The distribution of food to the nearly three hundred thousand
sufferers in San Francisco has been a difficult problem for
solution, but we think a system has been adopted that will
make the distribution as nearly perfect as possible, and as
the subject may be of some interest to the National Society, I
enclose herewith the plan of registering of persons desiring
food, the directions for registering applicants at relief
stations; also a registration card and a food card.
You may, perhaps, find it interesting, and I would suggest
that you show it to Mr. President Taft. The plan was devised
by Professor C. C. Plehn of our State University, and we think
it would be well to have it made a matter of record for future
reference. The plan goes into effect immediately.
_Very truly yours_,
WM. W. MORROW,
_President, State Branch Society_.
A reproduction of the registration and food cards are given and it is
especially interesting to note that in the Japanese Famine Relief work,
as seen by Baron Ozawa’s report contained in the Bulletin, that the
Japanese Red Cross also used a system of registration.