The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-11-04
Red Cross Prepares
 For Membership Drive

l Red Cross chapters throughout the Pacific Area are making enthusi-
 astic preparations for the annual Roll Call for memberships to be
 held from Armistice Day to Thanks giving, November 11-24, says Doug
 las H. Moore, assistant national di-
 rector of Roll Call at the Pacific
 Branch Office, San Francisco.
 Responding to stirring messages from the Central Committee, the governing body of the Red Cross at
 Washington, D. C., visualizing the
 tremendous relief project carried on by the Red Cross and stating that relief on a huge scale must be con tinued this winter, the entire Pacific
 help the Red Cross alleviate dis
 tress. In it's presentation of con ditions the Central Committee says
 "The American Red Cross today
 ,aces a great emergency. Demands
 for its services exceed those of any period since the World War. Millions seen their resources ~-.-"ey "ey na'e economic catastrophe, as victims of disaster have seen their possessions snatched from them by tornado, flood, fire and drought. During the last year Red Cross aid has been carried to more than three and
 half million of these families. This
 relief, supplementing valiant efforts of local communities, has reached into every state.
 "The Red Cross was asked by the government to distribute, in the form of flour and feed for livestock. forty million bushels of wheat. This vast supply has gone into homes Of needy and distressed people in cities
 and towns of every State. It has fill ed the gap in depleted local re-
 sources in many communities. The
 Red Crss must administer the dis tribution of flour from an additional forty-five million bushels of Govern ment wheat. It must administer the transformation of 500,000 bales of Government cotton into garments for
 men, women and children
 Red Cross chapters in 2,276 com
 munities have been engaged in un-
 employment relief! Food, shelter, clothing, garden seed, medical ard nursing care have been provided. This relief has been given in indus trial centers, coal mining regions, and agricultural sections. During the last year the Red Cross has provided
 relief and rehabilitation in 90 dis ! asters at home and in the insular possessions. The emergency is not | yet passed Relief on a tremendous scale must be continued this winter. | For continued support of this program the Red Cross must turn to those millions of Americans devoted
 to service who are willing to make personal sacrifices. It has made no separate call for an unemployment relief fund to carry it's part of the
 load. It does, however, ask greater
 support this year through largely in
 creased membership everywhere. It
 confidently looks to the people, who
 have always expressed their confi-
 dence in their Red Cross, for i'm
 creased support that it may so far
 as possible meet it's obligations to
 those in distress.
 "The Central Committee of the American Red Cross, therefore, urges
 every Chapter and Branch of the Ma tional Organization to take such
 steps fin perfecting it's roll call or ganization as will assure the mem bership increases called for by this
 emergency"
 With population of 9,733.221 in the Pacific area, the membership | quota has been set at 546,325. MT. Moore reports chapters are eagerly accepting the quotas. On the basis assigned, the states are expected to