Evening star., 1927-10-05

roll call also will be taken up. DR..
Thomas e. Green director Of the
speaking service, will deal with this
phase of the activities and Douglas
0rieSemer, director Of the RON call,
will discuss Red Cross finances.
Miss Mabel T. Boardman, director
Of volunteer service and secretary of
the national organization, will preside
at the afternoon session on "volun-
teer SERVICE"
The junior pageant, "The Vision
ern High School Auditorium and ad
mission is free.
Another Appeal Likely.
Secretary Hoover declared last night
at the Mississippi flood.relief session
it was probable that the Red Cross
would have to make another appeal
for relief funds by the end of the
year. He estimated that the organiza-
ton would have little more than ST..
OOO, 900 remaining in its ,fioOd.relief
treasury on January /, and that the
sum would be inadequate to care for
persons living on the remaining 25O,-
600 acres of land left untitled for
crops.
While he expressed the hope that
1t would be unnecessary to sound an.
other call for funds, Mr.. Hoover said
that IL 1t Is SO, the sum required would
be comparatively small. 1t Is impos-
sible at this time to tell whether the
funs in hand are sufficient to carry
on the work of rehabilitation in the
stricken areas beyond January l, he
explained.
Motion pictures of the flood were
shown to an audience that packed the
large hall in the United States Cham.
Der of Commerce Building. and Mr..
Hoover said that no pictures or de-
scription could adequately convey the
immensity of the flood to persons who
did not witness 1t.
Main Street" was given its full due
by Mr.. Hoover for the part played
by the country in revealing the suffer.
ing in the flood area while Main
Street has been subject to much criti.
cism," he said. the Main Street
in every town and hamlet throughout
the country has proved itself In this
emergency" Mr.. Hoover paid tribute
to the splendid work of the Red Cross
officials, State and National organiza.
tions and others who responded to
the emergency call. .
THE work of rehabilitation in the
Mississippi Valley Is by no means end
l." he said. with the receding of
the flood waters, the refugees poured
back into the flooded areas intent upon
raising a new crop. The second Hood.
following a few weeks after the major
inundation, made the raising of crops
an tmpOssibility in an area compris-
ing $500, 900 acres.
''The people living in this area are
destitute and with the Winter ap-
10 ,rtt
The Red Cross. through funds sub
scribed in the two previous drives, Is
taking care Of these people.
Others on Program.
"By the beginning Of the new year
1t is evident that approximately $1,000
600. will be left in the Red Cross Mis-
sissippi relief treasury. These funds
may be suhicient to meet the emer.
gency until new crop can be raised,
but 1T is doubtful"
Describing the Red Cross as the
national arm of defense against dis
aster and against suffering" Mr..
Hoover declared 1t is the sole agency
the people that loss Of life will be
averted and suffering mitigated in
times Of public tragedy. The Red
Cross must assume and carry that
responsibility. he asserted.
Others who spoke at the special
session last night were Lieut.. Col.
George r. Spalding, chief Of the
Army Engineers who directed rescue
| work in the food area; DIR. William
r. Redden, national medical officer OF
the Red Cross, and T. J. McCarty,
Louisiana State reconstruction off1-
| Ger Of the flood relief. Judge John
Barton Payne. chairman of the Gen.
trail committee of the Red Cross. pre-
sided.
Col. Spalding followed Mr.. Hoover
and gave a graphic account of prob
lens that confronted the Army Engi-
neers in fighting the rising waters.
He also illustrated his talk with mo-
ton pictures.
DIR. Redden described the work
done by doctors and scientists in the
| flooded areas as the greatest pro-
tective piece of work in the history
,f the country" Like President Cool