Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 3, Hammond, Lake County, 20 June 1917 — Page 8

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President "Woodrow "Wilson Has asked for $100,000,000 to support the Red Cross! We men and women who have read the splendid appeal of President Wilson for the Red Cross, realize the necessity of this large amount of monev. We know and believe in the Red Cross. We know that the fathers, brothers and sons who go to the front should have every comfort and care. We know, too, that every man or woman, boy or girl who stays at home will want to send their "bit" whether it be $1.00, $10.00, $100.00, $10,000.00 or $100,000.00 One man in New York has given five million dollars to the Red Cross. Our leading citizens are giving one full week of their time to collect this money. There are now over 600,000 members of the Red Cross in this country. If each one of these members will devote two hours of each day to soliciting subscriptions make 'three calls a day every man, woman or' child will be asked personally to give to his utmost to the Red Cross. Read carefully the balance of this page advertisement and then make up your mind to give liberally and to induce others to give liberally. The Red Cross is the greatest humanitarian organization in the world. It provides for' care of the sick and wounded at the war base. It provides for the soldiers' and sailors' families. It provides employment for returned disabled men, and under government direction, goes where you and I cannot go in the hour of danger. Red Cross Subscribers are not expected to go to the. war front; nor do they assume any financial obligation other than the payment of their subscription. But the aggregate of these subscriptions, paid by millions of grateful men, women and children all over the land, will make possible the beneficent work of relief upon which the soldier, sailor and his family depend. This is not charity. To take our place in the ranks of the Red Cross is merely to do our rightful part in helping to win this war.

President Woodrow Wilson, President of the American Red Cross, says: "I have today created within the Red Cross a war council to which will be entrusted the duty of responding to the extraordinary demands which the present war will make upon the services of the Red Cross, both in the field and in civilian relief. "The best wa in which to impart the greatest efficiency and energy to the relief work which this war will entail will be to concentrate it in T' the hands of a single experienced organization which has been recognized by law and by international convention as the public instrumentality for such purposes. - "Indeed such a concentration of administrative action in this matter seems to me absolutely necessary, and I hereby earnestly call upon all those who can contribute either great sums or small to the alleviation of the suffering and distress which must inevitably arise out of this fight for humanity and democracy to contribute to the Red Cross. N "It will be one of the first and most necessary tasks of the new war council of the Red Cross to raise great sums of money for the support of the work to be done and done upon a great scale. "I hope that the response to their efforts will be a demonstration of. the generosity of America and the power of genuine practical sympatky" among our people that will command the admiration of the whole world." (Statement by President Woodrow Wilson, issued May 10, 1917.) Subscribe today. Don't wait for others to take the lead. You know what the Red Cross is. You know what it is doing. You know that there never has been the slightest question of the honesty and efficiency with which Red Cross funds have been distributed or Red Cross affairs administered. Husbands and wives should subscribe. Children, too, should subscribe. The boy or girl who supports the Red Cross bears a part in this great national enterprise. In no better way can the boys and girls help their country. Subscribe Today! Do you "bit" by subscribing now and thus helping this city to do her "bit" to raise $100,000,000 for the Red Cross!

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