Evening star., 1919-01-23
HEADQUARTERS IN D. c.
FOR NEAR EAST RELIEF
Movement Preliminary to National
Drive for $so,o ,o00, 900 for Aid Of
Starving Millions.

Preparatory to the launching OF the
big national drive to raise $so,ooo,eoo
for the relief OF populations in the
near east, local campaign headquar-
ters have been opened at 1886 New
York avenue. A determined effort
will be made by those in charge of
the drive here to raise Washington's
quota, which has been designated as
SIS 200.
This campaign, which is expected to
open about the middle of February,
will be staged under the auspices of
the American committee for relief in
the near east. Gregory Doyle of New
York, representing the general COM
mittee, came to Washington to ar
range for the opening of the local
headquarters Committees are to be
organized as rapidly as possible and
will be made up of leading citizens of
the city. The personnel will be an
nounced later. 1t is expected that the
campaign will last only one week.
To Help Starving 100000.
The $4,000. 900 fund, which is being
raised entirely by popular subscrip-
tion, is intended to furnish urgently
needed relief TO those populations
which will not come within the scope
of operations of the s10o,000,000 relief
fund which Congress has been asked
by the government to appropriate as a
means of aiding the authorities in
other parts of Europe to feed their
people 1t is for the immediate aid
of 100000 starving Armenians,
Syrians and Greeks, without hope OF
relief from any other source. that the
s3o. 100000 appeal is made to the
American people.
The American committee of relief
in the near east formerly the Ameri-
can committee of Armenian and
Syrian relief) has undertaken this
relief work not only with the indorse-
ment ,s of the American government,
but with the warm approval of the
British and French military COM
manders in the near east who have
witnessed the terrible sufferings Of
the homeless and foodless thousands.
National Committee.
James L. Barton is chairman of the
national committee and Cleveland II.
Dodge is treasurer. Among the MEM
hers of the committee itself are for
mer President William H. Taft, former
Justice Charles Evans Hughes of the
United States Supreme Court. Mr..
Henry Morgenthau, former ambassa-
dor to Turkey; Charles W. Eliot, Car
dinal Gibbons, Vance c. Mccormick,
John r. Mott, William Jay Schieffelin,
William Sloane, Oscar s. Straus. Ar
thur Capper, Robert w. Bingham,
George Warren Brown, r. A. Long,
James J.. Barton. Charles r. Crane. Ar
thur Curtiss James. Samuel T. Dutton,
Edwin NJ Bulkley. Charles v. Vickery.
Frederick H Allen, Charles f. Boury,
Arthur ]. Brown, Nicholas +. Brady.
John b. Calvert, William I. Chamber
iIain, William T. Ellis. Jerome D.
Greene, Rt Rev. David II. Greer, Fred
p. Haggard, Harold A. Hatch, Howard
H. Ba1dridge. William ]. Haven, Myron
T. Herrick. Hamilton Holt, Frank w.
Jackson, Woodbury. G. Langdon, Fred
erick Lynch, Charles S. MacFarland,
Frank Mason North. George A. Plimp-
ton. Rt. Rev. P. Rhinelander, Karl
Davis Robinson. William w. Rock
well. George T. Scott, Albert Shaw, w.
H. Crosby, Edward Lincoln Smith.
James NJ. Speers. Harry A. Wheeler,
Stanley White, Ray Lyman Wilbur,
Tafcott Williams. Stephen S. Wise,
Wallace NJ. Alexander, Thomas Fl.
Brewer. George Cosson, F. E. Kauff-
man, Frederick w. Lyman, Charles A.
Rowland, John L. Severance, J. w.
Spangler. Col. r. E. Twitchell. Charles
F. Thwing and Charles NJ. Wilhelm.