Evening star., 1914-11-28
Committees Now at Work in
Thirty-Five, as We'll as
in the District.
MANY GOVERNORS HELPING
GATHER FOOD AND MONEY
First Detailed Survey of Efforts for
Starving Populace Given by
Minister Havenith.

First detailed survey of the work for
the relief of the starving women and
children of Belgium, throughout the
United States. was given to The Star
today by Emmanuel Haverith, the Bel
gtan minister. chairman and executive
director of the central relief commit
tee. and James G. Whitley, executive
secretary.
This survey shows that -lmittees
are at work gathering foo. supplies
Tor these destitute people in thirty-five
states of the Union, besides the Dis
trtct of Columbia: that In twenty-seven
OF these, statewide committees are in
charge with auxiliary committees in a
number of the larger cities. and that
on most of these the governors are TAX
ing a leading part.
Among these governors are Phillips l..
Coldsborough of Maryland. w. 5. Ham
nlond of Minnesota, l.. b. Hanna of
North Dakota. Frank NJ. Byrne of South
Dakota, F. V. Stewart of Montana,
John H. Morehead of Nebraska, Elliot
W. Major of Missouri. Lee Cruce of
oklahoma and Gov.-elect K. l.. Will
1iams. Henry c. stuart of Virginia, c.
3. Colquitt of Texas, Oswald West of
oregon. Joseph NJ. Carey of Wyoming
and Gov.-elect ]. 3. Kendrick, George
Il Hodges of Kansas and former Gov.
Ernest Lister of Washington.
Greatest Emergency in History.
The need for extraordinary efforts in
this emergency when the United States
Is the only source of supply for this
destitute nation, the greatest emer
.sency of its kind in all history, is
shown by L cable message received
yesterday by Mr.. Whiteley, the secre-
Cary of the central relief committee,
from Herbert &. Hoover. chairman of
the American relief committee in Lon
don, organized under Ambassador Page
and Brand Whitlock, the American min
lister to Brussels.
Mr. Hoover said with 5000 tons of
foodstuffs needed each day for at least
seven months. only about one-half of
this amount was Yet assured. The COM
nlittee estimates that not less than
5oo.o tons OF food, equal TO one bill
lion pounds, or, expressed in Hour,
100000 barrels, must be shipped into
Belgium by June and that 10000 tons
must be started by January l to meet
reuuirementS.
Several large efforts for this relief
lave been started. Conspicuous among
them is the proposition of the North
western MillerS' Relief Association to
send 10000 barrels of flour in two ships
soon to sail. This was organized by
William c. Edgar, editor of the Bell
man and the Northwestern Miller, who
previously headed a relief expedition to
Russia. AS this organization made levy
upon all of the mills through the north
west and on individual subscriptions
some of the state organizations will not
be credited with contributions to the
general fund in the summary of states
which follows.
100 Carloads of Potatoes.
From Wisconsin the Advancement
Association, with headquarters in Mil
vaukee, is arranging to ship 100000
pounds of potatoes. The plan is to load
a train of 100 cars. 1t was doubted at
first whether potatoes could be taken
to Belgium in satisfactory condition,
but 1t is now thought this relief will
be practical and very welcome.
In Iowa a trainload of corn is being
collected and arrangements are being
made with a number of mills to grind
this into meal that will be very serv
iceable in the destitute land.
The work being done by the state
organizations is summarized as follows:
In New York there is n statewide
organization which overlaps in Rhode
island and Connecticut. Robert W. dc
Forest is chairman of the executive
committee This committee has col
iected about 100000, which is being
spent on foodstuffs which are shipped
at once
In New England the committee was
organized by Larz Anderson. former
minister to Belgium and ambassador TO
Japan This committee has collected
more than 100000.
In Missouri the statewide comfnittee
is headed by Gov. Major
In Montana the president of the state
organization is Gov F. b. Stewart:
In Nebraska the state committee wis