Evening journal., 1921-03-03
FIND IRELAND'S
need GREAT
Friends Say $4,000 Weekly
is Required For
Support
MANY FAMILIES
ARE HOMELESS

Members OF the Delaware branch
OF the American Committee for Re
lief in Ireland have received the full
report OF the Unit OF American
Friends sent by c. j. France. brother
OF Senator France. OF Maryland. This
report reviews the relief work being
done and il is estimated that $50,-
600 will be needed weekly for emer-
.gency relief alone.
The report states:
'T.isburn we found in greater dis
,tress than any other Irish city ex-
cept Cork. A British officer who
served in Belgium, told us he had
q never seen anything like it.
I'm August 232 families were COM
PEELED to leave their homes owing to
sburnings. wreckings or intimida-
tons Several hundred women and
children fed from their homes on
sthe night OF the general burnings,
and made their way 10 Belfast
Mothers carrying children arrived at
Belfast the following noon with
bare feet bleeding and were shell
tered by the local committee, head
ed by Bishop MacRory.
Three American citizens we're
burned out OF their homes at Lis
shurn. One OF them was Thomas
Caldwell. formerly OF New Rochelle.
New York. who enlisted June. 1917,
ain Company A. 321st Machine Gun
battalion. s2nd Division, and fought
at ST. Mihiel. ArEonne Forest and
son the Nerdun front. He told us
5000 people were in the mob that
burned his place. In all, li9 trades
spcople. both Catholic and Protestant
suffered losses.
in Cork the Distress Fund has
been distributing from $1,000 10 $4,.
600 weekly among 500 heads OF fam
lies aggreFating 1000 men. WON
en- and children who were made
destitute by the burning OF the city
There are several thousand othei
families in acute need whom the,
have been unable to assist.
Looks Like War Zone.
"Spicer and Longstreth OF tn
unit reporting on Counties Roscom
mon and Westmeath, estimate tn
eneed OF $1,000 weekly for families o
workmcn. and $4,000 for restora
tion OF farm buildings destroyed
Baker and Furnas OF the Unit. asl
$50 weekly for twenty families II
tho towns OF Longford, Granard AM
was completely razed and presents
picture equalling villages destroye
in France.
g.. Wilbur and Price. OF the Unit re
porting on the Counties OF Sligo an
Leitrim. state that they visited 81
destroyed creameries, those OF Bal
lymote. Achonry, Tubbercurr,
Swanlinbar. Ballintrill and Carns
doe. The estimated cost or rebuild
ing and equipment is $4,000. Thes
: six creameries affect nearly 400
farmers and their families. and
they arc not rebuilt this spring. theI
.' Is grave danger that the farmers wi
have TO sell their milk cows an
thus terminate the buttermaking ir
dustry in the regions affected.
Tho report includes a summary {
the conditions OF the expelled worl
crs in Belfast where 5000 Cathol
shipyard workers we're driven froi
athcir employment last july, and the
with their families. 80. 900 persoI
in all. have been dependent on n
lief.
Director France transmits an al
neal to American Labor on bcha
OF these starving workers. issued
Joint committee OF the Bella
Labor Party and the Belfast Trad
Union Council. This section of~ti
report reads:
During the past six months, u
expelled workers and their depei
dents have been maintained throue
contributions received largely fro
labor groups in Ireland, Englar
and Scotland. Large sums ha'
been raised by Irish workers who
4 wages average $40 weekly. In a
some $500. 900 has been distribute
Widespread unemployment in En-
land has ended an hope OF furth
contribution from that source.
"A delegation OF relief worke
& consisting OF members OF the Anne