The sun., 1919-02-03
HOOVER GRATEFUL
FOR FOOD RELIEF
Says Action Of Congress Lifted
Load of Fear From Mill
ions of People.
DISTRIBUTION TO BEGIN
American Soldiers and Sailors
Detailed to Parcel Out
Cargoes.

PARIS, Feb. 2.-'The passage OF the
bill appropriating s100.000,000 for relief
IN Europe will lift q load Of fear from
the hearts of millions Of people in
Europe" declared Herbert c. Hoover
to-day. MIR. Hoover outlined the use to
which the money is to be put.
ut Is little realized in the United
States" the statement adds, "how fully
and completely the daily wireless carried
the progress Of this measure to those
peoples now liberated from the German
yoke. Immediately after the bill was
rassed the news appeared in the head
ines of newspapers in Bucharest. Sofia
and Helsingfors. and II was known in
Warsaw. LODI. Prague and Fiume.
where thousands Of persons have been
looking anxiously toward the United
states for leadership in the solution of
their most imminent danger.
Distribution Under Way.
THE usual tangible relief to the newly
liberated peoples will not be delayed
even bv the period required to ship
foods;uffs from the United States under
This appropriation because the War,
Navy and Treasury departments and the
United States Food Administration al
ready have 100 ships in European ports
or headed toward Europe III addition to
our reestabllshed relief OF Belgium and
northern France, Rumania and Czecho-
sovaks under the old war legislation.
The new appropriation by Congress
enables US to extend this work by giving
credits to those countries for which there
was no such legislation.
We have at sea or d!scharging in the
rort OF Trieste 10000 tons Of food for
the Jugo-Slavs. Serbians and Czecho-
Slovaks We have 10000 tons of food
either arrived at or in progress to the
Black Sea for Rumania. The Armenian
Relief Committee has 1000 tons on the
way to Armenia and Syria as gift and
we are placing 10000 tons in Constan-
tinople as a reserve for them. We have
10000 tons in Poland. on the way or be-
ing transshipped from Rotterdam for
the Poles and 10000 tons in Rotterdam
awaiting reshipment to the Firms and
other liberated populations in Russia.
The Polish Relief Committee is sending
4 gift of 1000 tons to the Poles.
British Give Much Aid.
Since the armistice the British au-
thorities have distributed about 10000
tons OF food to the Serbians; the Italian
authorities some 10000 tons to the Aus
TRANS, and the British authorities have
IN progress some IL 900 or 5000 tons of
1OOu 10 the ftuT1dnldHS W nave elHCc
me armistice delivered into Rotterdam
100000 tons OF food for the Belgians
and the liberated French with the sup
port OF our treasury and Belgium and
France.
Had this new appropriation been re-
fused we should have sold out these
parcels OF food to those who could pay
real money and would have been COM
PEELED to allow the others TO starye. In
this same confidence that we would be
supported by Congress We have secured
detail Of more than $50 men from
the American army and navy for the
work Of the Food Administration. These
men are now actively establishing the
administrations necessary TO insure
proper distribution in all Of these terri
tories. Our Offices have been opened In
virtually every capital among the dis
tressed peoples and with the passage OF
this act of Congress We are able TO dc
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