Evening star., 1947-03-03

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.lengthening the present landil
strips. The new Baltimore-W
Red Cross Workers
Begin Drive Today
To Raise $7S7,56O
Volunteer workers in the Res
Cross fund drive to raise $787, ,56l
In this area today began solcita'
ton among business and Govern.
ment employees after hearing Secre.
tary of State Marshall last nigh
call the Importance of Red Cros.
work greater today than during tn.
war years."
Secretary Marshall, Gen. Eisen.
hover, Army Chief of staff, and Rec
Cross officials spoke at a rally ir
Constitution Hall saluting the 1914
drive which will continue through
March. The Nation wide goal ol
the campaign Is $60,000, 900.
The first reports of local contribu.
tions will be made at 1890 pm. to.
morrow at the report luncheon
meeting of drive workers in tht
United States Chamber of Com.
merce Building. Several campaign
units, including the special gift.
unit, are expected to make reports.
An almost capacity audience, in.
Guiding Mrs. Truman, last nigh
heard Gen. Eisenhower describe tn,
Red Cross as 'the expression of tn,
heart Of America to the American
soldier" Basil O'Connor, nationa
chairman of the Red Cross, ano
Joseph G. Grew, chairman of the
Metropolitan area fund drive, were
among the Red Cross officials who
spoke.
Il would not depreciate the value
OF the work of the Red Gross here OF
with our troops, Gen. Marshall said,
but I would like to draw attention
to its activities in the international
field for world peace.
Gifts Further Lasting Peace.
I'VE have a very sick world and
its needs are not only material but
even more perhaps, psychological
and spiritual. The individual con-
tributions which the people OF the
United States give to the Red Cross
can have an important influence on
the development Of a lasting peace.
I'm this country and i'm all the
Americas, We are largely fortunate
people. We have our problems but
we can approach them without the
tributions and ordeals that are COM
mon to Europe and Asia.
What is needed, I, repeat, Is not
only material aid. Psychological
and spiritual announcement is
necessary in Europe and Asia SO
that the fragment of hope left there
will not die. Desperate men, and
many of them in those countries are
becoming desperate, can easily be-
come desperate groups and endange,
world peace.
Il am sure the Red Cross will play
a large part in meeting the needs
OF the world today. The Importance
Of its work is greater today thar
during the war years." the Secre.
tary of State concluded.
Value to Morale Cited.
Gen. Eisenhower said that wher
the American soldier is asked what
he thinks Of the Red Cross, he cam
speak OF money or things. He talk.
in terms of courage, good cheer ane
affection"
Typical of my own memories O
the Red Cross during the war;" h,
continued, "is of a few men trudg
ing along a road that is deep il
mud. They are bone weary. Blu
down the road they meet a Re,
Cross clubmobile with girls hand
ing out doughnuts and coffee. Ther,
is a spring in their step as the!
march on.
"We have many soldiers still
carrying on the unfinished work
men who are trying to see that W,
never have another war;" Gen
Eisenhower continued. "It is true
that America provides the best O
everything for it's soldier and ofte,
the soldier looks on this as goos
business sense, but to the soldier
of the United States, the Red Cros
is the expression Of the heart O.
America"
n C. Tradition Recalled.
Washington has a great tradition
to live up to in this Red Cross cam
paign, Mr.. Grew, who presided a
the rally, said. during the las
four years. he declared, Wash
ington was among the three leading
cities in the amount of its oversub
scription of Its campaign. We mus
maintain the teamwork of the wa
years to match this record"
The Red Cross symbol is one O
brotherhood, of help from zone mai
to another" when help is needed
Mr.. O'Connor said, adding "grea
unfinished responsibilities lie be
fore us" in these postwar years.
John Clifford Folger, chairman @
the District Red Cross, describe
some activities of the local chapte
during the war. He called the Re
Cross "the greatest avenue of goo
will in the world"
! Helen Hayes Stars in Play.
i Following the rally, the Theate
Guild On the Air radio program wa
presented from the stage of Con
stitution Hall, with Helen Haye
starring in the play, what Ever
Woman Knows" The program
which is sponsored by the Unite,
States Steel Corp, was dedicate'
to the Red Cross drive.
/ Benjamin F. Fairless, president 0
the corporation, spoke before I'll
broadcast and said his compan
was proud to join in the tribute t
the Red Cross"