Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-06-20
CHILDREN, LONG
UNDERFED, SAD
SIGHT in EUROPE

NEW YORK, June 20.-"The sad
aest sight in Europe today is that
of the children of eight and ten and
twelve years of age who look and
act like children of four and six and
eight years." says DIR. Varnon Kel-
iogg, who recently returned from a
tour of Europe for the American Re-
lief Administration.
''They have been underfed for
four years." costumes DR.. Kellogg.
Many have died, many are war
orphans The parents of many are
absolutely destitute. Mal-nutrition
has weakened them; has retarded
their growth and development. Their
feeble voices cry to the world for
help"
Herbert c. Hoover, Director Gen
eral of the American Relief Admins
tration, set aside for childrens re-
lief work in Europe 100000 of the
$100.000,000 appropriated by the
United States Congress for relief
work in the war desolated countries
of Europe. To expend this $4,000,
the American Relief Administration
has established a special Children's
Relief Bureau. Describing the work
of this bureau, Dr. Kellogg writes in
bulletin issued by the American Re-
lief Administration:
Try To Feed Destitute.
From its own funds, added to by
grants from the impoverished gov
ernments of Eastern Europe and by
gifts from private charity, the Child
ren's Bureau is trying to furnish free
Hood to the destitute and debilitated
infants and adolescents of the newly
liberated peoples of Europe; to save
and rehabilitate the next generation
of Eastern Europe.
But much more money than now
available is necessary if more than a
fraction of the suffering little ones
are to be cared for. Therefore the
American Relief Administration an
neunces that it is willing and anxious
to receive and expend for this pur-
pose any money confided to it by anv
charitable organizations and persons
interested. Such money will be used
for work to any denoted country or
region which is accessible to it, or
If so indicated, will be used at the
discretion of the American Relief
Association wherever the need seems
greatest"
Lieutenant Colonel A. ]. Carlson,
professor of physiological chemistry
in the University of Chicago, and now
one of the directors of the American
Relief Administration Bureau for
the Relief of Children in Paris,
writes:
+ Resources Inefficient.
THE resources of the American
Relief Administration available for
the Children's Relief do not suffice
for feeding all the hungry children
In the respective countries. 1t is hop
ed, however, that they will meet the
most acute needs during the period
up to the next harvest, and thus serve
to rally and encourage the national
child welfare forces in the several
countries in the laudable efforts of
each nation to care for it's own"
Lieutenant Maurice Pate, formerly
OF the Commission for Relief in Bel
GUM and now in charge of the Amer
ican Relief Administrations child
feeding work in Poland, writes that
khe total funds now in hand lin Pol
and will mean relief for 100000
children until August 1, figuring 6
Pents day per child. sit is evident
he adds, "that further outside help
VIII be required if the children's re-
lief work here takes on the same pro-
portions that il did in RaIoiupo