Brooks House Calls For 300 Blood Donors

Second call of the year for blood donors went out from Phillips Brooks House yesterday as plans for a new drive were announced by S. M. Strawson, Jr. '47, chairman of the Blood Donor Committee.

Applications may be filed at PBH next week by those wishing to give blood, with those accepted giving their pint on April 9, 10, or 11 from 12 to 6 o'clock. Men are also needed to solicit donors for the 300-pint quota, and anyone interested may sign up any day next week between 11 and 12 o'clock.

State authorities have worked out a program which they hope will case the somewhat tight situation now existing. "The Department of Public Health, working with the Red Cross . . . is already supplying much-needed plasma and fractional blood, and to as great an extent as possible, whole blood," said Strawson.

"As yet, whole blood can be stored for only about four weeks, and the incoming supply is still insufficient. However, as more and more people participate it is becoming possible to arrange for transfers and eliminate the charge of from $20 to $35 a pint for blood," Strawson added.

Radcliffe, Harvard employees, the School of Public Administration, and the Graduate Schools will join the College in the drive. All men between 18 and 65 who can pass the physical check-up are eligible to give blood.