Evening star., 1941-09-14
100000 Goal
SET for D. {.
Red Cross
District Chapter
Hopes to Exceed
1910 Record

lS4U RECORD
A goal of 100000 memberships, an
increase of $4,000 over the total
obtained last year, will be sought
bv the District Chapter of the
American Red Cross when it opens
it's 1941 roll call September %,
Edgar Morris, roll call chairman,
announced yesterday.
The increase. Mr.. Morris ex-
planned, is urgently needed to en-
able the Red Cross to meet the
constantly heavier demands made
upon the organization both here
and abroad
The chairman said he did not be-
lieve the 1941 goal too high and
pointed to both the increased pop
ulation and the increased business
activity in the District to support
his belief.
"I am perfectly confident he
added. that the District again
will lead every city in the country
in Red Cross Roll Call enlist
ments.''
15S,O00 Last ear.
Last wear $4,000 District resi-
dents ioined the Red Cross to give
Washington its first-place standing
among the roll call cities OF the
country.
Mr.. Morris said the greater Red
Cross membership in this area is
vital to the success of the organl5a-
ton and to the needs OF the puohc.
"At no other time in the history
of the Red Cross has there been SO
much need for service of this, the
greatest humanitarian organization
in all the world" he commented.
Throughout Europe We are being
asked to rehabilitate those people
who have been driven from their
homes and means of support by the
ravages of war. To no one else can
these war-torn peoples look for help.
New Responsibilities.
"Our expanded service abroad,
however, is only part OF the in
creased burden being placed upon
us. At home, the defense program
has placed upon us new response
bilities. We are endeavoring to meet
these with efficiency and dispatch.
but to do so requires the support
of every patriotic citizen.
There are in Washington right
nov thousands of men and women.
volunteers, who are giving OF their
time to produce surgical dressings,
bandages. garments and other hu-
man aids. To them the entire
civilized world owes debt OF deep
gratitude. However, their volun-
teered services are for naught un-
less we can give them the materials
with which to work. 1t is for that
purpose that we are asking every
patriotic resident of the District OF
Columbia to join the Red Cross dur
ing the Roll Call, from September
% to october 90"
Chairman Confident.
The quota for this years roll call
was set last week, Mr.. Morris an
nounced, after meeting with the
chairmen of the various committees
who will direct the roll call in va
rious sections and business classif1-
cations in washington. He said
each of these chairmen has ex-
pressed confidence that the goal
could and would be reached during
the roll call period.
Approximately 10000 volunteer
workers will participate in the roll
call, Mr.. Morris reported. The
largest single working unit will be
that in the Federal Government
offices, which will have nearly 1000
workers.
The last of the committee chair
men were selected last night. They
are Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, Resi-
dental Committee; Miss Mabel
Boardman, Special Gifts; Mrs.
Homer Case, Booths: Maj. Gen.
James c. Magee, Governmental;
David Z. Mccoy, Genera Business;
Preston B. Kavanagh, Professional;
r. Stanley Holland. Financial;
Robert C. Owens, Utility; Godfrey
Creyke. jr, Special Events; Court
land D. Ferguson, Publicity; Gen.
Albert L. Cox, Speakers; Mrs
Albert F. Lingle, Takoma Park
Branch, and Gen. F. R. Keefer, Red
Cross Chapter Headquarters.