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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 19, 1948.
RED CROSS MONTH, 1948
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the American National Red Cross, in accordance with
the provisions of its federal charter, continues to give succor to
victims of disaster, to render special services to our armed forces,
and in many other ways to contribute to the health, safety, and wel-
fare of our people; and
WHEREAS in 1947 the Red Cross expended a sum in excess of
$11,000,000 on account of disasters alone, aiding the victims of the
greatest number. of calamities in any single year of the organization's
history; and
WHEREAS in response to a growing need, recognized by numerous
medical leaders, the Red Cross has now embarked upon a national blood-
donor program, designed eventually to furnish whole blood and blood
derivatives to the entire Nation without cost therefor; and
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WHEREAS the Red Cross must stand ready to provide assistance
to millions of American war veterans in their readjustment to civilian
life and to furnish added comfort, entertainment, and relaxation to those
in Government hospitals; and
WHEREAS this organization, which exemplifies the noblest instinct
of mankind -- the desire to aid one's fellow man --, is now issuing its
1948 appeal for contributions totaling $75,000,000:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United
States of America and Honorary Chairman of the American National Red
Cross, do hereby designate March 1948 as Red Cross Month; and I urge
every citizen to respond as generously as possible to this humanitarian
cause.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this eighteenth day of Febru-
ary in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and forty-
(SEAL)
eight, and of the Independence
of the United States of America
the one hundred and seventy-
second.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
By the President:
G. C. MARSHALL,
Secretary of State.