Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-29
RED CROSS APPEAL
TO Be CONTINUED
District Shortage in Roll Call,
Closing Today, Is Held
as Certain.

Faced with the certainty that the
Districts quota In the National Red
/ Gross roll call membership campaign
will fall far short this year of the
; 10000 membership and $4,000 money
| goals set when the drive opened on
Armistice day, Brig. Gen. John A. John
Ston, U. S. A. (retired), director of the
annual Red Cross roll call, today said
that while the drive officially ends to-
day. the District appeal for greater
membership must stand before the pub
lie so that we can be In a position to
properly nourish the national organiza-
ton for its work in disasters of a ma
tional character"
Accordingly, the roll call headquar-
tiers, at 134e q street, will be kept open
indefinitely for the receipt of additional
memberships. The response to the roll
call this year has been about 1000
members short of the total last year
and is about $4,000 short of the goal set.
Others to Enroll Members.
In addition to the headquarters which
will be maintained on G street, Gen.
Johnston points out that the chiefs of
Government departments and their as
sistants assigned to the work of re-
ceiving subscriptions during the roll
call campaign have been authorized to
continue receiving members. Those
appointed to receive memberships in the
large business houses of the city, the
banks and other places of business also
will continue to enroll such members
as might present themselves.
"A great many Westinghouse"
Gen. Johnston said, gave, and gave
literally, when the special appeal for
the sufferers from the Florida and
HS.t~ L.
I believe that they regarded this as their
enrolment in the Red Cross for this
year and that the falling short Of the
campaign is largely attributed to this.
AS matter of fact, however, this
appeal was made because the disaster
IN Porto Rico-F1orida area was of such
proportions that the special appeal was
made to take care of 1t. Not one cent
OF the money raised went into the ma
tional chest used for the alienation Of
suffering in times Of disaster. All of
this money went for the work in the
stricken areas.
Apart From Special Appeal.
"The roll call Is the annual enroll
ment OF members and had nothing to
do with the special appeal for funds for
the Porto Rico-Florida disaster. The
roll call is necessary to fulfill the obli-
cations of the Geneva treaty, by which
the Red Cross was formed to work all
over the world. The central organiza-
ton must be in position to cable or
wire funds Immediately to any stricken
area In time of disaster, and It Is this
central fund to which so cents Of every
dollar membership goes In the roll cali
drive"
In the Capital, up to today, approx
mately $4,000 persons have been en-
rolled for the roll call. Last year the
total was $4,000, and where this year
the outlook for money total for the roll
call Is not above $35,000, last year the
money total was $4,000.
1t is because Of these figures, Gen.
Johnston said, that it has been decided
to continue to receive enrollments.
Lists are being checked and the men,
bership blanks are being prepared for
further distribution for those who have
as yet failed to renew their member
ship or for those who desire to become
members for the first time.
In adjoining columns The Star car
ries membership blank for the con-
ventence OF those desiring to enroll.