Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-01-07
NEAR EAST RELIEF
TO START Campaign
Whitman County Will Be Asked to
Care for 100 Homeless Children
of Our Allies

All rejoice with the good people of
l ullman in the fact that they went
over the top in the recent cam
palgn for the relief of European chill
ureh' Coltax' also, has a like honor.
Inc cause was worthy and the re-
spouse was generous.
There is, however, some confusion
il the public mind about the relation
OF Herbert Hoover's campaign on be.
half of the children of Central En-
rope with the organization known as
the Near East Relief. There is no
connection between the European
Relief Council, of which Mr.. Hoover
Is chairman, and the Near East Re-
lief Each is separate and distinct,
There is no duplication of aid given
by the two organizations. However.
If portion of the funds in the recent
campaign were designated for Near
East Relief, the same may be sent
there. The European Relief Coun.
Gil operates in Central Europe, and
the Near East Relief in Asia Minor
Money raised by the Literary Digest
and Mr.. Hoover's committee does not
include Asia Minor among it's bene-
ficiaries. Mr.. Hoover is undertak
ing to raise money to supplement the
inadequate food supply, and to give
one meal a day to the under-nour-
1shed children of Central Europe,
feeding them in their own homes.
school houses, or other convenient
places. This is the purpose of his
campaign, as publicly stated by him.
The Near East Relief was incor-
porated by Congress in 1919 for re-
lief and reconstruction work in the
Near East, and to meet the prob
lem of hundred of thousands of war
orphans there who have no other
support than charity. These are the
children Of our allies The Near
East Relief has taken over all the
Red Cross work in Asia Minor. There.
are over 500 Near East Relief work
ers in vast area, where it is the
only relief agency, where there is no
government to give and where there
are no schools and no homes, save as
we provide education and shelter for
the orphan children of our allies. The
presence of these workers at a relief
station is often all that prevents the
entire annihiliation of a Christian
community by the Turks. There are
over 100000 children without fam
lies or friends. Their parents were
or died in deportation, and
the Near East Relief, through it's or.
phanages, must feed, clothe and edp.
cate them, or they die. They ask not
for charity, but for a chance to live
The Near East Relief is maintain
ing in the field 60 hospitals, II res
cue homes for girls, and 229 orphan
ages, housing $4,000 orphans and
Swing outside aid to $4,000 Others.
Relief workers report that for every
child cared for in an orphanage, there
are three homeless and uncared for:
Whitman county is asked to sup
port 1876 of these children The
children of the public schools in Yak.
ina alone are caring for IS orphans.
The amount required to support each
child is IS a month, or $50 a year.
y little later, Whitman county in
tends to do its part in this good work.
The county committee as well as the
local committee will be announced in
the near future. The city of Pa
louise is already organized and at
work.
At the head of the national organi-
zation for Near East relief is James
|. Barton, chairman, with Chas. v.
Vickrey, general secretary, and Cleve-
land H. Dodge, treasurer. Independ-
ent of the relief fund itself, Mr..
Dodge pays practically all overhead
expenses, so that 90 cents of every
dollar goes direct to relief work
Anyone desiring further informa-
ton may address E. A. Potter. state
secretary, AT Peyton Bldg, Spo-
kane, Wash.
w. A. GRESHAM,
Field Agent
Spokane, Wash