140% INDEX Page Allen, Erastus S., counsel to United States Shoe Corporation, Cincinnati, 86 Annual Report of American National Red Cross, Seventh, excerpt from.. 369 92 Barton, Miss Clara, president, American National Red Cross, agreement relating to Johnson & Johnson, signed by.. 177 Belmont, Mrs. August, statement of. 245, 247 Biddle, Hon. Francis, letter to Hon. Sol Bloom, from... 201 Bills, list of, introduced in Congress for the incorporation of, or to protect the insignia and name of, the Red Cross... 164 Bills and public laws relating to American Red Cross, etc.: H. R. 5580, Fifty-third Congress, second session__ S. 1913, Fifty-fifth Congress, first session__ S. 2931, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session___. S. 5704, Fifty-eighth Congress, third session_. H. R. 27473, Sixtieth Congress, second session_ H. R. 22311, Sixty-first Congress, second session_. H. R. 14330, Sixty-fifth Congress, third session.. H. R. 6911, Seventy-seventh Congress, second session.. 1 Bills and public laws relating to the American Red Cross, hearings on: 349 Hearings before Committee on Patents on H. R. 14330, Sixty-fifth 372 H. R. 5580, Fifty-third Congress, House Report 477. Bills and public laws relating to the American Red Cross, reports of S. 1913, Fifty-fifth Congress, House Report 1135 282 285 S. 2931, Fifty-sixth Congress, Senate Report 391. 290 S. 2931, Fifty-sixth Congress, House Report 758- 292 306 343 345 348 S. 4667, Seventy-fourth Congress, House Report 2961 (Swiss Coat of 415 Boardman, Miss Mabel, secretary of the American National Red Cross, 39, 353 Byrne, Hon. William T., statement of 39 Canadian Statutes, letter to Chauncey P. Carter, regarding_ 112 Candy Brothers Mfg. Co. (See A. H. Rosenberg.) Canepa, John B., & Co.--- Carter, Chauncey P., representing the Red Cross Chemical Works, Chi 104, 147 Davis, Maj. Gen. George W., article on the Red Cross insignia and name 365 Davis, Hon. Norman, chairman, American Red Cross: Letter to chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, from-- Statement by-- Dickinson, Hon. Edwin D., special assistant to the Attorney General, De- Page 5, 261, 262 10 221 Fetherstonhaugh & Co., letter to Chauncey P. Carter regarding Canadian statutes - - Gardner, Lt. Col. Leon L., office of the Surgeon General, Medical Corps, 112 20 69 Geneva, conventions of: Convention of August 22, 1864__ 271 Proclamation of adherence to Geneva Convention of 1864 issued by 274 Report of United States delegation to Geneva Conference, July 10, 312 Revised Treaty of Geneva, signed July 27, 1929 Hackworth, Hon. Green H., legal adviser, Department of State, statements Hartfield, Col. Joseph M., statement of - . statement of - Holmes, Hector M., representing the New York Mattress Co., Boston, Hughes, H. J., representing the American Red Cross, statement of Hull, Hon. Cordell, letter to Hon. Sol Bloom, from--- Johnson & Johnson, statement of Kenneth Perry, secretary of Knox, Hon. Frank, letter to Hon. Sol Bloom, from - - - 200 List of bills introduced in Congress for the incorporation of, or to protect 164 Magee, Maj. Gen. James C., the Surgeon General, United States Army, statement of - - 50 McIntire, Rear Admiral Ross T., Surgeon General, United States Navy, McClintock, James K., vice chairman, American Red Cross, statement 266 37 McMahon, Brien, representing the John B. Canepa Co., manufacturers of Perry, Kenneth, secretary of Johnson & Johnson, Inc., New Brunswick, 148, 262, 428 Ramspeck, Hon. Robert, statement of. Readers Digest, article from, regarding American Red Cross.. 39 49 Red Cross, American: Certificate of incorporation of, 1881 - 273 276 Red Cross as a symbol, article_ Red Cross Chemical Works, Chicago, Ill. --- 154 111, 116, 259 Red Cross emblem, illegal use of, excerpt from Seventh Annual Report Red Cross, list of bills introduced in Congress for the incorporation of, or Rogers, Ernest P., counsel to the Southern Spring Bed Co., Atlanta, Ga., Roosevelt, Hon. Franklin D., letter to Hon. Sol Bloom, from.. Message from Page 190 197 426 202, 219 183 Rosenberg, A. H., president of Universal Match Co., statement of Sievers, Samuel I., general counsel, Universal Match Co., statement of 202, 219 State Department.. 4 183, 190 51, 108, 127, 198, 426 Stern, Joseph S., president, United States Shoe Corporation, Cincinnati, 80, 87 Stimson, Hon. Henry L., letter to Hon. Sol Bloom, from.. 200 Sutphin, Hon. William H., statement of.. 35 Treaties. (See Geneva Conventions.) Swiss Coat of Arms___. United States Shoe Corporation__. Universal Match Co., St. Louis, Mo.- Wadsworth, Eliot, letter to chairman central committee, American Red Cross, from.. Welles, Hon. Sumner, letter to President, from_. 414 80, 86 202, 219 235 426 H. R. 6911 TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1942 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Washington, D. C. The committee met at 10:30 a. m., Hon. Sol Bloom (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will kindly come to order. The committee has under consideration H. R. 6911, which I will kindly ask the reporter to insert at this point, together with a message from the President of the United States. (H. R. 6911 and the message from the President of the United States are as follows:) [H. R. 6911, 77th Cong., 2d sess.] A BILL To implement article 28 of the convention signed at Geneva on July 27, 1929, and proclaimed by the President on August 4, 1932 (47 Stat. 2074, 2092), by making it a criminal offense for any person to use the emblem and name of the Red Cross for commercial or other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the American National Red Cross", approved January 5, 1905 (33 Stat. 600), as amended (Act of June 23, 1910, 36 Stat. 604, U. S. Code, title 36, sec. 4), be and it hereby is, further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4. That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person within the jurisdiction of the United States to falsely or fraudulently hold himself out as or represent or pretend himself to be a member of or an agent for the American National Red Cross for the purpose of soliciting, collecting, or receiving money or material; or for any person to wear or display the sign of the Red Cross or any insignia colored in imitation thereof for the fraudulent purpose of inducing the belief that he is a member of or an agent for the American National Red Cross. It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, or association other than the American National Red Cross and its duly authorized employees and agents and the Army and Navy sanitary and hospital authorities of the United States for the purpose of trade or as an advertisement to induce the sale of any article whatsoever or for any business or charitable purpose to use within the territory of the United States of America and its exterior possessions the emblem of the Greek Red Cross on a white ground, or any sign or insignia made or colored in imitation thereof, or of the words 'Red Cross' or 'Geneva Cross', or any combination of these words: Provided, however, That any person, corporation, or association that actually used or whose assignor actually used the said emblem, sign, insignia, or words for any lawful purpose prior to January 5, 1905, may continue the use thereof for the same purpose and for the same class of goods for a period not exceeding one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. If any person, corporation, or association, or any member, director, officer, agent, representative, or employee thereof violates the provision of this section he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in any Federal court shall be liable to a fine of not more than $5,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both, for each and every offense." |