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general problems.
In another discussion, the draft
ing of civilian defense safety in-
structors was proposed for expan-
sion Of the Red Cross safety pro-
gram.
James Macmillan OF Coca, Fla,
chairman of the Brevard County
Red Cross Chapter, presented the
recommendation.
Many Trained in War.
Civilian defense, he said came out
of the war with thousands of men
and women highly trained in safety
work and failure to use them in
peacetime first aid, water safety and
accident prevention campaigns OF
the Red Cross was big mistake"
Earlier, spokesman for the WASH
ington delegation disclosed they
would present to the convention the
problem of finding volunteers for
the vast postwar programs of the
Red Cross.
Chairmen of the services manned
by District Volunteers confessed
that I'VE can't take on new projects
when our volunteers are spread too
thin on the old ones"
The same complaint was aired by
representatives from other parts Of
the country, who contended that
with the end of the war the emo
tional stimulus" that stirred men
and women to volunteer was lost.
1900 Drop in d. c.
Mrs. David E. Finley, chairman Of
Volunteer Special Services for the
District Chapter of the Red Cross.
reported that the number Of Volun-
teers serving in the District each
month had dropped from 10000 in
April, 1945, to present total of
$500, although the demand for most
Red Gross services in the District
had increased since the end of the
war
Mrs. A. S. J. Atkinson, who heads
! the Gray Ladies. said their duties
of volunteer hours put in by Gray
Ladies had dropped from 10000 to
5000 month.
While the convention Is giving
special attention to the needs of
veterans, both in veterans hospitals
and in the community, Mrs. Finley
said civilian hospitals should be
helped a great deal more than the
District Red Gross is now able to
do. She cited Gallinger Hospital.
for which the Red Gross has I'M
successfully tried to recruit Gray
Ladies. Stating Gallinger with Red
Cross nurses aides, she added, has
| also been a problem
Milk Bank Proposed.
Cited particularly by Mrs. Ralph
Payne. District vice-chairman of
Volunteer Special Services, as one
of the new projects the District
Red Cross might be interested in
/ fostering was the Mothers Milk
Bank, which has been brought up
at the convention. The milk bank
would operate in the same way as
/ the blood bank. But. Mrs. Payne
pointed out, it would have to be
stated with volunteers just as the
blood bank was.
! On the blood bank, Nat Wilson,
District Chapter manager. reported
after attending session on the
civilian blood donor service. that
the District Red Cross is now sup
plying $50 blood donors week to
Mount Alto and Walter Reed Hos
pitfalls and is working on plans for
a permanent blood bank similar to
those already established by other
chapters.
Miss Dorothy Bovee. director of
nutrition for the District chapter,
one of the panel leaders for the
forum on nutrition. defended the
nutrition textbook now in use. The
nutrition panel also brought out
that the Red Cross should start
teaching nutrition to flrst-graderS
Delegates reported this service has
been popularized through classes
! for fathers in outdoor COOKERY.
kitchen parties for brides-to-be anc
classes for housewives in the cit,
marks