New-York tribune., 1915-03-14
CHURCHES JOIN
IN PLAN TO AID
ALL In WANT
Catholic, Jew, Protestant
Unite to Help Idle as
Well as War Sufferers.
REPORTS TO BE MADE
AT NOON EACH DAY
Women Active in Social and
Religious Life Will Also CO.
operate in Campaign.

Generous New York, hitherto per-
mitted to come forward and contribute
| 20 various relief and unemployment
| funds when the spirit moved. is to be
| systematically canvassed by an or
ganzation recently formed under
! prominent patronage.
The Belgian American Relief and I'M
employment Fund has undertaken the
| c, lection OF huge sum OF money on a
gigantic scale. More than 1000 men
and women have enlisted as active
workers. They are inspired by the need
"for the relief of unemployed Ameri-
cans, destitute Belgians and innocent
non -combatants OF the world war tin
cooperation c. with the General Belgian
Relief Committed
Thus the founders 20 beyond the
hopes of any of the relief agencies
| that have sprung into existence since
! the war began. They aim to relieve all
who are in need, and to do this, where
others have attempted only to aid dis
| tinct division Of destitute, plan 70 sup
ply large sums to the principal funds
now caring for starving families in
/ Europe and the unemployed in this
J city.
! When all the various committees and
| branches Of the Belgian American Re
! lief and Unemployment Fund have been
! thoroughly organized and instructed in
| their work a signal will be given and
tn entire city searched for every un-
employed penny.
| Churches of all denominations, Prot
estant and Catholic, will have their
| committee Of ten or twenty persons,
and each worker will personally solicit
! contributions.
Cardinal Farley and Monsignor La
velle have given their hearty sanction
of the plan. with the assurances OF
! their cooperation. Practically all the
societies allied with the Catholic
Church will participate in the raising
! OF the fund. Protestant churches are
being effectively organized and the
Jewish congregations have taken hold
with spirit. Otto III. Kahn has prom
ised to do everything in his power TO
promote the success of the fund. Club
women will be represented by COM
mittee of 100.
At noon every day during the cam
paign the solicitors will meet to make
their reports. Men and women promi.
nent in the commercial, club. social and
religious life Of the city will be pres
ent, among them many of the patrons
and patronesses of the main fund.
The list of patrons and patronesses
as made out TO date, Includes:
John G.. Agar, Mrs. John Jacob Astor
George Grey Barnard, William Henry
Barnum, Mrs. william Hanford Beers
Gordon. X. Bell, Mrs. c. S. Brown, J. l.
Cotton, Mrs. A. Walpole Craigie. Mrs
John K. Drexel. Mrs. James B. Eustis
Cardinal Farley, Mrs. Birney Feliowes
Harry Hardness Flagler, the Rev. DR.
Percy Stickney Grant, Gerald HUI
Gray, the Rev. John ". Hamilton, Nor
man Hapgood, Mrs. Philip Hiss. DR.
Charles Hitchcock, Harry b. HolllnSs
jr, Otto II. Kahn, Mrs. II. Van Renssel
aer Kennedy, Miss Foia La Toilette
Monsignor VI. j. Lavelle, Mrs. Francs
G. LLOYD. Pierre Mali Belgian Consul
Miss Elisabeth Marbury. Percy Mac
Kaye. John Emery Mclean, the Rev. Il
Pereira Mendes, George Middleton, W
Barclay Parsons, DR.. Edward l.. Par
fridge, Mrs. A. Moore Richard, Mrs
Douglas Robinson. Rev. Samuel Schul
man. Mrs. Z. Van Worst Sewell. Morc
mer L. Schir, Mrs. William Cumming
story. DR.. Alfred Stilman, Mrs. Lind
slcv Tappin. Mrs. NJ. Orme Wilson ant
Mrs. G.. O. Winston.
Colonel Alfred Wagstsf, president o
The American Society for the Preyen
ton of Cruelty to Animals, is chair
man of the fund: Frederick 7. Freling
huvsen is secretary and Richard Well
ing. treasurer. Headquarters nav
been established at 10 Broad Street
where Miss Anna Bancroft Coushaln'
and Mrs. c. A. White will be in active
charge.