Evening star., 1948-02-29
Red Cross Fund Drive
Opens tonight With
Truman Broadcast

early reports from all parts Of the
country, ofiicials said as they pre-.
pared to launch the month long
drive tonight.
President Truman will put the
SIS, ,O00, 900 campaign under way with
a fiye-minute broadcast at 10 O'Clock
tonight. Speaking from Key West
Fla, he will be introduced from,
Washington by Basil O'Connor
American Red Cross. president.
Mr.. O'Connor viii speak from the
stage OF Constitution Hall, Eight
eenth and D streets NV, where
approximately 1000 Washington
metropolitan area campaign workers
viii be gathered for kickof1 rally
MarshalI To Speak.
Secretary of state Marshall and
Secretary Of Defense Forrestall also
will speak. Joseph C. Grew, general
chairman of the area campaign viii
preside.
Also on the Constitution Hall
stage will be Madeleine Carroll. ac-
tress and former Red Cross over
seas worker, and actors Brian Ahern
and Frank Allenby to take part in
a Theater Guild of the Air pro-
duction Of "The Barretts Of VIM
pole Street"
Many of the estimated 10000
volunteer workers in the metro
politan area campaign for $l,080,-
600 were expected to beat the
starting date and begin solicitations
today in the District, Alexandria,
and in Arlington; Fairfax, Mont
gomery and Prince Georges coun-
ties.
Congregations were due to be re-
minded of the campaign at services
in churches of all faiths. A special
message from Archbishop Patrick
A. O'Boyle will be read from the
Catholic pulpits of the area.
First Reports Due Tuesday.
First official reports on the cam
paign will be presented at the first
luncheon report meeting at 1880
pm. Tuesday in the United States
Chamber of Commerce Building,
1915 H street NV.
Radio networks and local stations
throughout the country will mark
the campaigns opening tomorrow
with Red Cross Radio Day." pro-
grams and announcements.
Mr.. Grew, in a statement ad-
dressed to the public, urged support
for the Red Cross fund and listed
four major reasons for reaching the
goal: The new national Red Cross
blood program, the need for replac-
ing disaster relief funds, q heavy
load of services for servicemen and
veterans, and continuing Red Cross
health and safety services.
ITS Red Cross time" Mr.. Grew
said. Time to understand that the
Red Cross is not made up of strang-
ers, but members of your own COM
munity. It's time again to take your
place beside them-help them do
the job for year ahead by giving
to the 1913 Red Cross fund"
Recalls Hospital Visits.
Miss Carroll. who served the Red
Cross for three years In Army hos
pitals and on hospital trains over
seas, declared at a press conference
yesterday that once you get into
,As. tbs ) eusinesk IT gets into your
''eas, | sss told {M how in ,sA .ni began X
visiting Walter Reed Hospital wards
while in Washington, visiting with
the patients and trying to cheer
them up, ana then decided she
would like to do the same thing
overseas. .,-
aMr. Ahern, who also visited In
hospital wards overseas while on
entertainment tours during the war,
commended the work Of the Red
Cross and said he believed the value
of movie personalities In the hos
pital wards lay Il, the fact that
theirs were friendly faces-faces
the boys had seen at the reighbor-
hood movies at home"
Miss Carroll said she has been
engaged with her husband. Henri
Lavorel, in making docume ntary
films to promote better under :tand-
ing among the peoples of the world.
mot Enough Being Done"
Americans constantly are being
asked to help Europe" she said,
"and yet not enough is being done
to show Americans why they should
have their generosity taxed to help
the people there. I think 1t helps
to show just what the conditions
are and why they need our help"
Mrs. Lawrence B. Slater, vice
chairman OF the District Red Cross
Speakers Bureau. will address
series of meetings of Veterans Ad-
ministration employees Monday
through Wednesday. At Q am.
Monday she will begin talks before
four actuarial service groups. Be-
tween 9 and 1880 am. Tuesday she
will appear before six other VA
groups and at 3 Pm. Wednesday she
will address about $50 employees OF
the disability insurance claims
office.
At 9:15 am. Wednesday she will
address Woodward 81 Lothrop Co
employees at the store at Eleventh
and r streets NV, and at 9:15 am
Thursday she will speak at the COM
pany's warehouse, 13l M street NE
Miss Howard To Speak.
Miss Marjorie Howard, admins.
trative assistant in the Eastern Area
Red Cross disaster service, at 8:3(
am. tomorrow will address 80 mem.
bers of the District Public Assist
ance Division staff. Another Rec
Cross speaker at 8 am. will talk tt
80 employees at the Naval Air Sta
ton and 4 10 am. to about 12C
at the Naval Photographic Center.
The Red Cross campaign film will
be shown State Department en-
ployes Tuesday and also will be
shown almost continuously for three
days to Army Air Forces personnel
in the Pentagon building. National
Archives employees also will see the
film Tuesday.