Evening star., 1953-06-22
Success Lies
In Local Effort,
Red Cross Told
Hurrimon Urges
Broader Activity in
Convention Speech

Delegates to the 28th annual
convention Of the American Ma
tional Red Cross today heard
their president, E. Roland Harri-
man. call for the widest possible
community representation in the
worldwide service program Of
the organization.
In a report at the opening
business session of the conven-
ton, Mr.. Hartman said Red
Cross success depends upon the
effort exerted at the local level.
During the coming year, he
told the delegates as they as
sembled in Constitution Hall, the
Red Cross will emphasize the
privileges and responsibilities of
membership.
"To every member" he de-
Jared, I'VE shall say, The Red
Cross offers you a means to meet
your own deep inner need to
help others and to extend your
helpfulness throughout the Ma
tion and the world. We offer
you the privilege of serving hui
manity-people-with your time,
your blood and your funds"
Cite Unity Of Aims.
Mr.. Hartman described the
oneness" of the Red Cross-lo-
cal, national and international.
He said that while there are
things that each of these groups
can do and must do on its own.
it is the combined effort that
makes the organization more
than a philosophical term or an
attractive theory.
He asserted the unique char
acter Of the Red Cross was dem
onStrated within recent months
when the organization extended
its services and resources to re-
leased prisoners of war in Korea
and to the people stricken by
spring tornadoeS in the United
States.
Approximately 5000 delegates
were expected to attend the
three-day convention.
Junior Speaker Applauded.
In a talk received with warm
applause, Miss Susan Dorothea
Long, a 16-year-old high school
student from Beverly Hills.
Calf, assured the delegates that
members of the Junior Red
Cross stand ready to work with
their elderls in any way they
can to further the Red Cross
program.
On behalf of her group, Miss
Long expressed gratitude that
junior members are participating
on an equal basis with adults
for the first time at a national
convention. She noted that
juniors already are active in the
vast blood program.
She said much is being done
through an international ex-
change plan which eventually
should prove beneficial to inter-
national understanding.
Massing OF COlors.
Preceding the opening session,
Red Cross volunteers and mill
tary personnel participated in an
impressive massing of the colorS
ceremony. With the accompani-
ment by the Andrews Air Force
Base Band, Airman Second Glass
William F. Flood. of Boston, led
the audience in singing the Star
Spangled Banner. John Clifford
Folger, chairman of the District
Red Cross chapter, presided as
the convention opened and the
Rt. Rev. John K. Cartwright,
rector of st. Matthew's Cathe-
dral. pronounced the invocation.
Because Constitution Hall
could not contain all the dele
gates. many gathered in the In
terror Department auditorium
nearby. The Stars station
WMAL-TV arranged two closed
circuit telecasts from the main
meeting to an 8-by-6-foot screen
in the Interior Building. One
telecaSt was from 10 am. to noon
and the other was scheduled for
tonight from 8 to 10 o'clock.
Many Of those in town yester-
day afternoon attended worship
services at Washington Cathe-
dral. where the Right Rev. Angus
Dun, Episcopal Bishop of WASH
ington, delivered a special Red
Cross sermon.
Put Aside Own Acts.
Bishop Dun based the sermon
on the text. "Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto the least Of
these my brethren, yet have
done it unto me-" He charged
the delegates to put aside their
own acts and services and to
remember with gratitude "the
outreachlng response to human
needs by others"
Then. and only then," he
said, I'VE can offer ourselves as
the heirs of this great move
ment of mercy and protection
and healing. Then we can dedi-
cate ourselves because we have
something to which we can be
dedicated"
After the services. the dele
gates were received by Bishop
Dun and his staff in the Bishops
Garden at the Cathedral.
A series of service discussions
was on the afternoon program.
Among the subjects were disas-
ter services. first aid, fund-rais-
ing, public relations and service
at military installations.
Invited to White House.
The delegates were invited to
D special White House tour be-
tween morning and afternoon
sessions. Later In the day, they
we're to be guests Of the District
Red Cross Chapter, at a recep-