Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-17
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|DREN MILL
! ASKED HERE


campaign for the collection Of
~ With which to purchase food
c1cthtng for the children Of
nnny & to be started In Rock
~ ~ soon - Mayor Harry n.
<11ser can decided on commit
o. 10 local citizens to take
6sge Of the work.
&is action by Mayor Schriver
4 be In fulnllment OF a request
IT morning from Miss 9. N.
y8od. member Of the Society Of
1Inuds, . Quaker organization
NH headquarters at No. 20 South
twelfth street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Wood is instituting these
fanpaigns In cities in the Missis-
&jnpi valley.
81, Louis, Mo. and Omaha, Neh.,
Already have committees at work
md large organization is at work
- Minnesota. Miss Wood told May
ors Schriver that she has visited
. 1ho governors Of Iowa and Ne
braska and the mayors OF a large
| 1umber Of cities since starting her
4 work recently. She said that the
! campaign il being sanctioned and
taken up in every locality she has
Visited.
To Avoid Ill VIII.
Miss Wood said that in order to
nxoid Ill will the campaign Is be-
\ INK conducted with the point in
view OF obtaining the sanction OF
All classes OF citizens. She said
that Anglo-Saxons are being asked
/ 70 serve on the committees with
citizens OF German descent so that
the work can be carried out with
out the campaign being discrim-
mated against. She has advised
4 Mayor Schriver to appoint a COM
mfttee OF 10 here with six Anglo
y Saxons and four persons OF Ger
man descent. The idea Is to have
II the representation of six OF the
n members as a public sanction to
the work of raising money almost
totally among citizens Of German
descent.
Hoover Aiding Work.
Miss Wood produced credentials
showing that Herbert Hoover Is
one OF the hackers of the move
ment. A letter. from Mr.. Hoover
to the Society Of Friends sets forth
Mr.. Hooyer's offer to see to the
purchase and transportation OF all
food and clothing for the German
children.
Miss Wood said that Mr.. Hoover
came to the Society of Friends last
November and said that something
must be done for the children OF
Germany. He is now purchasing
[ and transporting 100000 worth
Of food and clothing to other Eu'
ropean countries, and said thai
food and clothes must be sent tt
Germany or thousands Of children
will die.
Miss Wood An Investigator.
Miss Wood told the mayor thai
the Society of Friends has 100000
members and that groups Of work
ers wer placed in France immedi
ately after the war broke out II
1914. She said that when the Ger
mans retreated from the Marine tn
society's workers came up and i'm
mediately began restoring the vii
lagos by rebuilding houses, clean
H ing out wells, opening stores an
aiding in every possible way to re
a store the villages to normal.
Last summer the society sent
group Of three into Germany to in
vestigate conditions. Those in tn
y group were Miss Wood, Miss Jan
Adams Of Hull house, Chicago
and DR.. Alice Hamilton Of the Han
ward medical school.
Millions Starving.
The group stayed in Germany fo
three months. returning last OctC
Der after distributing 100000 wort
Ks Of food. However, this amount wa
only a drop, Miss Wood said.
Our investigation brought OF
that there are 100000 children i
Germany who are in dire need G
food and clothing, and 100000 c
these who will die if aid does nc
reach them soon," Miss Wood sait
AFTER four years of war cond
tions these children have reache
the limit of their endurance and al
must go to them Immediately.
Benefits Only To Children.
Food and clothing will 60
none but children. The plan is t
give one good meal day to eac
OF the 100000 children who are |
the worst condition. We estimat
that we can give this meal for
cents for each child. This woul
be $3.50 per month per child, or
per child for six months before tn
next harvest. The total cost fo
the 100000 children would
I $9,000.0o0 and We estimate that
IA will take 100000 in addition fc
clothing, or total Of $4,000. 0C
needed.
"The governor of New York
honorary chairman OF our commit
tee and two New York senators az
honorary vice presidents. We hay
gained the sanction of persons !
every walk OF life in this work.
I'VE have 20 business men no
In Germany making plans for di.
tributing the food and clothing
There will be no chance for tn
Is food to so to any than to the chi
dren for whom 1t is intended. Meal
4 will be served at a central plac
and not doied out in baskets to b
carried away. Food and clothin
will be turned over to Orphan
homes. day nurseries. children
hospitals. In these cases Germa
4 institutions will distribute the sur
plies but this will be under the 81
peryision OF the Society 9
Friends"
To Supervise Organization.
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