Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-15

1OA00zsuyI N0U008 Or 6t0ch&kx 46ss60-
OF ~tuberculosis %. other disease.
ahle :tha& the Antsrfcan Reds Cross
snon!d hHlp mest them Fundamental
IN all Of these problems 81 the amount
o. e eltowAAoe made by the govern:
70 soldiers actively III .1ervice
e q eed COLDER, 10 the families
lscaTcity. OF Efood,and fuei and the con-
SANITY ~tncrsaedng cost Of both, We re-
eseved frequent suggestions that Rcd
Efoas funds ID used to supplement-
Oby4opsiy, howe1er; neither4the
fed Cross NOR any other private axen-
cy can undertake d make good the
snortaeea IN Sincone and food supply
retugees-and for the most part
Frefugees belons to the families 81 aol-
L0i0re-AAke d Z. arESIpaft az the
population OF italy. =
$3.50 sN# Food.
II We were permitted to makeson.
y 2 SINGLE Recommendation (tn the
Enope That Il would be adopted) this
ECrossRshould use its utmost influence
70 n importation Of food. IN
70 As1ly during the, next few. weeks
and months. Fuel u also needed but
above all wheat and corn, Scornmeal
beng especially acceptable I'M large
parts of Italy.
The food supply n. short. for the.
Enole population hut the refugees.
whose needs we have been asked 70
iavestisate : naturally At the very
margin and their needs insthis respect
may theFsfore be. taken as tho uiti-
m4te need Of the country. We have
frequently, been told by Italians in res
eDondble positions that food - more.
IMPORTANT q seeing italy through the,
present crisis than either mel or mlIy
nttions from America Clothing Id A.
30 needed,. especially understanding Eof
all sizes and materials which. cana8be
made up into clothing. Fuel is urg-
emily needed-for cooking the meats
OF n poor ~ well as. for running
trains and f%actories. But tho ele-
mentafy food supplies should be given
precedence. For the most part these
supplies, must OF course come through
me commercial and governmental
,channels. !,
1--WE are moreover Of .the opinion
that although the American Red
Cross must leave the vital question OF
9 general food supply to governmental
and commercial agencies. we should
ask forNthe largest permissible allot-
meut ofNcargo space for the importa-@
ton OF condensed milk and hospital
supplies (for civilian relief as we'll as
~ AahlSl, uHnerclOtniH6.
warm outer clothing. shoes Cali sizes
for men. women and children).
blankets and materials to be made up
into undertaking and children's
clothes
such supplies, as AN be imported
or purchased in this country will be
needed, AZ w have indicated, for
two main purposes; first, to meet the
acute needs during the winter months
~ >AAA >sslSA- A~1l1>-
In the places where they r living,
IN: so tar as such needs cannot be
met by Italian officials and voluntary
a8enctoa; m second..to be stored 1T
carefully selected places in g sufficient
quantities to meet a second emergency
II it should arise or in assisting to re-
store refugees to their homes in ter
rttory which may be reconqusred..'
1he Geven. WeekA 4
1nexofable Circumstances not only
made the report Of its earlier Red
Croes commiasiop .of inquiry out OF
date. but found the Red Cross without
n field staff. in italy whom the erner-
F~encvIcarne at the end Of. October.
BY the swift dispatch OF trained men
and supplies from its French. organiza-
ton n .the>prompt volunteering OF
Americans resident in 1taly..5it has re-
conped that. situation. -.
- ~ 49, k0S 1Gk0IHS ~ ~
Trance. leaving the field free to the
new. permanent Red Cross commits.
sion TO Italy. operating under the,
commissioner for Europe, with head
quarters in Paris. FOL in It's perma-
nent organisation the Red Cross has
entered upon what the allied armies
and governments have seen the need
FOR and { only 10 approaching
unified action along the whole western
front
This IL not only desirable-soS that
the relative needs OF different areas
mas be seen In perspective. and Amer.
lean. generosity and Initiative applied
whore and when. they will count for
'most. but It has been an accomplish
ed thing--for the weeks that
have elapsed between the coming 81
the Red Cross emergency men to
Rome in early November. and the
'comink in December OF the permanent.
commission.
The. emersent work carried IN In.