The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-02
HOOVER PLEADS
 # FOR CHILDREN
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(Centfnued from Page One.) fion in the co1onnade before entering the dining room.
 Hs was given an ovation when he coremeneed to speak at 12!10,
 Mf, Hoover expressed the belief that the men and women of the United States still keep their exceed trgfy lofty sense of responsibility and fhAfr broad conception of the things they ought to do under a given sense of circumstances. T cannot think" {, hs declared. "that we need anything beyond this Hndeniabie fact. that children in Central and Eastern r Europe who will die unless the United States saves their iives,'"'
 Mr, Hoover said that the city of WarEaw in Poland Is typical of the condition which exists everywhere in . ffre war beaten territory. In January fof e year ago there was seldom a rehiid that was discovered playing in tins streets, The children were look 'ifz into the faces of their mothers and fathers, pleading for food which could not be had.
 Thea the American Relief Admin istratieH came and established its stations, and the highways of War 5saw soon reseuHded with the laugh ter of R00,000 children who had enough to eat and clothing to wear and were happy again, after five long -yeafs of war: .o . .,,.. miracle of modern civilization would jfs yafaa:7'
 M1: Hoover continued by saying tfst soon afteF tRs Arn;stice E,as .compieted ti1s Uaitsa States, with the autiaoriy of Congress began the of children iR. ths iSaas that had beeH cut of fsF fstss !7sSES fv tas western battle iiHes:
 es ebiIdFeB had les satfaer and yssttleF by the wsr; 7#aa;lsa ads were ss2say, lost frs:El t;as Raa#ieags ei ssriss s fro and eaea S sa aa epf pRderpourishment that in many fee#amHpitiss aHaaaats4 to actual
 Xs e:sanizatlas #as s=sste5 watce fussished backing te laeai eseaaiza; sfioas ia the countries where aid was sgiyea so that those children might Pt helped: s tfeoxs- also seser=ea to ta, feaf that some Asaeslsaa ei}issH have thaa Amer;e22a fsisEs work T
 sEsss 2 ata. ss. ssss |. as sis AstSa E ssaid, Twas not a aouna SPEnion AEaerisa's work iR ErqPe easTfsa el sby the American fse1les Admlnistra lfioa and the EEFePean Chi4dreps iynn4 has been asns ts q sona 1s s5a assa .sssvss s assFts supspt es R prssiaes mos es ia -y4asp and women needed t9 carry 69 sthe details of the operations. Americ bcould not do all tlae work alone wit ! sfhe resources af its Aenaana.n
 The first thing done in 2 partcula .eupitai city of eacR co4ntrS to uidea was for the An1eracan repre- =eentnfixes to meet the prominent me and women Of the city: This sort z organization was carriea pnf ip Ans tria, Roumania, Poland, Ezechf
 Slo3alia, HollanG, f23e Baltic prov 4 inces and thro1jsIaouf JngostoSi'
 From these central committees il
 system was extenaed to meet II
 needs of children and every tow
 hamlet and communitEs however fin,
 The personnel or This great organ
 ixatipn according tp NIT. Hooyer, |
 tals rnorc than 1oq,oU9 men ar
 women, who are airectea by abo1
 40 Americans, yeti said MT. Eoove
 .sthese 40 we're fhe driving DOW which kept in motion, the whole Va
 systepp which reached from the Ba
 tic to the Black Sea"
 These Americans have been bull ,. ing their organization with the id thA4 the future and perhaps the we VI existence of every race depends up' the proteclon of child life and t careful nourishnent of the bodies al characters of the boys and girls. l. caI charities have been made to fun tipn together; homes have be