Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-05
Congress Asked to Appropri-
ate Hundred. Million Dollars
for Relief of People of New
Liberated Nations.
SUM IS SMALL WHEN
RESULTS CONSIDERED
Starving Of People of Austria,
Turkey, Poland and West
ern Russia to Be Relieved ,
Under the Appropriation,
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Washington, Jan. 4.-President
Wilson's first legislative recommenda-
ton, based on his study of conditions
in Europe, looks to the relief of dis
tressed populations outside of Ger
many" which are threatened with
starvation.
Requestion of immediate appro-
priation of $100.000000 to supply food
to liberated peoples of Austria, Tur-
key, Poland and western Russia, who
have no recognized governments and
are unable to finance international
obligations, was transmitted today to
congress by Secretary Glass on cabled
instructions from the president. Mr..
Glass went personally to the capitol
for long conference with democratic
leaders of the house, and legislation
to carry out the presidents recon-
mendations will be introduced by
them after comforting with republi-
can leaders.
The presidents message said food
shipments worth $500 100000 must
be made from the United States in
the next seven months. An interna-
tional organization, directed by Her
bert G. Hoover, will supervise the dis
tribution of supplies, most of which
will be paid for by persons able to
find the necessary resources. The APP
preparation requested by the president
will take care of the population in oth-
er districts notably in eastern and
southern Europe, which have been
ravaged by war and where freedom
and governments will emerge only
slowly out of chaos.
In appealing 'to the great sense of
charity and good will of the American
people towards the suffering" the
president said:
while the sum of money is in it,
self large, il is so small compared TO
the expenditures we have undertaken
in the hope of bettering the world
that it becomes mere pittance com
pared to the results that will be OBJ
tanned from it, and the lasting effect
that will remain in the United States
through an act of such broad human
ity and statesmanlike influence"
Many Face Starvation.
The text of the presidents message
follows;
Extended investigation and consid-
Grafton of the food situation in cer-
tain parts of Europe disclose that eS-
sentlaily the urban populations in GER
tain areas are not only faced with alb
solu.e starvation during the coming
winter, but that many of the popula-
tions are unable to find immediate re-
sources with which to purchase their
food. These regions have been SO
subjected to destruction by war, not
only of their foodstuffs, but of their
financial resources and their power
of production and exports. that they
arc utterly incapable of finding any
resources that can be converted into
international exchange for food pur-
chases While the secretary of the
treasury can accept obligations of Ger
tain governments and through these
measures the situations can be cared
for temporarily, there are still other
areas through eastern and southern
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