The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-31
RELIEF FOR EUROPE
URGED BY NICHOLSON
HERE FOR MEETING

s. E. Nicholson returned to his
home in Richmond Friday morning
from New York to attend the meet
ing of the executive committee of the
Friends Five Years meeting. Mr..
Nicholson is temporarily in the New
York office of the European Relief
council, of which Herbert Hoover is
chairman. to represent the American
Friends Service committee as one of
the eight organizations composing the
council. The others are the American
Relief administration, the American
Red Cross, the Federal Council of
Churches, Knights of Columbu Y. M.
c. A., Y. w. c. A, and the Jewish
Joint Distribution committee.
Mr.. Nicholson attended the thou
sand-guest dinner given at the Hotel
Commodore on Wednesday night by
Mr.. Hoover, General Pershing and ex-
Secretary Franklin X. Lane, and re-
ports that the most nota BILE of the
addresses was that of General Perish
ing, in which, after warmly commend
ing the relief movement, he declared
at some length for great reduction in
armament as a practical means of
bringing permanent peace to the
world
FerSnih9 speaks
A significant feature of the dinner,
which was attended by hundreds of
the most prominent wealthy men and
women of New York who have con-
tributed THOUSAND Of dollars to the
European relief fund, was the menu,
which was typical Of the food being
served to the starving European chill
dren, and consisted of rice, cocoa and
plain bread, served in the plainest of
dishes on rough pine board tables.
At the table on the honor guest
platform between Mr.. Hoover and
General Pershing was placed a vacant
high-back chair to represent the invis-
IDLE guests of European needy chill
dren, for whom the funds being col
lected furnish the food to keep the
children alive.
Mr. Nicholson emphasized the fact
that $40 of American money will keep
alive one needy child, of eastern and
central Europe until The next harvest
when it is expected that this form of
relief can cease.
The governments where relief Is be-
ing administered are required to fur
nish what food supplies they can to
balance the ration sent over from here
and also free transported ion within
their respective countries, as well as
the labor necessary to prepare the
food and deliver it to the children.
The American agencies merely super
intend the preparation and diStribu-
ton through local channels, after they
have first organized the system in the
various cities and feeding centers.
States Organized
All the states, except two of the far
west mountain states, have been or
ganized with a chairman and treasur'
err and state committee, which in
each state is rapidly extending the
organization for gathering funds to
the counties aud communities. This
organization has even extended to
Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico.
The urgent call Of MI. Hoover, Mr..
Nicholson said. is for $33,O0O.OOO to
feed and care for 100000 children
of eastern and central Europe who.
without this help, probably will die
before the next harvest. OF this
amount, >25 percent will go to the Red
Cross for medical supplies and service
for these waits: the remaining IS per,
cent going for food for these children.
Many inquiries have come, Mr.. Mich
olson stated, for evidences of the need
+ in these countries. Investigation has
been made by Mr.. Hoover's agents.
by the Red Cross, by the Federal Coun-
Gil of Churches, by the Friends, the
Jews and others, and all agree that
Mr.. Hoover has under-stated rather
than overstated the appalling need.
Mr.. Nicholson expressed the hope
that Wayne county will measure up
to this appeal as it has always done
in every time of crisis. He will re-