The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-04
Relief WORK
ORGANIZED IN
THIS COUNTY
Headquarters Established at
Tenth and Main-Attention
Called to Hoover Plea for
Starving Children.
NICHOLSON SPEAKS

Headquarters for the local campaign
for European relief funds have been
established at Fulghum's music store.
Tenth and Main streets Those IN
charge of the county drive, Mr.. Rey-
holds and Mr.. Heun, were both out of
the city Tuesday, but State Represen-
| tative Stormont is in charge of prepa-
rations.
Orders were given Tuesday morning
for signs announcing that the music
shop was the central office for con-
tributions for Wayne county. They
; were to be placed conspicuously on
the front of the building by Tuesday
night. .- .-s. =-e ~..r -zes.a
The European Relief Council has
pledged itself to pay every penny re-
ceived for chiid-feeding. Expenses of
the program that are incurred in
America, including the cost of collec-
tion of the fund and home office up-
keep. are to be met from the proceeds
of the American Relief Administra-
ton Food Draft sale.
Hoover's Plea
Attention is called to the plea from
Herbert Hoover. chairman of the Eu-
ropean Relief Council, to the need of
| rising to the occasion with a contri-
button of $33,000,000, which will be
used to feed 3.50O,000 undernourished
! children of central Europe until the
next harvest. At the present time
these children receive one hot meal a
day and some clothing
In order to prevent 1900 institu-
tions, all of which are under the
American flag, from closing their
doors within so days eight of the larg-
est American welfare organizations
| h0u
| Council to raise the $33, 100000 fund
! "One dollar will feed a child for a
month and SO will save a child's
life," Mr.. Hoover says.
| 5. Edgar Nicholson who returned
recently from work in the main office
of the European Relief Council, at
New York, gave a vivid account OF
the needs in eastern and central Eur
ope at the Rotary club meeting, Tues
day.
49,. Great Project.
| ut is one of the greatest humanitar-
| ian projects, and one OF the biggest
Christian endeavors ever attempted by
| this country" said Mr.. Nicholson
| speaking of the feeding of the starv-
ing little ones of the stricken coun-
tries. "A great deal is said about re-
establishing European credit. To sue
! cessfully carry out the raising OF $685.,
100000 for relief work is one of the
best means of accomplishing this"
Mr.. Nicholson then quoted Herbert
Hoover, chairman of the council, as
saying. 81 would rather have the Amer
lean flag planted in the hearts of the
millions of European children than
have the American flag flying from
every citadel in Europe" He pointed
out that such service from America
would live in the hearts of those suf-
| fering children for generations. and
would be a source of everlasting
| friendship.
Tells Conditions.
| To relieve all doubt as 10 the gen
uineness of the need in Europe, Mr..
| Nicholson told of actual conditions re-
lated by men of various bodies affil-
lated with the relief council.
| He read a quotation, "As the fathers
and mothers of America were looking
forward to providing gifts on Christ
mas for their children, the fathers and
mothers Of central Europe were won
dering which child they could best
spare, so as to give food to those
whom they decided to keep"
A suggestion was made by Mr..
| Nicholson that four-minute men be
named to make appeals in churches
/ and amusement houses in behalf of the
campaign. He also called attention
to the fact that all of the heads of the
national Rotary organization had en-
dorsed the movement.
A special meeting Of the Rotary
club is expected to be held within a
day or two to hear the report of the
committee on European relief, il was
announced. Joseph Hill is chairman
of the committee.