RICHARD OLNEY
I have always believed in Miss Barton’s merits as a patriot and disinterested worker in aid of suffering humanity.
Richard Olney, in 1916.
ATTORNEYS FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SOCIETY UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF CLARA BARTON
LEWIS A. STEBBINS
Clara Barton is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of humanitarians of recent times.
Lewis A. Stebbins, in 1922.
WILLIAM H. SEARS
Measured by her achievements, Clara Barton is the greatest woman the world has yet produced.
William H. Sears.
The memorial tablet[[8]] was not placed in the Red Cross Building, as requested by the friends of Clara Barton, backed by one and one-half millions of petitioners to have it so placed, the most forceful argument being that one of the largest contributors to the cost of the building—and a friend of the accuser—made objection.
[8]. As a substitute for the proposed memorial tablet in the Red Cross building, the statue of Clara Barton, representing American philanthropy, should be placed in the “Hall of Fame” in the National Capitol, alongside that of Frances Willard, representing temperance; and the name of the Red Cross Founder also should be recognized as President In Memoriam of the American Red Cross, as her name is now recognized by The National First Aid Association of America.
The foregoing is the authentic record presented to Congress in 1916, and a complete statement of facts—all the important recorded facts—relating to the “charges” of 1903–1904, with no official charges succeeding that date. Nor have I found in many months of examination in the Library of Congress, consisting of 2,800,000 volumes, or anywhere else of record, any detraction of early American Red Cross history or the slightest intimation that the Red Cross Founder was dishonest or a malfeasant in office, except from the pen of this “lone accuser.”