The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-18
HELP THE RED CROSS
It's Task This Winter is to Save
Three and a Half Million Chill
dren from starvation

With three and q half million chill
dren in Europe on thelverge of-aetual
starvation, the majority Of whom are
certainly doomed unless American aid
is forthcoming Immediately, leading
citizens throughout the entire South
are rapidly organizing to render as
sistance before Christmas. and to see
that the South does its part In pre-
venting what may be the greatest
tragedy the world has ever known.
Headed by Herbert Hoover, every
relief organization now operating IN
Europe has joined in an effort to pre-
vent the disaster and all of them have
agreed that the plight of these help
less children shall have complete
priority in overseas charity until the
situation is met. The organizations
which are actively engaged with the.
problem, and which are jointly max
ing the appeal, are the American Re
lief Administration, the American Red
Cross, the American Friends Service
Committee (QuakeHsl the Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee. the Fed
eral Council Of the Churches of Christ
in America, the knights Of Columbus,
the Y. NJ. C. A. and the Y. ". C. 4. q
Although the central. and eastern
European countries where the situa-
ton is so serious are already impov-
erished, and famine stricken. these
countries themselves are spending, and
will spend two dollars to every one
contributed by America, according 70
the American Relief Administration.
And although the famine has. assumed
such serious proportions that hundreds
of thousands of adults viii undoubted-
II die of starvation, and epidemics
caused by undernourishment, the
adults at least have fighting chance,
and their plight cannot be touched to
lany large extent by American aid.
The situation is so desperate, and
the time within which aid must be
given is so short that there is no time
to build up the usual careful organiza-
tion by which funds have been secured
in the past, and although the nucleus
Of organizations have volunteered for
service, the funds must be secured in
the main purely by voluntary SUBJ
scription. The cost of saving one child
lis as nearly as can be estimated, ten
dollars.
| In a number of Southern states,
however, prominent men and Yomen
have volunteered to act as state chair
men, and are giving their time to Sc
caring the necessary funds. In Geor-
eia. E. Marvin Underwood of Atlanta
is state chairman, with a committee
consisting of Eugene Black, JosephsC.
Logan, Mrs. w. H. FELTON,, v. n
Krieghabee, Rabbi David Marx, Ar
n.and May. Harold Hirsch, Morris
Michael and Leopold Adler, w. w.
! Orr, Mrs. Archibald Davis, John J.
! Eagan, Marion Jackson and John v.
McCaHum
In North Carolina, Henry A. Page,
If Aberdeen, is chairman. In South
Carolina William Elliot is chairman,
end is organizing the state. Erskine
Ramsey Pratt. of the Construction
Coal Company, Birmingham, is chair.
man of Alabama. and j. e. EdgertOn
of Nashville is chairman for Tennes-
see.
Many subscriptions already have
been made. Individuals are pledging
themselves to care for 25, so and 100
children, according to the amount
they can give. Sunday schools,
churches, fraternal orders, woman's
clubs and other bodies have agreed to
play Santa Claus to the children in
such dire need. Where a person is
not seen by his local committee, he
may send his donation through any Of
fetal of the relief agencies backing
Fthe movement; or of his state chair
man; or he may send it directly to
Franklin K. Lane, treasurer, Euro
Pean Relief Council. az Broadway,
New York city.
In another column will be found an
appeal to the American people issued
jointly by all the relief organizations
participating in the relief effort.