Arizona republican., 1921-03-04
BEGIN ACTIVE WORK IN LOCAL CAMPA|GN
 FUR IRISH RELIEF

With the appointment of the needed committees and the completion of the details of the plan of campaign. the Maricopa Council for Irish Relief, branch of the American committee for the relief of destitute women and child ren in Ireland, started active work at a luncheon of the council yesterday at the Arizona club. The luncheon was presided over by Col. E. Power Conway, chairman of the finance committee, and among the events decided upon to assist the fund was a dinner to be held at the Hotel Adams on the evening of St. Patricll's Day, March IT.
 The committee appointed yesterday by the council were as follows:
 Finance committee, which is to have charge of the activities of the cam paign, Col. E. Power Conway, chair man; w. J. Burns, vice chairman; Hugh Cassidy, treasurer; William N . Thorpe, secretary; Jack Halloran. Charles sMcElroy, Frank Brophy, Peter Ryan, Judge James Lavin, Thomas derson, Dave Goldberg, Peter Corp stein, Rudolph Kuchler, Dr. J. J. Mc- Loone, Capt. George Christy, Larry Quinlan, Judge Frank DeSousa, John c. O'Malley and J. H. O'Reilly
 Dinner committee, in charge of the dinner on St. Patrick's Day. Jack Hal- loran, chairman; Peter Corpstein, Charles McElroy, Capt. Christy, Larry Quinlan and Rudolph Kuchler.
 l Committee for devising other means of raising funds, J. H. O'Reilly, Luke Henderson and Dave Goldberg. Publicity committee, William N 1 Thorpe, Judge Frank DeSouza and Frank Brophy
 l The English and American councils
 for Irish relief have been distributing funds and provisions through the So- ciety of Friends in the devastated re- gions of Ireland, and relief workers who gained their experience on the
 continent of Europe during the great
 war now are being placed in chargs of the task of alleyiating the suffer ] ings of the women and children of tho 1 Emerald Isle. The assistance is tc
 be given directly to those in need of it
 who are numbered at more than 500,00
 and who have no-source of relief other l than the United States.
 The plans of the American commit
 tee include particularly the sending O
 a shipload of provisions, medical sup. 1 plies and other necessaries to Ireland | Tickets for the St Patrick'S day l dinner may be purchased from tn,
 members of any of the relief council.
 committees, and, in addition, contribu- tions may be sent to Hugh Cassidy | treasurer at the Commercial Nationa l bank
 I The following announcement by tn. American committee for relief in Ire land explains in details the reasons fol I the present campaign:
 | Day after day you read with faint ing heart of the desolation that is grip
 ping Ireland You know that wha you read is but half the story Tn
 destruction of creameries and factories
 the laying waste of cities, these ar
 the symbols of a greater and unre
 corded horror that is taking it's tol
 from among the innocent who hay
 no part in political or religious con | flicts.
 You look beyond the dreadful ef
 fects of a war unmatched for it's bit telness to the plight of the women an, | children of Ireland. You picture then homeless, without sufficient nourish l nent, in constant dread of death b fire or bullet. Whatever you1. opinion or the right or wrong of Ireland
 cause, there is no questioning of you
 desire to make the burden that thes
 innocents must bear a little lighter.
 The American committee for relic
 in Ireland is an organization of Ameri can citizens, prepared to render tn
 aid that Irish women and children mus
 have at once. With your help, shi
 laden with a cargo of sorely needed foo supplies and clothing will be i'm mediately dispatched. In charge of tn distribution of these supplies will b trained men and women experience in relief work through their connec ton with the enterprises of the So ciety of Friends that rendered sue nob-e service to suffering people dur ing the war. Every dollar that you sub scribe will be expended for the pur pose of immediate relief The ex 1 penses of organization have been pro vided for by separate donation. A that is wanted now is your subscrip tion to a cause that needs no furthe pleading"