The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-05-27
Thomas w. lamont, Chairman,
Tells Of Belief Administered
and Task to BE Completed.

The American Committee for China
Famine Fund. according to state
inent issued by I4somas w lamont,
chairman, hasy reached tha second
stage ~ Its mission NJ mercy. of send,
Ing funds from Ameris.a 10 feed The
millions OF starving famine Victims In
the far eastern republic All the lows
est estimate, the statement says Just
as much nseras III needed to garry ''tbe
last 5.Q0O,0O0s through 10 the June
harvest as has already been sent
Mr.. Lamont points sout that quick
response by America to appeaIs nude
by President Harding and hts prede-
cessor president Wilson, has resulted
la such prompt distribution " relief
that the threatened magnitude of the
famine has been CHECKED 10 unmarked
extent A CONTINUATION OF the efforts
80 far made, sIt is declared, viii place
the famine relief Tor China among
Americas most effective phllanthro-
pies
The Waiting Millions
There remain, however. fire state
ment shows, 'Iast 5000000' to be
saved andSfAese fietI,ie can be&saved
only byacontlnnous and volumInous re-
lief resulting from American subserip-
lions.
The statement, In part, follows:
aQuick response to the appeal Of the
American Committee for China Fam
ine Fund gives us. ri the halfway
point In our work the cheering assuF-
snce thar the subscriptions from gem
erous America already have served n
great humanitarian pirRpses inasmuch
as relief already administered has held
the famine In bounds and made II pos
sihle for America TO save a multitude
of human beings.
Whereas early estimates made Il
seem that millions must perish, we
now are advised that Instead Of the
15,O00.000 who, 1t was originally fear-
Ell. were doomed to death from hunger.
relief at present IN sight from all
sources American, Chinese and for
eign, IL sufficient to provide seanty ra-
lions until the June harvest for NIL ex-
cept so000s9 people These last
5.000,00O are destitute. according to
our latest reports from the American
Advisory Committee In Picking and are
dependent for existence upon new
help coming from outside sources, and
this means America IA 81
Frsn All the People
"It IL the earnest hope OF the Com
mittee that the number OF contribu-
- ~ u 81,
will be such as to make our humanlta-
rian gift, In a real sensesa Gift Of the
American people as whole.
"One way 10 make Individual effort
and generosity contribute toward saw
Ing China's starving population IS for
every one responsive to Chlna's
need. In effect, to pick pal
In China for day, The thought
behind this special appeal inconnec.
tion with the latter part Of our effort
viii be for American men, women aud
children to choose, figuratlvely. u Gil.
nes4 famine victim as friend for n
day and 10 send what they spend one
day on themselves or an American
friend 70 the China Famine Fund el.
Their through local committees, banks
or churches or direct TO Vernon Nun.
roe, treasurer, Bible House, New York
City
"No American Is SO poor that he
cannot save a life at the lowest rate
ever quoted. one dollar q month, Iife's
quotations huctuate, sometimes IN one
nstlnn sometimes III another but the
lower the quotation the greater the
opportunity % lpmWlity, the oppartps
nifty Of human beings 70 save human
life China Il Far away COCO miles
but hunger isfmuger whether around
the corner or beyond the Pacific
1--WE appeal 70 America 20 make ef-
fectiye the work already done In
checking The. China famine disaster by
saving until harvest those already
saved from DEATH