FINNS RECOMMEND AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Helsinki, Finland (JFK+50) On January 26, 1921, the government of Finland made the decision to recommend to the Prize Committee that the American Red Cross* receive the Nobel Peace Prize for...
"its blessed activities (which) relieved suffering in the war, served the purposes of humanity and promoted mutual solidarity of the nations."
*The American National Red Cross is a humanitarian organization providing emergency assistance, disaster relief and disaster preparedness education.
ARC was founded by Clara Barton in 1881 in Dansville, NY. John D. Rockefeller was among the donors for the National Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
JFK+50 NOTE
President Kennedy once told a story about his Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg who it seemed had once gotten lost on a mountain climb.
JFK said a search party was dispatched and yelled out, "GOLDBERG! GOLDBERG! IT'S THE RED CROSS!"
The President said, "this voice came down the mountain...'I gave at the office'."
SOURCE
"Finns Ask Nobel Prize For U.S. Red Cross," The New York Tribune, January 27, 1921, www.loc.gov/
