Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-03

inson Qeft) and William o. r,
Red Cross ST
A Red Cross fund campaign ex-
poses a cross section of humanity,
and in the long run, humanity
looks pretty good.
There are, to begin with, the
10000 Westinghouse who are
volunteering their time to collect
funds which will serve to better
the lives of their fellow men.
Among those who are working
hard to make the campaign a
success are Mrs. Eloise Orme Rob-
inson, 2O22 Columbia road NV.
and her two sons, Thomas A. and
William o. Robinson.
Sons Pitch in.
| Mrs. Robinson is co-chairman
with her son William of Area 2O4
in Division of the fund campaign
Organization, and has volunteered
in several previous Red Cross cam
Ipaigns. Her co-chairman, a teller
AT the Washington Loan & Trust
Co., was an area chairman in last
years drive also.
Thomas A. Robinson, an en-
gineer and patent attorney for the
Association of American Rail-
roads, is a volunteer solicitor in
the same area with his mother
and brother.
Mrs. Robinson takes the day
shift" Her sons do their cam
paigning in the evenings. Their
territory covers many blocks rang
ing from Quarry road at the Zoo,
much of Sixteenth street, Florida
lavenue. Calvert road and Adams
Mill road.
The area includes apartment
houses. small businesses and
shops. The Robinsons have pro-
duced IS per cent of their fund
quota to date.
Pleasant Surprises.
Responses of the people they
visit vary in nature as much as
the people themselves do, they
report, but most of the surprises
are pleasant ones.
William Robinson went to the
door of house on Wyoming ave-
nue. after dark one day.
A nurse opened the door
"Since it's you, come in," she said
But be very quiet. The lady OF
the house is quite i'll. She won't
be able to give her contribution
until later. but I'll give mine right
now"
She wrote a check for $50, tell
ing Mr.. Robinson, "I'm from
Maine. and up there we believe in
the 1.-THE system"
Poor Homes Give.
Mrs. Carroll L. Buxton, 4104
Twentieth street NE, a housewife
who works part time in a drug
store, says she sometimes hest
tates to ask for a contribution
when she sees some homes.
"They look like they might be
needing help themselves" she re-
ports. But they usually are the
ones who offer something most
spontaneously, perhaps because
they understand trouble so well
And they're terribly proud of the
Red Cross stickers I leave, even
when they can't afford a dollar
Mrs. Buxton says it is often
those who can afford to give who
are the first to refuse or criticize
For instance, a doctor who came
into the drug store. Asked wheth-
ler he had made his donation, he
replied, "Why should give to helr
tornado victims when I've read
about Federal and State aid tx
the tornado zones?"
| The Red Cross explains that
Federal and State aid 60 only to
replace roads, bridges and other
such property, and not for the
people in need themselves. The
Red Cross takes care of the LONG
drawn-out rebuilding of homes
and other rehabilitation of fam
lilies with no means Of their own
No Selling.
Solicitors still are hearing some
people insist that the Red Cross
sells cigarettes and blood. The
answer to these people is that the
Red Cross doesn't sell anything
In the case of blood, the Red
Cross explains. it is supplied to
hospitals without charge. The
hospitals then charge a laboratory
fee for administering it. In World
War II military authorities re-
quested the Red Cross to charge
a below-cost fee for food and
lodging at stationary clubs. the
Red Cross reports, but now there
is no charge for any Red Cross
supplies in the Korean conflict.
One resident told q fund solicit
tor he didn't want to give because
he understood" campaign funds
would go to build the new Red
Cross Chapter House under con-
Struction at Twentieth and E
streets NV. The enlarged quar-
tiers to house all Red Cross &C.