Evening star., 1939-10-20
Red Cross Roll Call
Sets Record With
96,793 Members
Drive to Continue
For 125,000 Goal;
Success Proclaimed

Enrolment in Washington's 1899
Red Cross Roll Call stood today at
96,793, a record mark for the dur
alton of the official period of the
campaign.
Oficially closed last night, the
drive nevertheless will continue in
an effort to attain the goal of 1885,
900 memberships. The present en-
rollment is nearly 1000 ahead of
any previous figure. Last years
drive ended with approximately 95.-
600 members enrolled, while the
final total was 114,465.
Yesterdays enrolment broke the
record for any single day in local
Red Cross history, bringing in 49,
525 members.
Red Cross workers remained on
duty until midnight last night re-
ceiving late returns and expected
to tabulate several thousand ad-
ditional enrollments today. Reports
from many Government depart
ments and large business organi-
cations still were to be received.
Drive Declared Success.
Delivering his final report over
Station WMAL last night, Chairman
Edgar Morris said THE Roll Call
is a success and the Red Cross once
again is we'll equipped to make
Washington better and safer place
in which to live.
"At the beginning of the men,
bership drive in September a Roll
Call quota of 125,00O members was
set in keeping with the obligations
we knew the District Red Cross
would be required to meet in the
coming year. I then made the
statement that the people of WASH
ington had never failed in any
Red Cross effort and that we of
the Roll Call organization were sure
the Red Cross would not be failed
at such an important time.
I'VE closed our books after re-
ceiving the greatest number of
memberships ever received by any
Roll Call organization in the coun-
try during any campaign. This is
more than 5000 greater than for
any other 24-hour period.
Even more satisfying" he con-
tinued, "is the amount of money
received in this years Roll Call, a
grand total of $127,013, or more
than the equivalent of 125, 900 one
dollar memberships. The generous
response to the 1899 Roll Call
amounts to $20,443 more than was
returned at the close of last years
Roll Call.
Our organization will continue to
function until the goal has been re-
allied, just as last year when we
made our goal of 100000 members
few days after the close of the off,
cial Roll Call period. can say with
confidence that the record of ia, ,465
enrollments made last year will be
far surpassed before the month IL
over"
100 Per Cent Enrollments.
Numerous 100 per cent enrollments
were received yesterday. They in.
cluded the Electric Home 6S Farm
Authority, Federal Housing Admin.
istration, IL divisions of the Ma.
tional Education Association, thu
World Federation of Education
nurses and officers of the hospita
and officers of the school at Walter
Reed Hospital, General Exchange
Insurance Co., Sun Life of America
National Life Insurance of Vermont
iY. E. Booker & Co.. Henderson,
Winder Co. and S. Eliot Middleton
The Cosmopolitan Club observed
Red Cross Day yesterday with al
address by Vincent M. F. Miles, so.
licitor of the Post Office Department
and a skit, ""The Red Cross Bridge,
by members of the Civic Theater
President Edmund Carl announced
the clubs next Ladies Night" woule
be held November Is at the May
flower Hotel.