Newark post., 1918-03-20
CLOTHING FOR
RELIEF WORK
Delaware Asked To Contri-
butte Ten Tons

in a great relief work, but to de-
monstrate concretely to the people
of this country the efficiency of the
Red Cross organization.
The Commission for Relief in
Belgium, through it's chairman,
- Herbert Hoover, has asked the as
sistance of the Red Cross in col
lecting more than five thousand
tons of selected used and surplus
clothing throughout the United
States. The Commissions organ
ization in many parts of the coun-
try has been given up. Therefore
it has turned to the Red Cross.
There is no conflict in purpose
between the Commission for Re-
lief in Belgium and the Red Cross.
Rather the reverse; what the Com
mission is doing for our allies be-
hind the German lines, the Red
Cross is doing for them behind our
own lines.
While the amount asked may
seem large, that portion of it re-
ouired of Delaware is only ten
tons, a small amount for a state
of the size and wealth of Della
ware. Mrs. John Bancroft is chair
man of the work in Delaware, and
will be assisted by Mrs. Samuel
Rumford.
The notice, coming so suddenly,
has caught the Red Cross unpre-
pared for the task. The week of
March 1926, however, has been set
aside for the collection of the re-
uuired amount of clothing.
The following is the text Of the
appeal made to the members of the
Red Cross on behalf of the Com
mission for Relief in Belgium:
Your spare clothing for the sui
fering people of Belgium and
Northern France under the oc-
cupation of the enemy.
These Allies of ours behind the
German lines-the rich as we'll as
the poor-with their native stocks
of raw materials long since ex-
hausted, and no commercial i'm
ports since the first devastation of
their country need - and need
prompty-this relief in their des'
titution. Even the Well-to-do are
short of necessities; the poor are
in dire need.
One-third of every shipment viii
go to the people or the north o
France, down close behind tn
German lines; two-thirds will g
to Belgium.
The Commission for Relief ha
the ships-you have the clothing
In these vessels carrying cargoe
of grain and other foodstuffs t
the Belgians and the French in tn
territory occupied by the Germans
there is room for all the clothin
you can give. The Commission TO
Belgium has safe conduct passe
for it's ships, and the absolute as
surance through it's own repre-
sentatives in Brussels that tn
clothing will be delivered only
those for whom it is intended. In
Germans have never at any tin
seized the personal apparel of il
dividuals.
Before the exhaustion of natiN
supplies prospective mothers we,
given layettes-little bundles co
tanning all the warm, clean ga
ments and various supplies
necessary to the babies-Wi
which to clothe and provide t
the new arrivals into the wor.
Of late, these women have be
turned away by the thousan
from the empty storehouses of t
committees, and their new-bo
babies are swaddled in rags. Liz
warm canton fanneI and otf
kinds of cloth are needed, fr
which to make these things.
your generosity alone rests
responsibility for these you
lives.
Last year in Belgium one p
81 to have a pair OF SHOES reSC
The Commission for Relief v
soling them with sections of
carded material stamped out to
the various sizes; tens of tn
sands of pairs of these cut-sc
were thus produced. We must h
shoes, and we must have SC
leather with which to repair tn
you give, and the other shoes I
being worn over there.
1t is useless to send a garm
which is not made of the strong
and most durable materials, as
clothes are subjected to the hs
est kind of use. But this does
mean that all garments must b
,,orfaot rapair There are llpWa