Word: adorational
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...preponderating influence played by the American Red Cross in the League of Red Cross Societies-an influence which the Geneva Red Cross apparently finds inimical to its own prestige. It is also reputed to be jealous of the superior business efficiency of the American Red Cross. M. Ador, President of the Geneva Red Cross Committee and a former President of Switzerland, vigorously denied before the Geneva conference that there had been any intention of hurting the feelings of America. He sent the following telegram to John Barton Payne in Washington, Chairman of the American Red Cross: " The International Committee...