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AMERICAN RED CROSS

MIDWESTERN AREA
1709 WASHINGTON AVENUE
ST. LOUIS, (3) MISSOURI

November 11, 1943

TO Chapter Chairmen
FROM The Manager

SUBJECT 1944 War Fund Campaign Plan Book

Attached is a copy of our new 1944 War Fund Campaign Plan Book.
It is one of the most carefully prepared fund raising documents we have
had, and I am sure your chapter's War Fund Planning Committee will find it
an excellent guide in preparing for your coming campaign.

According to the present budgetary estimates, the War Fund goal
will be the greatest in Red Cross history, The actual amount will not be
determined for several months. However, it is important that your chapter
give early thought and planning toward strengthening its War Fund organiza-
tion. If a War Fund chairmen for the coming campaign has been selected for
your chapter, will you please advise us of his name, address, and occupation.

We are eager to have this information at an early date, in order
that we may send to him a copy of the enclosed Plan Book as well as other
information that will be forthcoming from time to time.

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“Facts

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WAR FUND

MARCH 1-31, 1944

RED CROSS PERFORMANCE
UNDER ITS CHARTER OBLIGATIONS

HE Congress of the United States, in incorporating

the Red Cross, imposed certain duties. How the
Red Cross organization carries them out is told in this
booklet, largely in terms of what was done during the
twelve months just preceding the 1944 War Fund. Be-
cause of printing time requirements, figures covering
the final months are estimated and so round numbers
are employed.

As the number of sick, wounded, and disabled men
increases, Red Cross services to the armed forces in-
crease in intensity. Demobilization and discharge for
disability in their turn bring difficult problems of ad-
justment with which the Red Cross must help the
soldier and the veteran—and their families for many
years to come.

THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, WASHINGTON, D. C.

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may be used as a five-minute talk

HE American Red Cross stood shoulder to
shoulder with our fighting forces in the past
twelve months and extended more hands to
help than could ever be counted. These hands
lifted loads of worry and fear—or just plain
: J boredom—from the hearts of men in our mili-
tary and naval hospitals on land and sea. Red Cross hos-
pital social workers, with understanding skill, resolved
worries that retard a man’s recovery, while recreation
workers and Gray Ladies, with music, movies, games, and
banter, relieved homesickness.

Other Red Cross hands assisted discharged, disabled men
through readjustment to civilian life—a growing task.

Still other hands offered a quick, competent “lift” to
able-bodied soldiers in personal difficulties.

Many extended an American welcome at clubs and other
Red Cross facilities to our airmen, soldiers, sailors, marines,
coast guardsmen, nurses, and Wacs in foreign lands. Others
brought refreshment and entertainment to men at iso-
lated stations by clubmobiles and in aeroclubs.

They helped collect millions of pints of blood for life-
saving plasma. They worked at packing those heartening
prisoner of war cartons which other Red Cross hands car-
ried, with clothing, medicines, and other necessities, to
prison camps in enemy countries.

Many thousands of nurses were recruited by the Red
Cross for service in the Army and Navy Nurse Corps. A
hundred thousand volunteer nurse’s aides served in vet-
erans’ and civilian hospitals. Gray Ladies and hospital
visitors specialized in bringing cheer to army, navy, and
veterans’ hospital wards. Dietitian’s aides volunteered for
civilian hospital work.

Red Cross production workers made hundreds of mil-
lions of surgical dressings, knitted sweaters and other com-
fort articles as officially requested by the armed forces,
sewed millions of relief garments, and sewed and packed

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millions of kit bags. Quick hands of the Junior Red
Cross fabricated comfort articles for camps and hospitals.

Through Red Cross Camp and Hospital Councils, many
citizens channeled comfort and recreation aids to our men.

Other hands, after courses of training in 3,756 Red
Cross chapters, served tirelessly in the nine corps of Volun-
teer Special Services. They drove cars, ambulances, and
trucks. They served many thousand mass emergency meals
to troops and civilians. Home Service workers helped care
for the families of the men and women of our armed forces
when in financial or other trouble. They worked as utility
helpers in Red Cross and other war aid centers.

Other hands reached across the sea through a Red Cross
communication system to check the well-being of friends
and relatives in enemy-occupied countries.

Millions of Americans were taught first aid and water
safety—including army and navy instructors and essential
war workers. By hundreds of thousands, women and girls
were taught Red Cross Home Nursing, lessening the
threat of epidemic, while an expanding 1 nutrition program
helped strengthen the home front.

There was readiness to feed and house millions of our
people in case of natural disaster. ‘There was the giving
of immediate relief when disaster struck, followed by as-
sistance to help restore health, homes, and livelihood.

Clothing and medicines and food by shiploads were
distributed to United Nations civilians in distress.

So marched the Red Cross—a people’s partnership.

INDEX

Blood Plagwmiac:s.. (isi. 12 Insular and Foreign Service..16
oo eee oe acl Red Cross...........ccs.000 21

Miteen’ Corps on... s oi as-0ses 9 edical and Health.................. 22
Claims Service...........2..............10 Motor Corps.....ic......ccccceceeeeeee 19
Ciihs: ss 65 one ops Il Nurse Recruitment.................. 13
Communication Service ........ 9 Nurse’s Aide Corpeg.................... 18
Dietitian’s Aide a lease ints PARA R iro eek 21
Disaster Service.............:.----20 Prisoners Of Wat... 15
First Aid... ‘Rolie mae Production Corps .................--+-- a7
eet eB Pe ees Services to the Armed Forces 6
Hesné Nisleine. abet Coen «os it Staff Assistance CorpS............-- 19
Home Service..............:.::::00000 g Surgical Dressings................--. 17
Hospital and Recreation Volunteer Special Services ....17

MER reetsetenye gee 16+ Water SAfeLy.catccasocctec de?

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YOUR RED CROSS
IS AT HIS SIDE

yt hgh ward off the despondency thaf
bodied or hospitalized serviceman i
of Red Cross workers. Worry and ho
cause; friendly service and entertainme

To create confidence in a future
tainty is a companion purpose of Red
sick and wounded of our armed force s
building work is carried on in military hospitals here and
overseas, on hospital transports, in station, general, and
convalescent hospitals in this country and through vet-
erans’ hospitals to the home grounds of the discharged
disabled veteran.

Bolstering the family’s morale through aid and _ infor-
mation is an integral part of the whole activity.

 
  
  
   

RED CROSS FIELD FORCE

During America’s second year as a belligerent, several
thousand Red Cross men and women workers, carefully
recruited and trained for the purpose, were on duty as
uniformed civilians, at army camps and naval stations in
this country and in theaters of operations the world over.

This field force was made up of business and _ profes-
sional men and women from all walks of life selected for
specific duties. In the various areas in this country and
abroad Red Cross accountants verified Red Cross expen-
ditures while auditors for the War Department checked
all receipts and expenditures as required for congressional
review.

UNITED STATES HOME FORCES

Backing them up in this country, as a.ground crew, were
an executive staff and millions of volunteer workers en-
gaged in a wide variety of allied and vital occupations.
Primary among these were the Blood Donor and local
Home Service staffs. Equally vital and most numerous
were the chapter Production Corps members who supplied
surgical dressings and knitted articles and other comforts
for the men and women of the armed forces.

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EQUIPMENT REQUIRED

Equipment ran the gamut from large buildings to hos-
pital bed rests. It included: service buildings erected by
the Red Cross at army camps in the United States; Red
Cross recreation buildings provided by the Army or Navy
in hospital zones and equipped by the Red Cross with
pianos, radios, motion picture projectors, pool tables, and
other game equipment and comfortable furnishings; arts
and skills materials and tools, movie projectors, radio head
sets, bed rests—for use in hospital wards; recreation huts
built by the Army and the Red Cross and furnished by the
Red Cross at lonely airfields and outposts; buildings leased
and remodeled by the Army and equipped by the Red
Cross with special furnishings, for use as Red Cross clubs
overseas; clubmobiles—motor vans and trucks—with coffee
and music-making and picture-projection equipment pro-
vided by the Red Cross; furniture and entertainment
equipment for United States dayrooms supplied | the
Red Cross Camp and Hospital Councils.

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FRIENDLY SERVICE
Red Cross service to the men and women of our armed

forces on active duty encompassed a great variety of wel-
fare activities related to the man’s life as an individual.

It concerned his personal troubles, his leisure time, and
his comfort.

Major among all was work designed to cope with con-
ditions causing the man to worry. Whether the worry
arose from adjustment of the individual to military life
or the common, day-by-day human difficulties, the Red
Cross field force was prepared to listen attentively and act
promptly. Frequently the trouble was cleared by dis-
cussion of the problem with the field director. When ap-
proved by his commanding officer, grants or loans were
made to meet a man’s pressing needs. If the situation in-
volved other persons, satisfactory settlement of the diff-
culty was sought. If trouble or the fear of trouble at home
caused worry, a telegram or cable to the Home Service
staff in the local Red Cross chapter brought prompt action
and a quick report to relieve the man’s mind.

These home troubles ran the whole range of human ex-
perience—childbirth, sickness, injury, death, loss of family
income, loss or damage to home, trouble with the law,
marital difficulties.

At the request of a commanding officer, the Red Cross
confirmed home conditions for his decision on discharge
or furlough.

Caring for the families of sol-
diers and ex-servicemen in dis-
tress and in any crisis where they
might request aid was a para-
mount duty of Home Service,
whose workers were available 24
hours a day in the 3,756 local
Red Cross chapters. If re-
quired, immediate financial help
was given. Or the facts were re-
ferred to the public or private
agency in the community or-
| ganized to give the special type

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of assistance the circumstances demanded. Often the re-
quest for aid was made direct to the chapter by the family,
at times short-circuiting trouble before it could worry the
soldier.

COMMUNICATION SERVICE

The Red Cross under special circumstances helped count-
less relatives of servicemen establish contact with men in
the field when other means failed. As authorized by medical
officers, it supplemented military communications regard-
ing the seriously sick and wounded, and gave the family
additional details about a man’s illness or death.

Home Service lessened the strain of war for relatives of
servicemen and other civilians by transmitting through the
International Red Cross Committee messages and inquiries
to and from persons in enemy or occupied countries. Greet-
ings and family information were exchanged; illnesses,
marriages, and deaths were reported; missing persons were
located.

HOSPITAL SERVICE

As an adjunct of the Medical Departments of the Army
and Navy, as prescribed by congressional charter and their
regulations, the Red Cross was active in military and naval
hospitals in the United States and in all theaters of
operations.

Red Cross hospital workers saw the wounded soldier or
sailor as soon as he was evacuated from the field of battle.
They gave assistance to the men in maintaining commu-
nication with their families. They resolved worries caused
by personal difficulties which threatened to retard recovery.
Above all they helped crippled men face the future con-
fidently; in group and individual discussions they gave
knowledge of the extensive benefits offered by federal and
state governments—pensions, vocational training, and op-
portunities for future employment in civil life.

In the wards volunteer Gray Ladies here and Red Cross
staff aides overseas talked with patients, wrote their letters,
did shopping and other errands, played games, or read
aloud—and made the clock tick faster. Other workers gave

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diverting instruction in arts and crafts, developing interest-
ing hobbies for the patients’ permanent enjoyment.

In Red Cross recreation houses at station, general, and
convalescent hospitals, concerts, movies, stage shows, song-
fests and organized games helped relieve the boredom of
convalescence.

As the year advanced, about 10,000 Hollywood feature
shows a month were screened in American and overseas
military hospital wards, by
portable sound projectors,
and more than 2,500 a
month in Red Cross hospi-
tal recreation buildings,
using theater-size projection
machines.

Servicemen about to be
discharged for disability
were interviewed by Red
Cross hospital personnel and hebied in value ¢ their pen-
sion claims. If they expressed a desire for continued Red
Cross assistance following discharge, they were given the
address of the home-town chapter and informed that it was
prepared to represent them in connection with their appli-
cations for veterans’ benefits.

In Veterans Administration regional offices, field direc-
tors followed through on cases entrusted to the Red Cross
to obtain required evidence and secure prompt decision on
claims.

 

COMFORTS

To men as they came out of the lines Red Cross workers
gave cigarettes. They gave comfort articles to men upon
embarkation, and again as needed behind the lines, in base
camps and in all hospitals. A comb, a toothbrush, a razor,
even a button and needle and thread, had an enormous
morale value to a man miles from his accustomed corner
store. Millions of kit bags were made and packed by Red
Cross workers back home. Red Cross sweaters and other
wool comfort articles were provided upon requisition of
commanding officers. At Christmas time, Red Cross gift
packages—razor blades, gum, candy, cigarettes—were given.

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Dayrooms in American camps were furnished comforta-
bly and supplied with recreation equipment by Red Cross
Camp and Hospital Councils.

RED CROSS CLUBS

At the request of the Army, the Red Cross operated many
clubs overseas where American soldiers might find the com-
fort and friendliness of home. These buildings, attractively
furnished and staffed with Red Cross recreation and other
workers, became the mecca for men in need of relief from
the monotony and rigors of army life. Good American
dishes and hotel service, including comfortable beds with
sheets, were offered at prices below cost, the charge being
made at the Army’s request. No charge was ever author-
ized by the Red Cross for any other service or supplies.

Reading, writing, and game rooms, movies and. dances,
sightseeing trips, picnics, fishing trips, golf matches, theater
parties were provided. The club also arranged for the men
to visit nearby homes. As our armies advanced, new clubs
were opened in cities in new areas.

Aeroclubs—Red Cross huts at air bases—and.camp clubs,
overseas, gave a touch of home. ““T'raveling recreation huts”
called clubmobiles, manned by young women recreation
workers, provided coffee, doughnuts, and music or motion
pictures for men at isolated posts overseas.

As fighting became more intense, rest homes where men
might recuperate were established by the Army and staffed
by Red Cross hospital and recreation workers.

RECREATION FOR THE ABLE-BODIED

To the Army and Navy overseas, in emergencies, the
Red Cross supplied recreation equipment for able-bodied
soldiers and sailors, such as motion picture projectors and
athletic goods. Its men recreation workers overseas con-
tributed their services as called upon by authorized officers.
As the situation required, the Red Cross aided in producing
shows with local vaudeville performers or talented service-
men, many of them former professionals of stage, radio, and
screen.

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BLOOD BROTHERHOOD

S war took greater toll of our armed forces, blood
plasma became an ever more indispensable aid in
the medical and surgical treatment of our wound-
ed fighters.

‘Today it can be reported that approximately SIX

milljn pints of American blood have been given since the
Re ross Blood Donor Service was established three years
aggjat the ei of the Medical Departments of the Army
w many thousands of lives have been saved by plasma
canget be stated. But Major General Norman nes ark,
Surgs@on General, United States Army, declared that plasma
ranked first as the foremost life-saver in North Africa. Rear
Admiral Ross T. McIntire, Surgeon General, United States
Navy, announced that only one percent of navy personnel
wounded in the South Pacific died, thanks in large part to
plasma.

Millions of additional blood
donations are required in 1944,
and continued public coopera-
tion will meet the demand, ‘de-
spite its astronomical propor-
tions. A significant develop-
ment of the past year was the
steady increase in group re-
cruitment. By departments and
by whole plants, business and
industrial workers responded.
Clubs, societies, and churches

 

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formed their own groups to donate blood. Regularity of
donation, high-lighted by the formation of Gallon Clubs,
contributed heavily to the final score.

During the year, four new blood donor centers were
added to those located in the other 31 cities which are near
enough to laboratories for the processing to begin within
the required 24-hour time limit. The number of mobile
units increased from 39 to 63, extending the privilege of
giving to hundreds of additional cities and towns.

THAT MEN MAY LIVE, gga
OT since the first Red Cross workers ‘"f

N succored the wounded on the battle-

field itself, in the days when the organiza-

tion was first founded in 1864, have mili-

tary nurses been so greatly needed as today.

The recruitment and selection of nurses for the Army
and Navy Nurse Corps is a Red Cross function.

Response to American Red Cross appeals for nurses made
through official recruiting stations in large chapters across
the nation met a need unparalleled in history. ,

The problem—in the acute manpower sphere—was com:
plicated by the necessity to interrupt long-established rela-
tionships of nurses as members of hospital organizations or
other integral parts of the community’s health machinery.
This problem was eased by general recognition of army and
navy needs as a master priority. This is a self-imposed pri-
ority, for the nurses voluntarily enrolled in the Red Cross
War Reserve from which the Army and Navy Nurse Corps
filled their requirements month by month.

A war-born Red Cross Student Reserve enrolled seniors
in schools of nursing for military duty after graduation.

Back of the War Reserve were the First and Second Re-
serves of nurses. These served as called upon by the Red
Cross in case of disaster and epidemics, as instructors of
home nursing and volunteer nurse’s aides and for nonmili-
tary duty outside the country. Many of these were nurses
who came from retirement for full- or part-time duty to
help in the nursing crisis.

  

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During the past year an average, each month, of 425 Red
Cross public health nurses assisted with the care of the civil-
ian population. Forty-five of that number served in camp
communities on an emergency and supplementary basis,
providing bedside nursing, prenatal, maternity, and infant
care for the wives of soldiers and sailors.

HOME NURSING

Face to face with the shortage of doctors and nurses, and
moved by the instinct to protect their homes, women and
girls on a mass scale qualified for Red Cross Home Nursing
certificates after a course of study. Taught by many thou-
sands of graduate nurses and home economists, the students
learned to give simple bedside care to sick loved ones, and
to promote family health through prevention of illness, and
proper sanitation and food. This informal home guard
also has encouraged community health and helped protect
the nation against the threats of wartime epidemics.

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MEN WHO MARK TIM

T HANKS to treaties, American prisoners
titled to fair treatment, essential food, cloth}
and medical care from the detaining powef
ages, differences in national food habits/j
and other conditions require special sh\
from home: foods, clothing, medicin
ational equipment. Under regulations,
favorite foods and articles of clothin
friends may have books sent to india rc

Getting these things together and delivergd sal an ing
the past twelve months utilized contributions of goods or
services by many branches of the United States government,
by individuals, by organizations, and by the American Red
Cross and the International Red Cross Committee.

During this period Red Cross packing centers packed
millions of Red Cross standard food packages, the contents
of which were furnished and paid for principally by the
United States and United Nations governments for whose
prisoners of war they were destined. All were consigned
to the International Red Cross Committee at Geneva for
distribution to American prisoners and internees in enemy
camps, and for other United Nations prisoners of war. One
food package per week was allotted to each American pris-
oner of war.

With other army goods, medicines, and personal pack-
ages, they were shipped to Europe by the American Red
Cross in neutral vessels to Lisbon or Marseille, and on to
Geneva by rail, or to the Far East by diplomatic exchange
ships and on Russian vessels to Vladivostok for transship-
ment as arranged between the American and Japanese gov-
ernments.

Safe arrival of packages, and the maintenance of suitable
prison conditions, pledged by international treaties, were
checked by delegates of the neutral International Red Cross
Committee.

A bulletin published by the American Red Cross was
‘mailed monthly to next of kin of prisoners of war and in-
ternees. It brought a measure of relief from anxiety by

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revealing conditions and activities in camps and telling
what is being done to aid the “men who mark time.” A
monthly newsletter was also sent to United States prisoners
of war in Europe.

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BARRICADES AGAINST
HUNGER AND COLD

HE value of contributions for aid to civilians in for-
eign lands, in goods and services supplied by and
through the American Red Cross since the war began, ap-
proached the hundred million dollar mark. About one-third
of this total went to aid civilians of Great Britain during
the bombardments forcing evacuation of homes on a large
scale and to European refugees seeking sanctuary there.
Russia received great quantities of medical supplies and
hospital equipment, relief clothing made by Red Cross
volunteers, and much dry whole milk. Special attention
was a to the needs of war orphans and the children of
evacuated families. To the Middle
East went similar cargoes mainly for
Polish, Greek, and Balkan refugees.
Aid to China, despite the enormous
need, totaled but a few million dol-
lars’ worth because of transporta-
tion difficulties. Hospital supplies
and equipment, milk, blankets,
clothing, and layettes also were dis-
tributed to the most needy in North
Africa.

Increased quantities of medical
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supplies were sent through the blockade to occupied Euro-
pean countries. These went through the facilities of the
International Red Cross Committee at Geneva, the neutral
intermediary between belligerents, and were distributed in
France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Yugo-
slavia, and Greece.

INSULAR CHAPTERS

While Guam and the Philippines remained silent, seven
insular chapters of the American Red Cross continued to
function actively, paced by the Hawaii Chapter whose work
at Pearl Harbor earned army acclaim.

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THEY ASK ONLY HOW GREAT
THE NEED

HE number of hours given by the four

million volunteer workers of the Red
Cross Volunteer Special Services, in 3,756
local chapters and their 6,084 branches, rose
to a new high mark as the needs of the Army
and Navy expanded. The activity, chapter by
chapter, varied with local and national needs.

During the past year the work accomplished by volun-
teers in the Production Corps includes: the making of hun-
dreds of millions of army surgical dressings; several million
knitted garments, hospital garments and comfort articles
to meet emergency requests from the Army and Navy; the
making of sewed and knitted garments for war victims in
foreign countries in the war relief program; the production
of garments for disaster emergencies and civilian relief

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through Home Service; the making and filling of several
million kit bags for servicemen.

Increased need for Home Service work on behalf of the
men and women of our armed forces and their families was
met by an increase in the number of chapters having a
Home Service Corps and the number of members of exist-
ing corps, while a revised training course increased efficiency.

Volunteer nurse’s aides became recognized for their skill
and devotion to duty. Army hospitals asked for their serv-
ices. Because of the millions of hours of service they gave,
hard-pressed civilian hospitals and clinics were better able
to carry the load imposed by reduced nursing staffs as gradu-
ate nurses joined the armed forces. ‘Their compatriots, the
Gray Ladies of the Hospital and Recreation Corps, grew in
numbers and concerned themselves with the personal needs
of convalescents and other patients. Arts and Skills Units
of the same corps lessened the patients’ tedium as they de-
veloped a new program in
military hospitals teaching
_ pottery-making, model-build-
_Ing, sculpture, painting,
| weaving, bookbinding, and
other arts and crafts. The
Dietitian’s Aide Corps
helped relieve the manpower
shortage in the dietary de-
partments of civilian and
veterans’ hospitals.

 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

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The Motor Corps gave invaluable service in driving fire de-
partment, hospital and Red Cross ambulances, trucks, jeeps,
and their own cars, to break transportation bottlenecks.

The Canteen Corps, well trained, hard-working, and
on call 24 hours a day, reached the point where it could
serve daily meals to more than 12,000,000 of our people in
an emergency. It served troops in transit and members of
the armed forces at the request of commanding officers, as
well as fire fighters and disaster victims, school children and
war workers.

At Red Cross and other war activity centers, staff assist-
ants manned information desks, acted as receptionists, cler-
ical workers, and switchboard operators in increasing num-
bers. They were trained and certificated at the rate of al-
most 3,000 a month.

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LENGTHENING LIFE LINES

A a part of its chartered obligation to carry on measures
for preventing suffering, the Red Cross added 1,s00,000
to the number of trained first aiders and 300,000 trained in
water safety during the past 12 months. Statistically, one
home in three, at the period’s end, had first aid protection.
In factories, stores, offices, and schools, many hundreds of
First Aid Detachments were organized. On the highways,
thousands of Emergency First Aid Stations and Mobile First
Aid Units provided materials and volunteer services for
the injured.

Water safety activity grew apace, both as a recreational
and an occupational safeguard. Summer aquatic schools
qualified several thousand instructors in water safety, first
aid, and accident prevention.

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Looming above civilian activity because of its war sig-
nificance, first aid and water safety training of army and
navy instructors became a major task. Red Cross field rep-
resentatives trained thousands of instructors in the armed
forces. ‘These men in turn instructed military personnel.
Special functional swimming and water safety courses pre-
pared soldiers to take care of themselves in amphibious
operations when loaded down with full equipment. hs
induction civilians, too, received training.

WEATHERING THE STORM

IDWEST floods and southwest tornadoes swelled the
number of national disasters to above average. Feed-
ing, clothing, housing, and medical care were supplied with
dispatch. All chapters maintained their service units in
readiness to meet natura. disaster of all types—storm, flood,
fire—and. to assist local emergency defense councils with
civilian aid in case of enemy action, in accordance with
agreements with the federal Offices of Civilian Defense and
Defense Health and Welfare Services.

Government services cooperated as always in providing
the Red Cross with advance storm warnings, in furnishing
army cots, blankets, and other emergency supplies, and the
several departments offered other aid as called for under
special circumstances.

Rehabilitation continued as an important part of this
service. This included not only repair and restoration of
homes and household effects, but long-time hospitalization
in many cases, and vocational training. The issuing of pri-

 

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orities on restricted materials, through signed agreement
with the War Production Board, was a new feature of this
service. These priorities covered building materials and
other products.

NUTRITION SERVICE
Lys the past 12 months Red Cross nutrition cer-
tificates were issued in record volume as homemakers
faced the need to produce balanced meals for war work-
ers and children under ration restrictions. Canteen Corps
and Dietitian’s Aide Corps training, directed by Nutrition
Service, prepared volunteers for important community serv-
ices. 12,000 instructors were authorized to teach nutrition,
canteen, and dietitian’s aide courses. 145,000 nutrition cer-
tificates were issued, and 26,000 canteen and 2,000 dieti-
tian’s aide certificates were authorized.

AMERICAN JUNIOR RED CROSS

N a hundred forms, comfort and recreation

articles were produced, by the millions, for

our armed forces by the in-school members of

the Red Cross, who numbered more than 17,-

Y 000,000. ‘These run the gamut from hospital

tray favors to furniture for army recreation
rooms.

  
  
 

Organized by schoolroom groups, their proj-
ects were carried out under teacher supervision,
mainly in manual training and home economics
classes. Members collected waste metals, textiles, paper,
and fats. They promoted international friendliness by cor-
responding with children in other lands and presenting
Christmas boxes to children in Europe and Latin America.

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Through their own National Children’s Fund, they met
special relief needs of American and foreign children.

They did important accident prevention work, earned
first aid, home nursing, and nutrition certificates by the
hundred thousand, and increasingly participated in appro-
priate Volunteer Special Services activities.

Since the war began, 12,000,000 articles have been pro-
duced for the armed forces; 1,000,000 relief garments made;
and more than $1,000,000 contributed to Red Cross War

Funds.

 

MEDICAL and HEALTH SERVICE

E Red Cross Medical and Health Service functions
as an effective medium of coordination under the gen-
eral counsel of the National Medical and Health Advisory
Committee. This committee comprises the Surgeons Gen-
eral of the Army, the Navy, and the United States Public
Health Service, the Associate Chief of the Children’s Bu-
reau, and outstanding leaders in the fields of medical prac-
tice, administration, teaching, and research. The Medical
and Health Service maintains an effective liaison on na-
tional, state, and local levels between the Red Cross and
public and private health agencies, and maintains a pro-
fessional and technical relationship in an advisory capacity
to such basic Red Cross services as Nursing, Blood Donor,
First Aid, Water Safety and Accident Prevention, Nutri-
tion, Disaster Relief and Civilian War Aid.

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1. U. S. attack on Italian melons offered by Red Cross girl. 2. Red Cross workers
equipped for overseas duty. 3. and 4. Red Cross hospital workers ‘‘take a letter’ for
a sailor and a soldier. 5. Red Cross worker assists readers in evacuation hospital
library. 6. Harmonicas donated by Red Cross Camp and Hospital Council.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

AMERICAN RED CROSS IN THE WAR

 

 

 

Record of Accomplishments
(Period of March 1, 1943—-February 29, 1944, except as noted)

U. S. servicemen given personal aid

—3,800,000 by camp and hospital workers
—2,500,000 by chapter Home Service

5,000,000 pints of blood collected
350 overseas clubs for servicemen and women

50,000 nurses recruited for the Army and Navy
¢ (As of February 29, 1944)

=

65,000 volunteer nurse’s aides trained for service

119,000 persons aided in disasters
(Fiscal year—July 1, 1942—June 30, 1943)

15,000 survivors of marine disasters aided
925,000,000 surgical dressings produced
12,000,000 garments made

1,500,000 first aid certificates awarded
300,000 home nursing certificates issued

5,300,000 prisoner of war packages packed
: (January 1, 19483—-November 6, 1943)

$77,000,000 foreign war relief distributed
(August 1939—September 30, 1943)

THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, WASHINGTON, D. C,

 

 

 

1944 RED CROSS WAR FUND—MARCH 1-31

 

 

 
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MIDWESTERN AREA
1709 WASHINGTON AVENUE |
ST. LOUIS, (3) MISSOURI i

November 20, 1943

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MCS-131 RC=19

TO Chapter Chairmen and
War Fund Chairmen

FROM The Manager

 

SUBJECT Advance Gifts in December .

The question again has been raised regarding the advisability
of soliciting certain individuals and corporations during December of
this year for partial contributions to the 1944 Red Cross War Fund.
Following extensive consideration and consultation with many chapter |
leaders and officers of corporations the following suggestions are

mate.»

Each chapter shall feel free to approach on an informal basis
selected individuals or corporations, giving them an opportunity, if
they so wish, to make part of their contribution in 1943. No attempt
should be made to initiate a general campaign for advance gifts nor to
secure the total amount of expected gifts in 1943; rather, approach
should be made with a view that it may be desired by some individuals
or corporations to make a part of their contributions during the 1943
tax year. Any contribution made during December will be considered only
as a partial advance gift to be credited to the 1944 Red Cross War Fund.
Obviously no publicity should be given to such gifts until tue start of
the March campaign.

 

Attention may be called to the fact that from the present trend
of expenditure of chapters and the national organization the 1944 Red
Cross War Fund in all probability will be for a total of $200,000,000 to
$225,000,000. It should be emphasized that the campaign goal has not
been set.

Very truly yours,

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MIDWESTERN AREA
1709 WASHINGTON AVENUE
ST. LOUIS, (3) MISSOURI

December 1, 1943

TO War Fund Chairmen and Public Information Chairmen
FROM The Manager

SUBJECT Cooperation of Outdoor Advertising Association
of America, Inc.

We have just been advised of plans to assure the widest possible
coverage through use of 2hesheet posters on all available billboard space
in publicizing the 1944 Red Cross War Fund campaign.

The Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Inc., is sending
a letter to all local members in the United States urging the fullest co-
operation on a gratis basis. JIocal plant owners will be asked to return
an ordcr blank for 24=sheet posters to be used in connection with our next
fund campaign.

Chapters should get in touch with local outdoor advertising firms
at once to let them know how valuable this help will be and to work out the
details for this local cooperation. This should be done promptly and before
the orders are returned to the association's headquarters in Chicago.

It is the industry's hope that all local companies will start the
showing no later than March lst. It may be possible to arrange for an
earlier showing where that seems advisable locally.

The posters are furnished by the National Red Cross without charge.
The billboards themselves are rent free, but in exceptional instances there
may be a small charge to the chapter by the outdoor advertising firm for
out-of-pocket cost for additional labor used in putting up the posters. This
is a matter for local chapter decision in each instance.

In view of the possibility of some cost, due to the shortage of. man
power in the industry, arrangements should be agreed upon locally before orders
are placed by the local plant owners.

Very truly yours,

ee eisker
Manager

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AMERICAN RED CROSS

MIDWESTERN AREA
1709 WASHINGTON AVENUE
ST. LOUIS, (3) MISSOURI

November 26, 1943

MCS-133 =RC=20

TO Chapter Chairmen and War Fund Chairmen
FROM The Manager

SUBJECT Campaign Procedures == March, 1944

ttached hereto is a statement that covers the major questions
of policy and procedure for the March 1944 Red Cross War Fund Campaign.
Most of these procedures have been issued in the form of separate ine
structions in connection with previous campaigns, but it is believed it
may be helpful to re-state them in a single memorandum.

In order that other chapter officials may be advised of these
procedures, it is suggested that this memorandum be brought to their
attention at the next meeting of your executive committee. This will
enable all members of your chapter executive group to be familiar with
these procedures as your chapter's campaign plans are developed.

Prior to the opening of the campaign, more specific instructions
on campaign reports will be issued.

Sincerely yours,

  
 

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H. F. Kéisker
Manager

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Procedure March 1944

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This statement has been prepared’ ‘to pring together ‘into one document coun
the major policies and procedures which are applitable to ‘the raising of war es
funds by the Red Cross, with particular reference to the March 1944 Campaign.
Most of these .procedures have been issued in the form of separate instructions
in connection with: previous gempaigns, ‘put it is believed it By be helpful to
re- ~state them, in 4, 1, Single . themorandum, ‘ck 4

1. One General Annual Solicitation of Funds

ah is the general policy’ of the Red Gross that all activities conducted
by the National Organization and by the Chapters are to be financed from the ;
funds derived from the one general annual appeal to the public. Experience has —
shown that the solicitation of miscellaneous special contributions for limited
purposes detracts from the effectiveness of the one annual appeal, ‘and the
amounts received are small in ‘comparison to the results which | cen ‘be attained
through concentration of effort at one time. —

Exceptions to this general policy are necessary in the cases of disasters .
and other special‘ situations for which: special appeals-or financing may be
authorized, This general policy is essential under present conditions where it
is’ agreed that the National War Fund and Commmnity Chests will ‘confine their
fund-raising’ appeal to the | ‘Fall’ and ‘the Red Cross ‘appeal . shall be held in the
Spring. _ Miscellaneous solicitation at other “times will conflict with FEA o 8
to this: ‘Plan for the: ‘timing of” fund-raising efforts. as

Fehe

o. Aa Contributions to be add “through the Chapters

At its meeting November she? Aiea the. ane Committee 2 BA QREOS., me
piaten se statement: Cina se vie

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and. contributions received ‘at. ‘National ‘Headquarters’ ‘ud, as far as ‘Possible,
be allocated to and | credited on the quotas of the appropriate Chapters,"

Thus it is the definite policy, of the National Organization that all
funds contributed to the Red Cross are to be contributed through the,.Chapters, |
to be credited on the Chapters?’ ‘campaign goals, with the Chapters retaining the ©
appropriate portion of all such funds, All contributors will be urged. 49 nege
their contributions through the appropriate Chapter channels; *

‘The National Organization will discourage the making of ‘contributions
designated | ‘for expenditure. “wholly. by the National Organization, . so that the
maximum adherence may be’ secured to the policy, that all war funds are to be
collected through the ‘Chapters and credited on the Chapters! local goals.
Similarly, Chapters should not™ encourage the solicitation of funds limited for
“ local purposes,
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GOALS AND DIVISION OF FUNDS

oe Agsigument of Quotas and Determination of Chapter Requirements

Each Chapter will be assigned a quota for its share of the funds
needed by the National Organization to cover the national and international
activities, ;

Each Chapter will prepare an estimate of the sum it will require for ~
approximately one year's operations from March 1, 1944, Each Chapter estimate
of its requirements when approved by the Area Manager will be included in the
announced minimum campaign goal for that JPapiers

Thus the campaign goal for each ‘Taio will congiat of (1) the quota
of the national fund assigned. to he, BE ia) its. approved estimate of require-
ments for its local work,

Tt is recognized. that ae a ‘limited number of smaller Chapters with
very large military stations adjacent to them, the above method of establishing
campaign goals may “not bé applicable and special arrangements will be authorized.
for such cases,

lk. Division of funds between National Onganization ‘and Chapters

“al funds ‘received. dy. each Chapter which are. included as a part of thet
Chapter's campaign collections are to be divided ‘between the National ‘Organiza- .
tion and thé Chapter in the, ratio that the national. quota_and the local cee
requirements of that Chapter bear to the total. to be raised by the Chapter. For
example, if a Chapter has a national quota of $100,000. and local ‘requirements :
of $50,000., two-thirds of all funds raised by that Chapter will be remitted to.
the National Organization and one-third: will “be retained-by ‘the Chapter. =

5. Chapter ‘Announcements of War Fund ‘Ceinpa ten’ he wise ai oe —

Each Chapter should officially announce to the public before the.,opening
of the campaign March i 19hh, ‘the total amount to be raised by that Chapter
and specify the ‘portion. of that total which is for the national fund and the |
portion for the Chapterts local requirements. ‘Such announcements should also
specify that all contributions received by the Chapter will he divided between
the National Organization and the ‘Chapter in the: ratio that the pational quote
and’ the Chapter goal bear to the total sum to be. raised by. the. Chapter.

6. No Over-run in Assigned Quotas.

For the March 1944 Campaign the quotas assigned to the Chapters for
the national fund will be as nearly ‘equal to the announced national fund as the
mathematical application of, the quota system will permit ; that is, there will
not be added to the announced total any margin of over-run for the. national
fund in the’ aggregate of the quotas assigned to. the Chapters,
‘ SEECLAL KINDS. OF CONTRIBUTIONS

‘le Solicitation of Corporate Contributions

Sbaatene should goniest: ma acniastabhain from:all: chaneailanhean
whose head offices are in its jurisdiction. The National Organization is
prepared to advise with the Chapters on such contributions and, when requested
by the Chapters, will be glad to assist them in securing adequate amounts
from such ae eorentone:

Where aceperehiene- baxe a aeatht or. ugane: of Seaksined ia bus: not the
head office in a given Chapter territory, such Chapter may solicit 'a contribu-
tion through. the branch office of the: corporation, but that Chapter should not
solicit the head office of the corporation for a contribution, nor. urge’ the
head.office to make allocations of the contribution. Experience has demonstrated
that undue or multiple solicitation or pressure from the National Organization
and several Chapters to secure contributions and the allocation of corporate:
contributions invariably produces an unfavorable impression with the contributor.

8, Allocations of Contributions
The Central Commi thee adopted the: following Scecebia: 15, 190%

“The Red Cross should not initiate proposals for ‘the allocetion of
. contributions by large businesses: to the wreee of several Chapters,”

The quota syeken:- of the Red Cross is ak established on a Plat per
capita basis but those cities and localities which are centers of wealth and
business are significantly weighted as compared with other localities. This
constitutes, in effect, an allocation of those larger contributions which must
be secured in the urban aprons: in favor of the ores with ome smaller per
capita: quotas,

Keceuktenty, the foregoing policy has been adopted that the Red Cross
should not itself initiate or urge allocations of contributions, and such
allocations will be made by the National Organization only when requested by
- the. SORE EIUSOR and in: egeqnlanee: weer ‘me GSutesoution indicated by the con-
trdhusen tip fal t hae

 iiaani it is amine sinaataced for .the National Organization to
urge a contributor to make, or to alter, the allocation of its contribution
because, if it urged an allocation in favor of ‘given Chapters, it would there-
by be proposing a reduction of allocations to other Chapters.

9. Contributions Received by _the National Srapnizetion

, Where iekekhahaie sand their contributions dineotiy: to thie National:
Organization all such contributions will be credited back to the appropriate
Chapters to apply on their campaign goals, Unless the contributor, in making
his remittance indicates some other disposition, all contributions received -
by the National Organization will be credited back to the Chapter of residence
of the contributor or, in the case of a.corporation; to the Chapter in whose ~

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Jurisdiction the principal office of the corporation is located. In the absence
of any other evidence such contributions shall -be credited to the Chapter indi-
cated by the Post Office address from which the remittance is mailed. Definite
efforts will be made by the National Organization to credit all contributions
received by it to the appropriate Chapter or Chapters. This procedure will be
followed with all contributions received by the National Organization unless
the donor ‘specifically pioptg —" his SeRtabat een be not credited to any
Chapter or Chapters.

iO, Designated: Contributions

Where a contributor designates his contribution to be expended for an
activity which is. being financed through regular appropriations of Chapter or
National funds, such contributions may be accepted and included in the total
collections of the War Fund and be divided between ‘the Chapter and the National
Organization in the specified manner. Separate accounts on the books need not
be maintained of such amounts, but the contributors may” be informed that their
gifts will be applied toward mumes see of the activities in which saa er

expressed an interest.

ll. Restricted Contributions

at contributions. are tendered to the Chapters, restricted to an activity
which is not carried as a regular activity of the Red Cross, the Chapters should
consult the a Ongenisetion before perdi dena such eet

Cote butions ‘@efinitely peeve ietea: ‘by the: abntase to be enpenaed wholly
by the Chapter for some phase of its local activities, should not be encouraged
by the Chapters, and if received, cannot be included in’ the: campaign goal of
the Chaptér, as all funds which ere credited on the campaign goals must be di-
vided between the’ Chapters and the National Organization in the specified man-
ner. In view of the large amounts’ required and the nécessity of financing the
whole program adequately, it is obvious that neither the National Organization
nor the Chapters should seek or encourage the receipt of contributions 80
reasons that they reeset ale a a of the war fund collections.

if, Raising of Bonde throvah Sales, Benefits and Soneiee Methods

‘The ‘Lathe sums required for the Red Cross program * ebuia: H6t be success-
fully raised through benefits and similar means and, accordingly, such methods
should not be encouraged. It is the definite policy of the Red Cross that
where benefits, sales, or similar events are held with the use in advance of
the name and emblem of the Red Cross, the gross amount of all funds received,
without any deduction for Spey shall be contributed to the Red Cross.

CAMPAIGN REPORTS

 

Prior to the opening of the caupeden more “apeottic “inetrestion on cam-
paign reports will be sent to the Chapters ee ‘the lines described in general
in this section.

L56 Current Reports oe Campaign padaooss
During the progress of the campaign all scnagtess should make current

reports in the manner specified below to the appropriate Area Office covering
the following:
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A. Total raised to date, including cash, pledges and allocations.

(The next three items make up the total shown in A)
B. Total cash received.
C, Total unpaid pledges on hand.

:
D. Total allocations reported by the Area Office as credits to the Jhapter goal.
E. Individual contributions of $10, 000, or more. showing the name of the
. contributor and the amount received or pledged. Each such contribution
need he reported only once. when it is mnees ee.

shopizatng with March aocheus in eae i ond II should report to
sha murcunieks Area Office the above information daily by telegraph coded
“AT, "B" ete., AS aaeeaet

g Hiden cn with. aa Maen 5, ‘Jobh, ond on ‘each, Tuesday ‘and Tpides
ereataae. Chapters in Groups III, IV, and V should. report by. postal card to.

the appropriate Area Office the atove information. . The form to be used on
such postal cards will be furnished by the National Organization...

 

14, Later Campaign Reports . + wens thparshttome btwert)
It is important«that campaign recoris be maintained so that the following

information ‘can. ‘be latér:.furnished ‘to ‘the National: Organization,: It is believed

that: this information is likewise essential for :the: Chapter: campaign and will.

be most valuable in planning future campaigns. .This -information will be reported

by letter as follows: : ae

F.. . Number of. individual. contributors, sneluding those on military reservations,
of -$1. 00 or more, This number. will” constitute ‘the. membership of the Red:
Cross. and ‘ghould. not include contributions | from ¢orporations, business firms,

+ ae, OF organizations. . gerund art pews any ae

G. Contributions” received from organized: labor, | as. ‘far’ ‘as ‘possible, | ‘showing ©

: _the amounts. contriputed DY. 3, of” "te ‘nits, | C. I. .0.” “Units, The Railroad =

“Brotherhoods, or other organized. groups,

H. The total ambunt’ of ‘contributions received from military reservations “and
the number of inet vipa). eves kaj ao ee

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‘Tnasmch as the war funds are ‘being raised and are required for current
expenditure, all contributions to ‘the funi should be solicited in the form of
cash, or piedges for cash payable within a reasonable period of time. Var
contributions are made to the Chapters in the form of securities, such” ‘securities
should pe sold cr retained by the pope and settlements made in’ cash for sums
due the National Organization, — If securi ties are contributed in ‘such’ ‘Form that
action by the Nationel Organization is required for their sale or disposition,

the National Organization can send the necessary docunents authorizing the

Chapter to act in making such sales, or the securities may be sold by the National
Organization for the account of the Chapter.” A money equivalent for contributions
of commodities in kind cannot be credited on the war fund collections.
16, Pledges and Deferred Payments of Pledges

Where pledges are secured or solicited for contributions to be paid
in instalments or at later dates the time of payment of such pledges or deferred
payments should be limited to as short a period as possible. Experience has
shown that payroll deduction plans are most successful and are more acceptable
to the contributors where they can be kept within a four months period. In any
event it is recommended that all deferred payment plans be arranged, if possible,
so that final payments will be made on or before September 30, 19h,

-17. Banking and Custody of Funds

All funds received by or for the Chapters in this Campaign are to be
deposited and banked to the credit of the American Red Cross, ooo uw. Chapter.
This does not preclude, if it is desired, the opening of temporary bank accounts
in the Chapter's name for handling the War Fund collections but all of the funds
must at all times be in the name of The American Red CLOSS8y on emmmmmmnnnnn ONAPtEY y
and subject to the Chapter's control. —

af seperate bank accounts are opened for War Fund collections, all funds
placed in such accounts should ultimately be passed through the Chapter treasury
and recorded on the Chapter financial reports so that the Chapter records will
reflect the total monies received and disbursed, including the oT sent to
the National Organization.

18. Remittance of National Organization's Portion of Contributions Received

 

 

; Tt is requested that the National Organisation's share of cash collec-
ions as received by the Chapters be remitted weekly to the Area Offices. ‘The.
National Organization will prepare and furnish to the ere the forms to be
- used in making such remittances.

CAMPAIGN EXPENSES

19. The local expenditures of the Chapter for the campaign are to be met from
the funds raised by the Chapter for its requirements and no part of local campaign
expenditures are authorized as deductions from the amount due the National
Organization. The National Organization is covering the major portion of campaign
expenditures on a national scale, including pamphlets, receipt cards, posters,
information leaflets, and other large quantities of campaign supplies and
assistance which have been furnished to the Chapters without charge to them, This
is consistent with the procedure which has been followed in Roll Calls as to the
division of campaign expenses between the National Organization and the Chapters.

20. Purpose for which Red Cross War Funds Will Be Used

The funds raised by the American Red Cross in the War Fund Campaign of
March 1944 will be utilized by the National Organization and by the Chapters to
meet the primary and fundamental Red Cross responsibilities to the American armed
‘forces at home and abroad; to cover the expansion and maintenance of existing
Red Cross services and the development of such additional services as may be
necessary for civilian defense and welfare in this country; to render such aid
to the peoples and forces associated with this Government in the War, or to other
peoples where such action would be. consistent with the National interest, as may
be required and be within the scope of activities and resources of the American
Red Cross; and to meet any other requirements for Red Cross relief or service di-
rectly or indirectly growing out of, or resulting from, the conflict. It is not
possible to foresee all of the. eiprecncton which will inevitably develop as the
result of the war, both at home and abroad, and. the American Red Cross will,.in its
discretion, utilize these funds to. deal with such situations as fall within the
scope of its activities and resources and are consistent with its purposes and
traditions. T-892=1
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AMERICAN RED CROSS

MIDWESTERN AREA
1709 WASHINGTON AVENUE

St. EOUisS 3s, MISSOURI
Januery 17, 194%

TO War Fund Chairmen
FROM The Manager

SUBJECT Workers! Training Manual ARC*1132 and
Workers' Training Outline MA-4200

Successful organizations have found it desirable to employ the best
talent available to assist in the training of their representatives. The Red
Po Cross, realizing the need by chapter War Fund leaders for a guide to assist them
in better preparing their volunteers who solicit funds and memberships, has pre-e
pared these two Worker's Training Manuals for their use.

Copi.s of the Workers' Training Manuals (ARC-1132 and MA+4200) are
enclosed herewith. ARC-1132 has been prepared for use in training city workers.
MA=4200 has been prepared for use in conducting workers’ training meetings in
rural and small communities.

These manuals suggest plans and techniques which may be used by chairmen,
division chairmen, and other leaders in informing, training, and guiding their
volunteer solicitors. They are not meant for distribution to workers. These three
main points are emphasized:

1. General scope of Red Cross work.
e. Facts about the campaign.
3. Plan and technique of solicitation.

Because of the shortage in available manpower this year, it is more
essential now than ever before that a well-trained group of workers take the field
at the opening of the Campaign, We suggest that you give immediate attention to
the organization of classes for the workers in all divisions, and that the Workers'
Training Manuals be used as the basis for providing adequate instructions to all
Zroups.

There is enclosed a self-addressed postcard for use In ordering the
additional number of these manuals your chapter will need in conducting your
Workers! Training Meetings. ‘The supply is limited. However, we will éndeavor

_ to fill chapters! requests as rapidly as received.

Very truly yours,

 

Ene. Manager
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