Bisbee daily review., 1920-01-20
ARIZONA ASKED ID ADOPT 1OOO
 LITTLE WAITS

PHOENIX, Jan. 19.-"1f 1000 chil' dren of Arizona were to be made orphans by some terrible calamity. how many home in this state would be thrown open for their adoption?- or rather, how many would not be thrown open?-for it is hardly con ceivable that any household, any heart, in this great commonwealth of true Americans would remain closed against the cry of suffering"
 This question was asked today by Charles F. Willis, state director of the Near East Relief, in emphasis of a parallel situation confronting the peo- pie of Arizona.
 Through the Near East Renef,' said MT. Willis, ,'"Arizona has been asked to adopt 1000 homeless, father less, and in many cases, motherless children. The fact that these little ones are many thousand of miles re- moved does not lessen the terror of their plight nor appease the bangs of hunger with which their little frames are racked.'
 The Near East Relief is not asking that these children personally be taken into homes, it is explained, though many applications of this sort already have been filed. That plan would entail such tremendous ex- pense in connection with transporta- ton of individuals as to defeat the aims of the organization, the chief of which is to save 100000 children in Armenia, Syria and other Near East ern countries from actual starvation.
 What is asked is this: that the open-hearted people of this state an swer the appeal of suffering by pro- viding the means by which 1000 of these little waifs may not only be fed, sheltered and clothed but edu- cated as well, thus laying the founda- tion for the upbuilding of entire na- tion which have been all but obliter- ated by the devastating ravages of world war and the attendant oppreS- sion and pillage under the rule of the Turks.
 Following a Christmas appeal which was sent out to well-to-do people of this state, and which met with grati flying response, the state organization has now opened a statewide cam paign in which all groups, all classes, all creeds and all nationalities will be asked to join in this great humani- tartan cause.
 If to some this seems like a gigan- tic task, they are asked to consider that the American dollar goes much farther when placed in cIrcuIarion abroad than it does at home. Fifteen dollars a month provides food, clothes, shelter and schooling for each orphan, and when this small sum is borne by class, a club, fraternal organization or other group, rne indi- Vidual burden is slight indeed.
 Relief centers have been estab- lished throughout the stricken areas and the relief work which was started at the instigation of Herbert Hoover through the American Committee for the Relief of Armenia and Syria is we'll in hand. The treasury chest is low, however, and unless additional funds are provided at once, the work of the past year will be lost.
 The state forces are well organized. Arizona state headquarters have been established in the Phoenix National bank building, Phoenix, with E. D. Miller, field director, and l.. Allen, office manager, in charge. For or ganiZation purposes the state has been divided into three sections. w. H. LeMaster has been assigned as field secretary for northern Arizona, includ- ing the counties of Apache, Navajo, Coconino, Mohave and YavapaL N. A. Coxey has been assigned the southern Arizona field, and will enter upon his duties at Tucson. T. s. B. Mallicoat has been assigned the central portion of the state. including all of Maricopa and Yuma counties. Results from the activities of these field secretaries is already beginning to be felt, says Miller, and everything is favorable to- ward putting Arizona over the top in this novel drive of adopting orphans.