OF THE RED CROSS BEFORE THE HEARINGS COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 6911 AND MERCIAL OR OTHER PURPOSES APRIL 14, 22, 23, AND MAY 26 AND 27, 1942 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs A5 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS SOL BLOOM, New York, Chairman LUTHER A. JOHNSON, Texas HAMILTON FISH, New York CHARLES A. EATON, New Jersey EDITH NOURSE ROGERS, Massachusetts ROBERT B. CHIPERFIELD, Illinois PETE JARMAN, Alabama JOHN M. VORYS, Ohio LAURENCE F. ARNOLD, Illinois FOSTER STEARNS, New Hampshire W.O. BURGIN, North Carolina KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota BARTEL J. JONKMAN, Michigan BOYD CRAWFORD, Clerk INDEX Page Allen, Erastus S., counsel to United States Shoe Corporation, Cincinnati, Annual Report of American National Red Cross, Seventh, excerpt from.. 369 Barton, Miss Clara, president, American National Red Cross, agreement 177 Belmont, Mrs. August, statement of.. Biddle, Hon. Francis, letter to Hon. Sol Bloom, from.-- Bills, list of, introduced in Congress for the incorporation of, or to protect the insignia and name of, the Red Cross -- 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... H. R. 8061, 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. Act of June 20, 1936 (Swiss Coat of Arms). 414 1 Hearings before Committee on Foreign Affairs on H. R. 22311, Sixty- 349 Hearings before Committee on Patents on H. R. 14330, Sixty-fifth Bills and public laws relating to the American Red Cross, reports of Senate and House committees on- H. R. 5580, Fifty-third Congress, House Report 477- S. 1913, Fifty-fifth Congress, House Report 1135. S. 2931, Fifty-sixth Congress, Senate Report 391. S. 2931, Fifty-sixth Congress, House Report 758. S. 5704, Fifty-eighth Congress, House Report 3146- H. R. 27473, Sixtieth Congress, House Report 2188. H. R. 22311, Sixty-first Congress, House Report 1256. S. 6877, Sixty-first Congress, House Report 1592-- S. 4667, Seventy-fourth Congress, House Report 2961 (Swiss Coat of Boardman, Miss Mabel, secretary of the American National Red Cross, 39, 353 112 104, 147 111 116 260 126, 259 365 39 67 92 Davis, Hon. Norman, chairman, American Red Cross: Page Letter to chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, from.. 5, 261, 262 List of registered trade-marks submitted by- 10 Statement by 221 Dickinson, Hon. Edwin D., special assistant to the Attorney General, Department of Justice, statement of.. 139 Dunbar, Miss Virginia, statement of 246 Elston, Hon. Charles H., statement of 78 Fetherstonhaugh & Co., letter to Chauncey P. Carter regarding Canadian statutes.. 112 Flag of the United States, act establishing- 20 Gardner, Lt. Col. Leon L., office of the Surgeon General, Medical Corps, United States Army, statement of 69 Geneva, conventions of: Convention of August 22, 1864.. 271 Proclamation of adherence to Geneva Convention of 1864 issued by President Chester A. Arthur, July 26, 1882-- 274 Report of United States delegation to Geneva Conference, July 10, 1906... 312 Revised Treaty of Geneva, signed July 27, 1929. 391 Proclamation of adherence to Geneva Convention of 1929, issued by President Herbert Hoover, August 4, 1932. 399 Hackworth, Hon. Green H., legal adviser, Department of State, statements of. 51, 108, 127 Hartfield, Col. Joseph M., statement of 239, 372 Hearings by congressional committees. (See Bills.) Hollister, Dwight G. W., president, A. P. W. Paper Co., Albany, N. Y., statement of Holmes, Hector M., representing the New York Mattress Co., Boston, Mass., statement of 96 Hughes, H. J., representing the American Red Cross, statement of.. 4, 236 Correspondence between Hon. Sol Bloom, and. 265, 266 Hull, Hon. Cordell, letter to Hon. Sol Bloom, from.. 198 Johnson & Johnson, statement of Kenneth Perry, secretary of 148 Johnson & Johnson, comparative list of products of.. 429 Statements submitted by 148, 262, 263 Justice, Department of 139 Knox, Hon. Frank, letter to Hon. Sol Bloom, from. 200 List of bills introduced in Congress for the incorporation of, or to protect insignia and name of, the Red Cross .. 164 Magee, Maj. Gen. James C., the Surgeon General, United States Army, statement of 50 McClintock, James K., vice chairman, American Red Cross, statement prepared by.- 266 McIntire, Rear Admiral Ross T., Surgeon General, United States Navy, statement of.- 37 McMahon, Brien, representing the John B. Canepa Co., manufacturers of Red Cross macaroni products: Statement of.. 104 Additional statement of 147 New York Mattress Co. 96 Perry, Kenneth, secretary of Johnson & Johnson, Inc., New Brunswick, N. J., statements of.. 148, 262, 428 Ramspeck, Hon.Robert, statement of.. 39 Readers Digest, article from, regarding American Red Cross - 49 Red Cross, American: Certificate of incorporation of, 1881. 273 Certificate of incorporation of, 1893. 276 Also see Geneva Conventions. Red Cross as a symbol, article 154 Red Cross Chemical Works, Chicago, Ill. -- 111, 116, 259 Red Cross emblem, illegal use of, excerpt from Seventh Annual Report of the American National Red Cross 369 Red Cross, list of bills introduced in Congress for the incorporation of, or to protect the insignia and name of.. 164 Red Cross macaroni products. 104, 147 Red Cross trade-marks, lists of.. 374, 418 Page Rogers, Ernest P., counsel to the Southern Spring Bed Co., Atlanta, Ga., statement of.. 190 Roosevelt, Hon. Franklin D., letter to Hon. Sol Bloom, from. 197 Message from 426 Rosenberg, A. H., president of Universal Match Co., statement of - 202, 219 Schwab, Richard N., president, Southern Spring Bed Co., Atlanta, Ga., statement of.- 183 Sievers, Samuel I., general counsel, Universal Match Co., statement of 202, 219 Smathers, Hon. William H., statement of 4 Southern Spring Bed Co.. 183, 190 State Department.- 51, 108, 127, 198, 426 Stern, Joseph S., president, United States Shoe Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, statement of.. 80, 87 Stimson, Hon. Henry L., letter to Hon. Sol Bloom, from. 200 Sutphin, Hon. William H., statement of_ 35 Swiss Coat of Arms. 414 Treaties. (See Geneva Conventions.) United States Shoe Corporation - 80, 86 Universal Match Co., St. Louis, Mo. 202, 219 Wadsworth, Eliot, letter to chairman central committee, American Red Cross, from 235 Welles, Hon. Sumner, letter to President, from. 426 |