Red Cross Meet To Hear Pacific Division Leader Reports and Election to Feature Parley, Due to Open Monday Henry M. Baker of San Francisco, assistant manager of the Pacific branch, American Red Cross, and formerly a national director of dis¬aster relief, will address the annual, meeting of the organization's Salt Lake county chapter at noon Mon¬day in the Hotel Utah, Mrs. T. L. Holman, Salt Lake county chairman, said Saturday. Mr. Baker is scheduled to arrive in Salt Lake City at 7:30 p. m. Sunday. To Give Reports Reports at the meeting will be made by Mrs. Holman, who will review the year's activities, and Ed¬ward T. Brown, treasurer. Repre¬senting the Junior Red Cross, Larene Carey, a student at the Whittier school, will deliver a speech as a feature of the meeting. Included on the musical program will be selections by the University of Utah double quartet and a solo by Miss Dorothy Kimball. Officers and board members will be elected, following a report of the nominating committee. Present officers are Mrs. Holman, Calvin Behle, first vice chairman; Mrs. William J. Lowe, second vice chair¬man; Mrs. F. M. McHugh, secre¬tary, and Mr. Brown, treasurer. Baker to Speak On Tuesday, Mr. Baker will be the principal speaker at a joint disaster preparedness meeting of the Red Cross and the American Legion, to be held in the chamber of commerce at 12:30 p. m. Kingsley E. Clawson, commander of the American Legion post No. 2, said there does not exist in Salt Lake county a coordinated plan or system which would be able to func¬tion should disaster strike here. "Mr. Baker," he said, '"will present for discussion and action, methods of meeting the problem, and for the cooperation of several groups in ar¬ranging active organizations pre- id to combat any emergency. THANKS GIVEN BY ROOSEVELT President-Elect Outlines Stand On National Issues Presidents of the Democratic study groups in Ogden have received let¬ters from the executive mansion in Albany, N.Y., expressing apprecia¬tion of Governor Roosevelt of work done in the recent campaign. The president-elect writes: "As the campaign draws to a close I want to thank you and througt you, your co-workers who have giv-en such loyal and untiring devo¬tion to my support. WELFARE OF HOME "I believe," and I repeat it to you again, that the welfare of your home is the first concern of gov¬ernment. Likewise, today as never before, the policies and acts of gov¬ernment concern your home. Therefore I am going to take this oppor¬tunity to reaffirm to you my stand on certain national issues which lead straight down to your doorstep and affect the well-being and se¬curity of your household. "Briefly, I assure you that: "1. I will endeavor to open world trade channels not only for reviving prosperity, but as a practical step toward renewing world friendships and remove the threat of future wars from your children. "2. I will continue to give strong support to social." industrial and child welfare work which touches every home. 3. "I insist on drastic retrenchment in government expenses so as to lighten as speedily as possible your heavy burden of taxes. "4. I seek to save the farm homes in so far as I am able, through re¬financing mortgages, and seeking lower rates of interest. "5. I will continue my light for cheaper electricity in the home — particularly the rural homes. LIQUOR PROMISE "6. I promise you, as my plat¬form promises you, that your state will have control of its own prohi¬bition status. If it chooses to re¬main dry it shall receive federal aid in enforcing its state statutes. "7. I absolutely oppose the return of the saloon and the menace of this unlawful and undesirable in-stitution. 8. "I pledge you my zeal, my strength, my best of mind and pur¬pose in restoring business confidence in correcting the blunders and the inefficiency of the last four years, and in placing your home on a saf¬er sounder foundation. "Thank you again my friends, for your generous service in this cam¬paign. I look forward to the opportunity of serving you." WOMEN ENLIST WITH WAR-TIME SPIRIT IN RED CROSS DRIVE ON DISTRESS Little Sarah Jo Thrush tries on a dress made from Red Cross cotton. In a chapter production room, where Miss Jeanette Racoosin is one of several hundred volunteers sewing garments for the needy. In the bins behind her are thousands of men's shirts and children's garments to be made up and given away. At right, Miss Mabel T. Boardman, secretary of the Red Cross, under whose leadership several hundred thousand women are making clothing for the unemployed. More Cotton Needed For Relief Purposes WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—(AP)— John Barton Payne, chairman of the American national Red Cross, told a senate committee today that cotton voted by congress last ses¬sion to provide clothing for the needy, is meeting only about 20 per cent of the demand. Testifying at hearings on the La- Follette-Costigan bill under which $500,000,000 would be raised by a federal bond issue and given out¬right to the states for unemploy¬ment relief, Payne said the requests for clothing are continuing and that more cotton is needed. MILLIONS USED IN RELIEF WORK Aids Red Cross Red Cross Expenditures Audited By War Department Since the conclusion of the World war, the American Red Cross has spent more than $167,000,000 in ser¬vice and relief, it was revealed to¬day in a report by the local chap¬ter. These are expenditures by the national organisation alone and do no include numerous additional mil¬lions expended by the society's 16,000 chapters and branches, the re¬port stated. These expenditures greatly exceed the income for the same period, due to the fact that surplus on hand at the close of the war have been freely drawn upon to finance the regular program. The balance which now remains is barely sufficient to assure completion of the work in behalf of disabled veterans and to keep the organization in readiness for immediate action in case of dis¬aster. To continue its program and meet the ever-growing demands upon it, the Red Cross is faced with the necessity of substantially increasing its membership. The Red Cross has created un- equaled records for low administra¬tive costs. The local chapter quot¬ed Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes as saying, at the Red Cross Fiftieth anniversary celebration in Washington, D. C., last May, "None of our boasted industrial efforts surpasses it in efficiency." During the past fiscal year it disbursed more than $16,000,000 at a cost of one and one-half per cent. No organization in existence makes more scrupulous accounting of its funds than the American Red Cross. Each year its books are aud¬ited by the United States war de¬partment, and its annual report of operations and finances is given wide circulation throughout the country. Associated Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wearing the uniform of an American Red Cross production worker, as she appeared during the filming of the Red Cross motion picture, "The Symbol of Mercy."