Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-01
help HUNGRY PEOPLE
Of STRICKEN EUROPE
DRIVE FOR FUNDS FOR ARMEN
IANS AND SYRIANS MADE DUR.
ING WEEK OF JAN. 1918.
TEN MILLIONS FACING HUNGER
w. J.. SuckOw Is Chairman of Com
,mittee to Have Charge Of Rails.
ing Funds.

and Syrian Relief Work, and OF the
Jewish War Sufferers Relief board at
Des Moines. held December 9th, it
was decided to merge the two cam
paigns for funds in Iowa and put out
big united drive to raise $1,479,000
during the week of January 1918.
The United States government has
appealed to the American committee
on Armenian and Syrian relief, and
the Jewish War Sufferers Relief
board, to take up the work of rescu-
ing these people. This includes about
100000 starving Armenians, Syr-
ians, Persians and Jewish people of
Poland and Palestine. The United
Cunmittee for War Sufferers Relief
drive is part Of national campaign
for tl5. .OO0. 900, and has been endorsed
by President Wilson, the Federal Food
Administration and the State Depart
ment. The suffering in these little
countries has drawn the attention of
the world for years, but until the war
was over, no attempt was made to do
more than relieve, in measure, the
destitution found there. Now that
peace has come, definite program of
reconstruction will be carried out in
these countries.
The territory covered by these two
committees overlap, In many cases,
and the scope and purpose Of the work
of both is so similar that it has been
considered very practical idea to
combine the two drives in this state.
The workers sent out by both of these
projects minister to any suffering peo-
pie found, without regard to race or
creed, and the people of Iowa are ask
ed to also forget such things and give
to the limit for this common cause.
The first problem will be that Of
providing food to relieve the horrible
suffering; and the next will be the
work Of reconstruction among a
group of people whose government
has long since been broken down by
that great promoter of anarchy
ger. Our drive is to save life.
The state executive committee for
the United Campaign is made up of
the following Des Moines men: Hon.
w. L. Harding, Hon. Lafe Young, Sr.,
Hon. George Cosson, j. L. Sheuerman,
DR.. j. E. Kirbye. E. B. Wilson, DR.. J..
P. Burling, Gardner Cowles, Anselm
Frankel, Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer,
Morris Mandelbaum, r. Marks, Judge
Hubert Utterback, Judge Martin j.
Wade
The quota for the campaign is fig
ured on a basis of ! per cent of the
Fourth Liberty loan, making a total
of $1,479 900 to be divided 60 per cent
to the Armenian-Syrian Relief Fund
and 40 per cent to the Jewish War
Sufferers Relief Fund.
The American people have already
given generously, both OF life and
treasure, to win the fight for democra-
cy. But compared with what most Of
the European nations have done and
suffered, our contribution sinks into
insignificance. We have lost men by
the thousand, they by the million; our
resources have scarcely been touched,
while theirs have been bled to the
point of exhaustion. We are by far
the wealthiest nation in the world to-
day, and the starving millions must
look mainly to us for assistance or
perish
The calls for money for various
war purposes have come thick and
fast of late, but this call, too, must be
met, as the others have been met. with
the spirit of sacrifice and heroic de-
votion to the cause of humanity. The
people of America, of Iowa, of Della
ware county, can not and will not
stand by and see ten millions of their
fellow-creatures perish from cold and
hunger through no fault Of their own,
especially when it is remembered that
the majority of these millions con-
sist of women and children, with
100000 orphans among them.
Delaware county's quota in this
drive is $1,000, not a large amount
compared with others that have been
raised. There is to be little or no per-
sonal solicitation, as in other drives.
In every church, school house, or
ollltI pubilC duolto4 iiiil, SAtASi iAS .
of various kinds will be held, IN which
the feature of sociaSility will be given
prominence In other words, the peo-
pie in every community and school
district will be asked to raise money
for this cause by any method they
may choose, from a benefit dance TO
a hard times social. What is needed
is at least one person in each district,
who will make it his or her business
to see that others are interested and
that the thing is done.
1t is very gratifying to state that
a number of wealthy men in New York
have offered to defray the expenses Of
this campaign throughout the entire
country, so that every penny given by
the people will go directly into this
relief fund, and will be used for no
other purpose.
| take this opportunity to express
my sincere thanks to my lieutenants
here in Manchester and in the differ
ent townships for their generous and
efficient work in pushing to success
ful conclusion the recent drive for
United War Work funds. When all
the pledges are paid, and the surplus
from the Loyalty League funds is
turned over, Delaware county will