Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-14
 APPROVES
 MEASURE
Bill for Hundred Million for Relief of Stricken Europe Passed House.

Washington, Jan. 1@.-Ap1ropriation of 500 ,Q00, ,00O for famine relief in iIu- rope outside of Germany, was approV- ed the administration measure after ed tonight by the House. which pass it's enactment had been urged anew today by President Wilsonsas the only effective means of combating the westward spread of Bolshevism. The bill now goes to the senate, where US early passage is planned.
 Party lines were effaced m the House debate and vote, and despite energetic demands by opponents of the bill for more specific inforfation re- garding the proposed expenditure, and criticism of the President, Herbert C. | Hoover. and Vance Mccormick, char man of the war trade board, special rule reported by the rules committee was adopted and afterwards the bill was passed, 240 to g.
 The only amendment accepted was one by Representative Sherley III | charge of the measure, which permits i use of part of the fund for relief in ! countries contiguous to Europe. rms would make it possible to aid the Ar l fenians and other suffering peoples in the Near East.
 President Wilson's urgent appeal that the appropriation be authorlHed 1 to aid the consummation of peace, was | sent to Senator Martin and Represent l tative Sherley. chairman of the con-
 gressonal appropriation committees
 and was read on the floor of the 1 house by Mr. Sherley It was sup
 plemented by a report to the state de- partment from Henry D. White, Re-
 publican member of the American
 peace delegation. Both essages said
 the proble of supplying food to the
 distressed peoples recently liberated
 from the rule of the central powers,
 was one of paramount importance i'll
 obtaining return to normal condi- tions
 ! Food relief is now the key to the
 whole European situation and to the
 solution of peace" Mr. Wilson said. "Bolshevism is steadily spreading
 westmard. It cannot be stopped by
 force, but it can be stopped by food"
 The president added that unless the
 "tide of anarchism" is stemmed, it
 may not be possible to find definite
 governments with which to conclude
 
 peace.
 I "Boshevism thrives only on star vation and disorder" declared MT.
 White, who said it was impossible to
 inaugurate the peace conference un-
 der proper auspices without previous
 adequate provisions to cope with the situation.
 MT. Sherley informed the house that
 an interallied council composed of two representative each from Great Britain, France, Italy and the United
 States, will supervise the food distri- button, but this statement did not
 satisfy opponents of the bill. Repre-
 sentative Gillett, of Massachusetts, Re publican. said the policy proposed
 might cost of billion dollars; Repre- sentative Shell, of New York, Repub- lican, wanted to know exactly how the money was to be spent, and Rep
 resentative Gordon, of Ohio, Demo- crat, asserted that no information was
 given that the fund was needed to
 promote peace. Representative Stay
 den. of Texas, Democrat, also spoke
 against the measure.
 Reference to Food Administrator
 Hoover. caused Representative Wood, of Indiana, Republican, to declare MT.
 Hoover "the most expensive luxury ever fastened on this country" and ! he offered an amendment to put the :. Red Cross in charge of the food re- lief It was defeated.
 T Representative Good, of Iowa, Re- publican, declared the President had
 violated the law by turning over $5,- : 0c0,000 government money for organ
 ization of the war trade boards Rus |; sian bureau, which he declared, was . more visionary than the Hudson Bay company.
 : Supporting the measure on the final Y, roll call, were 152 Democrats, 83 Re-
 "pblcans and five others while voting against it were 62 Republicans,
 Democrats and two others.