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    "ocrText": "CHN#4\ning that she is not qualified because of her refusal to meet the\nemergency in Colorado Springs by breaking the order issued to\nher\". In fact the contrary is true.\nThe protest was made at\nDenver, and is now made here, not that she is disqualified \"be-\ncause of her refusal to meet the emergency in Colorado Springs\nby breaking the order issued to her\", but that as evidenced by\nher refusal at a time of very grave and vital need to help sol-\ndiers dying at her very door, and by her attitude at the time\nand afterwards she is totally disqualified by her very nature and\nby her indifference to suffering and to service to help soldiers\nover seas. Her readiness to take refuge behind a rule made for\nnormal conditions and not for a critical emergency, and her in-\ndifference shown by her waiting twelve hours to consult with her\nsuperior about release from that rule, displaying no concern dur-\ning the several days that the emergency continued grave, show her\nlacking in eagerness to serve or unable to move alone and unfit for\nemergency work for which the Red Cross stands above all else.\nIn view of the things aforesaid, the Pikes Peak Chapter\nof the Red Cross at Colorado Springs, protests\n1. The sending over seas of Miss Lewis for service in\nthe American Red Cross;\n2. The attitude of Miss Welch in upholding Miss Lewis,\nmaintaining that the foregoing is a true report of the circum-\nstances of the case, while the report of Miss Welch is incom-\nplete, inaccurate and essentially misleading;\n3. Protests the apparent upholding of Miss Lewis\nby Mountain Division Headquarters for the reason that justifica-\ntion of such conduct cannot fail to greatly injure the morale"
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