Bisbee daily review., 1921-06-11
PUEBLO ID ASK PRESIDENT TO
 GIVE SUFFERERS
 PERMANENT AID
Committee Will Be Sent To Washington To Outline
 What City Seeds
ENGINEERS AT WORK
Mayor Lovern says Money in Huge Sums Needed to Aid
 Sufferers From Flood

PUEBLO, Colo, June 10.-The city of Pueblo will send a committee to Washington. D. C.. probably tomor- row night. to appeal to President Harding, to Secretary of the Interior Fall. and to the Colorado delegation in congress to give flood sufferers of the Arkansas and Fountain river val leys permanent assistance.
 The committee will be headed by Ava B. Adams, son Of former Cover nor Ava Adams, of Colorado. Other members of the committee will be selected from Denver. Colo, and Col orado Springs. as well as from this city C. F. Johnson, Of Urbane, O., brother of J. Will Johnson, of Pueblo who is here, will accompany the com mittee. He was asked to go alone because he is a personal friend of President Harding and Attorney Gen eral Daugherty.
 We are not going to Washington to insist Pueblo be given any specific sum of money" Adams, cheirman of the committee said today We are going to ask in particular that the se"retarv Of the interior and congress afford us some permanent protection against future floods. This probably can be done best by government en- gineers as in the case of Galveston"
 Will Take Engineer
 The committee will take with it an engineer to describe to the president and congressmen what happened here and what is needed.
 The emergency phase of relief work has passed, according to Adams One week ago tonight the flood came and tonight clearly all of the hungry are being fed. the shelterless housed and the sick administered to, he said. That does not mean, however, that Pueblo is no longer in need.
 In a statement issued to the Asso- ciated Press today, Mayor James M. Lovern. said money fin huge sums" is needed. The statement issued by the mayor follows:
 "Our great and pressing present and immediate need Is for money in huge sums for the relief of our stric- ken people. All donations should be made to the American Red Cross which insures wise, sympathetic and efficient administration and accurate accounting.
 "The public should understand that the moneys that have been appropr'- ated by congress for purposes of san itation can not be used where most needed-that is for support and re- mobilization of the destitute people. The immensity of our needs can be determined by inquiry at the office of the southwestern division of the American Red Cross at St. Louis, Mo"
 The mavor sad that though emer- gency relief had been rendered more permanent relief could not be given without financial assistance. Busi- ness men of the city will not ask helD in reestablishing their businesses, it was said. but it was pointed out by the mayor and others that unless the government gave assurance. of remov ine danger of floods from the river few business men would be inclined to borrow money to rebuild their es- tablishments.
 Secretary Fall Assists
 The mayor received a telegram from Secretary Fall today saying he would send two department of interi- or engineers to Pueblo at once to make a survey Ui the damage done.