Evening star., 1932-04-13
RED CROSSDRA|N
MAY EXPAND DRIVE
S37, 100000 More Spent
Since War Than Received,
Says McCIintock.

With relief demands continually IN
creasing beyond the capacity Of its
100000 enrolment, the Red Cross
leaders today stressed the need of
greater efforts in the Nationwide drive
next Fall for increased membership.
James K. McClintocks vice chairman
in charge of finance, sized up the sit
uation by explaining that since the war
The Red Cross has expended for relief
some s37,000O0o more than it has re-
ceived. To meet the needs of the COM
ing year, he said, increased financial
support is necessary If the Red Cross Is
to render the prompt and effective
service which the public has come to
expect from It.
1t is the intention to seek bequests
rather than individual subscriptions to
provide an adequate increase in the en-
dowment fund which. under an act
of Congress- is administered by board
of trustees under the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Favors Enrolment Increase.
r. Bruce McGraw, chairman Of the
Springfield. Mass. Chapter. who pre-
sided at the general session, likewise
stressed an increased enrolment as one
of the most vital things facing the
organization.
Junior Red Cross delegates, who are
meeting simultaneously with the nation
al convention, have elected the follow
lng officers Robert Mallett, Sacramento,
Calf, high school boy, chairman; Lu-
cille del Vale, Porto Rico, vice chair
man. and Alfred Mitchell, Washington,
secretary. A total of 1873 delegates from
SO chapters in "a States are taking part
in the junior convention.
Just before noon today a group of
juniors from the District Of Columbia
Junior Council staged pageant,
Everybodys Flag" fer the national
delegates. 1t was under direction of
Mrs. Agnes 1. Kinner, principal of
Elliott Junior High School, and served
to typify the friendship between the
children of all nations.
Piigrimages This Afternoon.
This afternoon many of the delegates
are making pilgrimages to Mount YER
non and Arlington National Cemetery.
At o'clock Mrs. Hoover will receive
the delegates at the White House. Dele
cations going to Mount Vernon viii
return In time for the reception.
Tonight at O'Clock the District
Juniors will give a reception for the
several hundreds OF boys and girls at
tending the Junior Red Cross conyen-
ton The reception will be at Mckinley
High School. Harold G.. Campbell, as
sociate superintendent Of schools, New
YoEk City. one Of the morning speakers,
praised the work Of the Junior. Red
Cross in the American public schools.
The theory on which the Junior Red
Cross Is based Is service. he said. Among
the outstanding pieces of work done by
the Juniors in New ycrk, Mr.. Campbell
Esid. is the furnishing Of GO, ,355 pairs of
eyeglasses 70 needy children in the
schools.
Work in Foreign Lands
An idea OF the magni5use CT Fcl
Cross relief work in Iore.gn l2H&- W.
given at last nigh s COW -nt-cn { 80
by Ernest P, B.ekn9ll, vice cha - Al n
charge OF insular and foreign a. =.
Since 1921, Ae said, the oGae-4z IN
has contributed to the relief Of ~ G-S-
aSters in -, coln. lie. IAe 10 | Al
contributed was sl6,lsa. COO. Of va /
more than Sl1,000,C01 was IL S+1gl;
disa-ter, the japanese earthquake OF
1928
While these expenditures are modest
compared to the S52,000,000 expended
by the Red Cross in the United states
during the last decade, they. neverthe-
less serve TO demonstrate the sympathy
Of the American people for neighbors
in misfortune, Mr.. Bicknel said.
The Junior Red C1ec-, he said, is now
establ shed in 40 df2c-ent countries.
Red Cross membership in the world
today is approximately II 500 600 adults;
l2,600 juniors.
with this force of 24,0O0O 900 per-
sons devoted to amelicratiCn OF suffer-
ing and the cultivation of friendly re-
lations among all peoples. it is not too
much to hope that the Red Cross may
prove an influential factor in pronet-
ing the ideal of peace" he said.
Other speakers at the dinner included
Senator Pat Harrison OF Mississippi end
Miss Mabel I, Boardman, secretary OF
the Central Committee of the Red
Cross Chairman John Barton PSyna
presided.
Earlier in the afternoon Mrs. Her
bert Hoover, whose husband had ad-
dressed the opening session Of the con-
vention. sat in during the deliberations
on unemployment
Miss Boardman, at this meeting, re-
ported on the work OF the volunteer
service of which she is director. A part
of this volunteer work among the un-
employed was the distribution Of cloth
ing. AS an example of the extensive
ness of this service, she quoted the
chairman OF the production department
of the Boston Metropolitan Chapter,
Mrs. w H. Laverack, as having dis
tributed 1880 garments.