3-7-50 Military Division Up in Front as Fund Drive Waged Utah General Depot First to Exceed Quota in Campaign Making one of the best reports at the first report luncheon of the 1950 Weber county American Red Cross drive were members of the mili¬tary division. Left to right, Darrell A. Wolff, Colonel Frank C. Hol- brook, Colonel C. M, Sartain, Colonql Graves b. McGary, Comman¬der W. N. Gray, R. B. Johnson and Gene Hardy. Taking the lead in the 1950 We¬ber county American Red Cross fund drive is the military division, one of whose organizations, the Utah general depot, was the first to exceed its quota. At the first report luncheon held Monday at the Ben Lomond hotel, the military division came through with flying colors to make one of the best- reports of the drive. It announced a collection of $2,653 from the Utah general depot which was 126 per cent of the assigned quota. The luncheon was sponsored by Mountain States Telephone & Tele¬graph Co., Utah Power & Light Co. and Mountain Fuel Supply Co. The three firms footed the cost of the bill, nothing being spent from col-lected funds, it was explained by Gene Robinson, general chairman. Second report luncheon will be held Friday, Mard10, at noon in the ballroom of the hotel. All di¬vision workers and chairman are asked to turn in their envelopes and collections at that meeting. Friday's luncheon will be spon¬sored by the Commercial Secur¬ity bank, Ogden Ford Sales and the Federal Building and Loan associ¬ation. Collections Monday totalled $9.276 or 21 per cent of the total goal of $44,865. Working with Chairman Graves B. McGary in the military division are: Major Joseph Jackson, Gene Hardy, Ogden arsenal; Commander W. N. Gray, R. B. Johnson, Clear-fied naval supply depot; Captain Thomas G. A. Welch, A. Wayne Baker, Hill air force base, and Col. Charles Blumenfieid, D. A. Wolff, Utah general depot. Famous American Doing His Bit in Red Cross Campaign Among the thousands o^ Americans performing volun¬teer service for the American Red Cross is George Catlett Marshall, former chief of staff, former secretary of state, author of the Marshall plan, senior officer of the army, a five star general who is supposed to be retired. i General Marshall at 69, recovering from a severe illness, serious about his duties as president of the American Red Cross, is touring the country, speaking to chapter workers and the public, proclaiming the need for and his .confidence in the Red Cross. The Red Cross, he tells his hearers, is required under its charter from congress and under international treaty to assist the armed forces of the United States in war and in peace. It is required to act swiftly in great national calami¬ties and ease suffering caused by pestilence, famine, fire and floods. It is require to administer emergency relief in for¬eign lands. Red Cross is an organization that belongs to the people, the general points out. It works through 3,700 county chap¬ters and 5,000 branches. One by one he takes up the GI gripes against Red Cross. The complaint from soldiers that they had to pay for Red Cross coffee and doughnuts, he says, arose from Secretary Stimson's order that this be done so American soldiers among the allies wouldn't be in the position of being favored over their buddies of other lands, The general points out that the number of soldiers and sailors is large today so Red Cross service to them must be more extensive than in pre-war pe¬riods. He also points out the Red Cross responsibility for blood banks. General Marshall's confidence in-the Red Cross, his statement of its needs and his devoted leadership to Red Cross should help us to make up our minds to support it gen¬erously by our contributions in the present campaign for funds.