Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-12

ns that which havc received many.
Times when; as = reoarter, | have had
oil Company. broadway. New YU-,l
Tremendous business -trcmendous or
Eanizcd business.
In Client during all III. occupation
the II Y. G. headquarters FOR the prov
incc were established in the. ancicn,
nR rnpneiy Makers tall hen,en;h the
quaint architecture which Was buii; by
one ~ the powerful trades guilds in
room divided by low partitions. AFTER
thr manner OF the American business
office. three score clerks and socrctu
rics were at work on the day I visited
American iiling cabinets were ranked
aSainst the wcathercd walls tele-
phones were ,webbcd all about from :,
central swit chboard: typcwritcrs were
chatterinS industrious;y. business was;
going forward at full head of steam.
names Of every SI peasamt ,'' family Sr in the the
province who rclicd-and for the en-
Tire time of the. war had relied-upon
me commission for ita food. Here were
i'Stcd transportation routes 20 ;n, re-
tional ccnters and from these Subdi-
visions through every gamglion Of tho
Whole system To the consumer: every.
wagon and car, spared by GER
man man, hooters ana capable OF being
cana, boat and bicycle. even. which
could be impressed into service.
AMERICAN METHOD OF
ORGANIZATION PREVAILS
icaii method OF organization said NJ.
dc Hemp; i"nnc as he waved Il comprc-
hons hand over the whole. land
mere ~. nave even got you: America II
foods by chart" He pointed to rows
OF charts on the walls OF the directors
office. whcrcon were green. yellow and
req blocks. indicating the percentages
o. o. rnG i"n f LI AID @asens in /; H.
last ounce OF food energy necessary to
sustain u nation enslaycd. Tho ro-
ness csinhliShed by Hoover is the ro-
manc" OF the steel Industry. for in
slancc., plus a tremendous. heart in
charity. IN a word. it * the story Of
the salvation OF a whole people.
In Client was luncheon guest
american and the. FIRST American he
had seen since April 1917, WAS my sole
most charminriy offered over the
c'g2rs NJ. de II. said this:
land Cal Let m" ten YOU why / re-
member the name of that city and will
remember it until die:
OAKLAND RENE: WHE:Itr:H WITH
nON OF CLOTHING
III, the winter of ioIi--,hc first
dreadful winter before the great
streng,h Of the commission began to
and clo;hc the refugees from Iouvain
who came 10 US some with hardly moro
,,rom exposure and undernourishment
Ny daughters and were looking out
Tor y group Of i.ouvaiu refugees quar-
tered on the outskirts of the town In
one family there was a boy OF about
I'VE who WAS ailing: we were afraid
he was threatened by pneumonia. yet
We could not find proper clothes to
keep him warm.
Then great box of clothinI. came
from Il town we'd never heard of
oakland in California; II was the
nrSt box 10 come from that distant
state Among the garments we found
neat bundle of clothing-Shocs
stockings, underwear and even n it'll.
swcaier-.and II photograph of Il boy
with curis ana a smile. All. THAI Cali
inrnia boy. sir: he was a son Of Apollo.
With the photograph was II letter from
me DoES mother: who Sid death had
ms ms clothes might keep some Belgian
Sir. these clothes went To the LITTLE
by who was sick. and they saved his