"
Il suppose that the desire Of q group
to protect it's business interests is q
natural weakness" Judge Payne con
tiuued. But the poor victims of The
storm are regarded as of less Imppr-
tanCe that the tourist business The
time has come for tho American Rcd
Cross To speak out. There are times
and circumstances when not 10 speak
out is at least To COnniVc. The Ameri-
can Red Cross can never COnnive IN
a falsehood.
THE American people should still
he ready TO so forward and provide
adequate relief for the many people
i'm Florida. who are in dire need of il.
We have something more than
So 900 900 now. What we will do in
fort should be made To- complete our
campaign We should. al least. have
the satisfaction of feeling that We
have done our utmost"
In the address which he cast aside.
Judge Payne had begun hv declaring
that again the meaning of Red cross
service is emphasized by tho dreadful
disaster to the people of Florida and
shows the imperative need Of main
,tx,..
power To meet great emergencies. he
said. depends on membership. on or
ganization and on TN" financial and
spiritual resources of tn" American
Red Cross.
THAT we are able to keep our
peace-time strength To more than
3 900 900 by our annual roll call is a
great tribute TO the orca nization and
to its active and influential chapter
workers." he said. These constant
ly-recurring disasters suggest the
need of an even greater mem bership
and | confidently believe if all could
realize the great opportunities ar
fOrded to members To render service
to their fellow men, We might even
hope for mmbership of 10000 900"
Roll CaIl Armistice Day.
ON Armistice day. Judge Payne add
ed. the roll will be called again He
urged all who can to join. To IL
lustrate the need for peace-time or
Ganization, he pointed out that i'm
the fiscal year which ended June 30
there were 62 domestic disasters alone.
In which the Red Cross participated
These called for appropriations aG-
gregating $278497.S4 from the organ
ization's own treasury. above public
subscriptions.
William Fortune of indianapolis.
who did cor siderable work when the
call came for help for Florida, was
elected chairman Of the convention.
Almost overnight he succeeded in get
ting 100000 units of typhoid fever
vaccine, 80 900 Of which ne had ship.
ped by airplane. Dr. Thomas f.
Green was made secretary. Commit.
tee chairmen included Lieut.. Gov. H.
J. Davis of PENNSYLVANIA. resolutions
committee: Mrs. George \. MCKin.
lock. Chicago. nominations. and Rev.
A T.. BaCkus, rules and organization.
President Speaks Tonight
Right Rev. James r.. Freeman, the
Bishop of Washington. made invn-
cation, and Commissioner J. Frank.
lin Rell welcomed the delegates to
Washington. Elliott r. Goodwin.
resident vice president of the Cham
ber of Commerce of the United states.
and Vicomte Ronabes De Rouge OF
the League of Red Cross Societies also
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