The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-13
THE NEAR EAST" RELIEF

THE NEAR EAST" RELIEF
While different organizations are
haggling over which is doing the
greater work in feeding the starving
women and children of Europe and
the Near East as the districts OF
Asia Minor are called, Herbert Hoov-
er and the Literary Digest are going
ahead, appealing for and receiving
funds and sending or taking these
funds or food purchased with them,
to the people who need food and need
it now, 4
DR.. Divine, of Spokane, has sent out
a letter to the press telling of the
difference between his organization
.aThe Near East Relief Committee and
that headed by Herbert Hoover,
known as the European Relief Com
mittee." DR.. Divine, who is chairman
Of his committee, points out that
Herbert Hoover is trying to feed all
of the needy children of central
Europe, while his committee is con
filming it's work to the "Bible Lands"
and he complains about there being
mo churches, no schools II no
homes" for these people of the Near
East" which is Armenia.
We take it that the American Deo-
pie are not SO deeply interested in
churches and schools" for these suf-
ferers as they are in providing food
and clothing and we think it a safe
bet' that the sufferers are more deep
1y interested in the latter than the
former.
We would much prefer to trust the
relief work to a man with the expert
ence of Herbert Hoover, who spent
four years in that work in Europe
and is called the godfather" of Bel
GUM and France, than to a commit
tee without experience and which is
so deeply concerned about the
churches and schools. We have been
in the habit of sending bibles to starv-
ing heathens when they needed food,
but we are supposed to have learned
something from the war.
We would like a statement from
these committees that are seeking
funds from the American people as to
aries, the salaries and other expen-
SEES paid and other Information in con- ,
nection with this line of work. There
IS too great a need for funds to feed
he starving to waste any of it ON
iunketing trips. hotel bills and salar-
es and expenses for relief committee |
and employees. |
Washington hotel and business cir 2
lies have been dealt an awful blow. .
Robbed of the opportunity to steal .
rom the people drawn to the nation
capital because there was no in 2
luguration four years ago, they PLAN z
ng is inaugurated. But our presi- .
.lent-elect, who seems a very hard
leaded, sensible sort of a man, re-
used to permit the people to be graft |
d, and "called off" the plans for a
'arade and public inaugural. 1t is L
aid that Harding's decision was
when a near neighbor in
1arion, Ohio, wanted to reserve a
ute of rooms in a Washington hotel
nd was told the price would be $3.50
or a week, and the hotel reserved the "
ight to use the windows of the rooms p
uring the parade, and would get $50
r 500 each for them. Our next
ordered the arrangements
and the capital grafters
i'll lose millions of dollars they had
tanned to take from the people on
lat occasion. We honor Harding for l
is decision. -
Jimmy" Callahan. the wealthy
man of Wallace, Idaho. who !
is robbed of $4,000 by a Spokane 1
okerage firm, one member of which
mmitted suicide and the other mem -
r surrendered, confessed and il in
gave perfectly good bonds to
csc men to exchange for bonds that !
exempt from taxation. They
him forged bonds. Jimmy" will b |
t have to pay taxes on them and in 4 i
e respect, he got what he wanted 3 |