Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-04
Military Chiefs
Cite Red Cross
AidinFundP|ed
$93,204 or 5000
Collected, First
Report Reveals

ClVlIIdIlS anu members OF the
armed services alike to support
the 1853 American Red Cross
fund campaign.
Meanwhile, Washington Metro
politan Area campaigners yester-
day counted contributions total
ing 500, 204, or 6.09 per cent of
their 81 .531 900 goal, at the first
report luncheon yesterday in the
month-long drive.
Defense Secretary Wilson, in a
statement, said the Red Cross
may well be termed an auxiliary
part of the armed forces"
eve of the Department of
Defense rely on it to render
many valuable services for the
benefit of our service personnel
and veterans and their families"
he pointed out.
MANY thousands of our uni
formed men and women are far
removed from their homes, en-
gagged in a struggle for peace.
It is vitality important that their
morale be at the highest level
and the Red Cross is making
every effort by it's action at home
and abroad to make this endur-
ingly possible"
Bradley Adds Plea.
The Secretary's plea for sup
port was backed by other top
military leaders. Gen. Omar
Bradley, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, said:
'It is the American way to give
a hand to a fellow in need. The
American Red Cross seeks out
the needy and with the funds we
provide, performs many human
itarian acts in our name. Your
contributions to the Red Cross
will help bring comfort to those
in distress and will also help
bring life-giving blood to our
sons on the battlefield"
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway,
supreme commander of Allied
Forces in Europe: II have seen
the American Red Cross at work
in war and peace, in America, in
the Far East and here in Europe,
and I appreciate it's immediate
humanitarian response whenever
disaster strikes, flood or famine
ravage a land or war visits its
horrors upon any country"
Gen. Mark w. Clark, COM
mander in chief of the Allied
Powers in the Far East: Here
in the Far East, where the
Korean conflict has multiplied
our needs, we daily recognize
how heavily we have come to
depend on the American Red
Cross for easing the pain and
hardships of our wounded and
i'll, collecting blood donations
and performing many other vital
and humanitarian services"
Knows OF NO ta1lures
Gen. James A. Van Fleet,
former 9th Army commander:
81 know of no case where the
American Red Cross has failed
to heed the call of a member of
the United States Army in his
or her time of need"
Admiral Robert B. Carney,
commander of the Allied Forces
in Southern Europe: Wherever
the Armed Forces are, you will
find the workers of the American
Red Cross"
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, jr.,
Marine Corps commandant: 1.-THE
Red Cross must be prepared for
its vital task"
Other Endorsements came from
Army Secretary Stevens, Navy
Secretary Anderson, Air Force
Secretary Talbot, Gen. j. Law
ton Collins, Army Chief of Staff ;
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air
Force Chief of staff; Admiral
w. M. Fechteler, Chief of Naval
Operations; Gen. o. P. Weyland
commander of Far East Air
Forces. and Maj. Gen. Ivan l.
Bennett. chief of Army Chap
lainS.
The percentage of the goal
reported at yesterdays meeting
was slightly behind the mark
achieved at the same point last
year, but the cash total was more
than $4,000 ahead of last year.
The goal this year is $145. TOO
higher than last years because
of Red Cross commitments tt
collect additional blood fol
processing into gamma globulir
to fight the paralytic effects Of
polio, and for expanded recrea.
tional services for overseas armed
forces.
Divisions Reporting.
Divisions reporting yesterday
we're Government, $8,170. or IL
per cent of quota; general bust
ness $685. or 9.46 per cent Of
quota; residential, $10,998, Of
8.77 per cent of quota, and city
with $9,136 or 1866 per cent Of
quota.
Nine. Henri Bonnet, wife Of
the French Ambassador, wal
cited at the luncheon meeting
in the United States Chamber
of Commerce Building for hel
Red Cross work. Also honoreC
were Special Gifts Division lead
ers and the Volunteer Services.
It was announced that firms
that have increased their con
tributionS 10 per cent include thu
Chesapeake & Potomac Tele
phone Co.. Potomac Electric
Power Co, Washington Ga
Light Co.. Capital Transit Co.
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