Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-25
ARMENIAN RELIEF

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 time, as it is desired to give them an opportunity in rehabilitating them selves so that they will not be con- stantly objects of charity, but rat,,er become self-supporting.
 "The Jewish relief drive vas scheduled for January 12-19, with A. Steinfield of Tucson as state cha r. man, and many of the states wh oh adhered to regular date have already gone over the top. The Armenian and Syrian relief drive was scheduled for February 3-1O and Dean Byron Cummings of the University of Ari- zona was state chairman. Rather than have two drives close together, the joint committee deemed it advis- able to have united drive for the Armenian, Syrian and Jewish relief from February 10-17 and during this period $150,000 must be raised. This will be divided evenly among the two organizations. The combined commit tees have elected David Goldberg of Phoenix, as state chairan, and plans are under way for organization of the state so that Arizona may do its part as it has done ii the past war activities for the coming drive.
 "There is no patriotic appeal; there is no appeal to help our soldiers; there is no glamor and excitement of war, but there is a decidedly strong appeal in that the dollars subscrib- ed for it will save from starvation, a race of people who have been perse cuted and driven for years. The gruesome tales that come from the hunger stricken countries as to the conditions are almost as bad to re- late. The following telegram recently sent by Robert Lansing, Secretary of State, gives a brief summary of the conditions:
 "For Gods sake! Raise all the
 money you can. Conditions inde-
 scribable. Poland, Lithuania, one
 million people perishing from
 hunger and cold. Death rate ten per
 cent. Soup kitchens and asylums
 for aged and children closed for
 lack of funds. Children cannot at
 tend school, account extreme weak
 ness and lack of clothing. An un-
 exampled catastrophe faces the
 Polish Jews, America practically
 sole help. Signed, Senior and
 Bogen.'
 "There is pending before congress, bill to provide $100, 1000, ,000 for European relief, but it is impossible to expend any large portion of this money for relief work among the Jews, Syrians and Arnenians, as the people whom it is desired to help are people without a nation and it is i'm possible to make loans for their con- dition as can be done with the stricken countries of western Europe. The Red Cross has found itself unable to reach the people of these countries and what work has been done was ac- complished through the American committee on relief in the Near East. Now, while the bill for relief in Europe has passed the house, it is now being buffeted about by the senate.
 "The proposed movement has an en- dorsement from President Wilson; it has received the unqualified endorse ment of H. P. Davison of the Red Cross. The investigations of Herbert Hoover has led other recent shipments of food to the stricken countries and the Steamer Mercurious sail from New York, January 18th with feod. The Steamer Pensaola will sail Jan uary 20th. The endorsements of prac- tically all the prominent men in pub lie life have been received by the re- lief organizations. All government agencies, such as the state food ad- ministration and county farm advisors have been requested by their various departments to assist in the work and it is anticipated that Arizona will have no trouble in getting it's quota in this drive, but it is going to re- quire the support of every person in the state"