Remarks at Charleston, West Virginia.
06/14/1931
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The 50 years of the life of the Red Cross, which the American people celebrate today, have been years of evolution of an impulse and an idea...
A woman founded the Red Cross and a woman has enlarged its usefulness.
It represents our people in their most generous, unselfish, and spontaneously warmhearted character.
Supported wholly by the voluntary gifts of the people, it is managed by the voluntary service of high-minded private citizens.