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14.
CERTIFICATES
Official Interpretations
The following interpretations by the Chairman govern the issuance
of certificates:
In connection with the awarding of certificates
and insignia for (1) national staff workers serving over-
seas, (2) the national staff serving in the United States
and the workers in chapters, and (3) foreign workers asso-
ciated with the American Red Cross operations abroad, the
Chairman has ruled that any volunteer is, for this partic-
ular purpose, a member of an American Red Cross organized
volunteer service.
The Chairman also has ruled that all workers
otherwise qualified for a certificate of wartime service
and not separated from the service for prejudice will be
presumed to have rendered the kind of service referred to
in the particular certificate. Unless this presumption
is affirmatively rebutted the certificate will be issued.1
Certificates or insignia to be awarded to the
national staff for less than 200 hours or 12 months on
the basis of "effective service of special significance"
must be approved by the National Chairman.
The following statement covers the interpretation of the National
Committee on Insignia, Uniforms, and Awards, regarding the period covering
eligibility for certificates:
January 1, 1940 was fixed arbitrarily because it marked
the first year in which the American Red Cross began
in any volume to engage in foreign war relief. Some work
was done between September 1, and December 31, 1939, but
on the whole it was only preliminary to the big under-
takings of 1940 and 1941
the American Red Cross
will be governed by the Government announcement of the
"fofficial close of the War. 12
1. Memorandum, James I. Nicholson to Dr. Harry A. Wann, September 21, 1945.
2. Memorandum, Walter Davidson to Mrs. Margaret L. Van Houten, August 28, 1945.
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