The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 24 May 1967 — Page 11

Wednesday, May 24, 1967

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American Red Cross Increases Services to Fighting Men in Viet

Russians Playing For High Stakes in U.A.R.

WASHINGTON, D. C.—Services provided to American fighting men in South Vietnam by the American Red Cross have continued to mount in recent months, increasing by more than 500 per cent in some activities, General James F. Collins, ARC president, said today. As an indication of the skyrocketing demand resulting from the military build up, General Collins said the average number of cases handled each month by Red Cross workers in Vietnam jumped from 2,000 during the first three months of 1964 to 11.000 monthly in January, February, and March of this year. Emergency messages involving these cases are now flashing back and forth between com-

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! munities at home and the Viet- , nam front at the rate of 10,000 a month, he added, and this ! does not include the many thousands of less urgent airmail communications exchanged every week between local ARC chapters and Red Cross field di;rectors stationed with the i troops. The relay of information is one of the key jobs performed by the Red Cross for members of the armed forces, frequently : providing the military with fac- | tual reports about an illness or i death in the family required to : determine the need for emergency leaves. On the brighter 1 side, the messages may be news of a newborn child. For the able-bodied fighting men in South Vietnam Red Cross services are performed by {field staff at 41 locations in that country. Many of the ARC staff traveled to Southeast Asia with the units they are now helping—serving for and with the servicemen, living, eating and sleeping under the same combat conditions. Red Cross services for the ill and injured have quadrupled in Vietnam alone and have doubled elsewhere in the Far East as new hospitals have been set up to care for casualties. ARC hospital volunteers have increased by over 1,000 throughout Asia and they are devoting more than 20,000 hours of serv-

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ice each month to making life' are being met through military a little brighter for the wound- j collections in the Far East, ed, General Collins continued. | More than $600,000 in donat-

ed and purchased supplies for

-During refueling or rest us troops have been shipped stops made by militaiy hospital tQ South Vietnam by the planes in the Philippines. Okin- Ajnerican Red Cro8S since last

awa, Guam, Japan, Hawaii, and at air force bases in this coun-

try, these tireless workers are

summer, General Collins added, and this does not include 2,700 shipments of gifts and supplies

LONDON UPI — The Russians are playing for high stakes in the current Middle East

crisis.

They are clearly determined to maintain, if not widen, their foothold in the area to tip the East-West power balance in the Middle East in their favor. Diplomats said the next few days will reveal more clearly the motives behind Soviet strat- ! egy in the crisis.

The Russians are deeply involved in the Middle East and have a heavy political, military and propaganda investment there. But are they prepared to push their intervention to the point of risking involvement in war and in outright confrontation with the United States? Soviet affairs experts hold that on present evidence and past patterns of Kremlin strat-

egy, Moscow Is neither willing nor prepared to risk crossing the brink in the Middle East. For the Kremlin, there are too many uncertainties and doubtful allies. They have backed their political strategy with sizeable and continuing arms shipments to Syria and the United Arab Republic. Now they have hastened to pledge their support for UA.R. President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s last crisis moves against Israel. What they have told Nasser and Syrian leaders privately is another matter. It is in this counsel that lies the answer to

the Kremlin's deepest intentions. If they urge them — as is assumed in London — to go easy and avoid further brinkmanship, war in the Middle East is believed to be avoidable — although at a price for American prestige and Israeli status. But, as some diplomatic reports suggest, if Moscow has given Nasser more or less a fres hand, a showdown appears almost inevitable. Much will depend, diplomats say, on the ultimate U.S. stand in the current conflict. It could sway the Kremlin’s final action even at this late hour.

on hand day or night to provide I gent t h ARC chapters to

whatever measure of comfort

they can for the patients,” he said. "Sometimes it’s a book or magazine, or for those whose

field directors for distribution in combat areas at Christmas time. These included everything from cameras and radios to a

dirt, permit, . hot or cold drink | ^ >nd , ^ b>r fron] a

and cookies, gum, mints, and

fruit juices. At one air base in Japan volunteers have made a great hit by providing patients with hot towels in the Japanese

guest tradition.”

While the American Red Cross has had no volunteers in South Vietnam since American military dependents were evacuated last year, ARC career workers are on duty in the five military hospitals in that coun-

12-year-old girl.

Other Red Cross supplies sent, en route, or projected for the military in Southeast Asia include 200,000 paperback books; 160,000 ditty bags, nearly all made by chapter volunteers; and 50,000 comfort kits. These contain soap, razor and blades, toothbrush and paste, and other articles for wounded servicemen who have lost their

personal effects. Other items

try and on the U.S. Navy Hos- scnt range from hot water

pital Ship Repose, General Col-

lins added.

Newest Red Cross service in Vietnam ie the Center-Clubmo-bile recreation program which provides servicemen with a place where they can relax from combat and other duties for a few hours to play pingpong or cards, write letters home, have a soft drink, and an opportunity to “bat the breeze” with an American girl. Where security permits, clubmobile teams take special recreation programs to the more Isolated troops who cannot come to the

center.

▲t present, General Collins added, 46 Red Cross recreation workers are operating units at Da Nang serving the 3rd Marine Amphibious Force, at Nha Trang with the U.S. Army Support Command, at Bien Hoa with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, at Di An with the First Infantry Division, at Cam Ranh Bay serving the 904th Quartermaster Depot, and at An Khe with the First Air Cavalry Division. Staff has been assigned to open three more units Immediately at Phan Rang, Dong Ba Thin, and Qui Nhon. Other locations, requested by the military commands, also are being considered. Since the CenterClubmobile units operation began last October, nearly 64,000 combat support troops have participated in the programs. In all, ISO Red Cross staff workers art now stationed in South Vietnam, a ten-fold increase since last summer, it was pointed out, and this number is expected to exceed 200 by June. To offset the serious drain on the national organization's financial resources caused by the increased cost of Red Cross services to the military in Vietnam, plus two years of unprecedented disaster expenditures, General Collins said Red Cross chapters have been asked to raise an additional $9 million in special campaigns during the course of the next fiscal year. On the home front, an increase also has taken place in assistance given to families of servicemen by Red Cross chapters, he stated, and many chapters have brought the wives and parents of men in Vietnam together in groups to share informs tion, experiences, and learn of resources which can be helpful in coping with the many problems caused by family sep-

aration.

Also here at home, the American Red Cross is currently collecting 290,000 units of blood at the request of the Department of Defense. For use in Vietnam and elsewhere, the blood is being processed into the fractions gamma globulin to fight hepatitis, and serum albumin which is useful in combatting shock caused by wounds. Tb date more than 79,000 blood units have been collected, over half of it from college and university students. Whole blood needs in Vietnam

bottle covers to tape recorders and clip boards—all designed to assist and comfort U.S. troops working and fighting under difficult conditions. The American Red Cross also is expanding its help for civilians uprooted by the fighting in South Vietnam, General Collins said. It has launched a new 11point aid program including medical and first aid supplies, provisions of a nursing instructor, financial support for training first air teams, 25,000 layettes which ARC chapter have been asked to make, the purchase of two ambulances, four wheelchairs, 40 beds for civilian amputees, and six monthly shipments of 1,000 cans of sweetened condensed milk to be given Vietnamese children on a prescription basis. Given through the Vietnamese Red Cross, this program will continue into 1967. American Red Cross youth is activs in people-to-people projects to assist their counterparts in South Vietnam. Some items en route or projected—all packed and financed by ARC youth activities—include 102,000 friendship boxes, 40,000 friendship kits, and 1,500 school chests. These items are given to Vietnamese young people in need of creational, health, or school supplies. The special campaign and the Increased services to U.S. forces in Southeast Asia will be high on the list of subjects to be discussed next week when some 4,000 ARC volunteers and staff meet for the forty-first annual Red Cross Convention in San Diego. “The assistance being given our servicemen.” General Collins added, “is in actuality being given by the American people through their Red Cross. It is designed and intended to help maintain morale and to make life for the American servicemen and the people of South Vietnam a little easier.’*

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