Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-20
FRIENDS ASK AMTY
FOR WAR PRISONERS
Meeting Also Favors Board to
oettle Coal Strike; Relief
Work Detailed.

petitions urg,ns the appointment OF a
FEDERAL coal commission and the re-
lease ~ political prisoners In the
Tinted Ssates and = discussion ~ the
cians fsw the furth.rinE Of relief work
abroad marked tho cioslnr sessions Of
tho philadelphia YEARLY Moeting ~
rrtend~. IN tho meeting house at fi-
tsNrth and RNc~ streets, yesterday
afternoon
That a coal commission should DC
named ,o areitrste tho present coal
strike and 20 make study with a
Wow ~ eliminating future labor
,rruhle IN The fucl industry, wae the
assertion 81 tho hackers ~ tho petition.
ThN r~soiutlc-, win I've sent 90 iVosi-
dent Harding
The commission. 10 was asserted,
would t~ shl. 10 make y thorough in
vesslx~tion ~ the present strike and
while they ar. srhitratinE ". they
could sl~n study tho causee for most
NJ the trouble WINS hchind the labor
disputes such step wa looked upon
sss arest move toward labor harmony
IN the United states
The plea Cor amnesty Zoe political
risoners VAS made IN q resolution
which pointed out that there are still
many persons IN American prisons
ssryins eentences on charges growing
uut ~ the violating ~ wartime legis-
ls,ion. n was believed that the demo
cratic thin. to do would ho 90 release
the.. men now that the war is thing
~ the past
The rcpcrt ~ tho American Friends
Service Committee IN reference 20
futur- work IN Europe reviewed tho
rlost attention
The report. given Nv Wilbur X
Thonss executive secretary ~ the
committee. showed that tho creates,
part ~ tho relief work now is being
carried on IN Russia. wheve the famine
conditions are worst Hc reported also
that the telief work IN Serbia had been
completed and that the feeling Of
undernouriched children IN Germany
v,s 10 he turned over 20 tho German
government on July a.
Tho other work he pointed out atil
required much attention lie declared
this, the plans ~ tho committee foi
the rehabilitation - Russia provided
Tor twenty years ~ work. In tina,
time. he said q would he possible ID
place the famine stricken peoples ba, \
On their feet Abandonment of IN,
work now would 30 an impcssihili,y. h,
said, because ~ tho sad plight " IN,
people
Relief that the relief work was help.
TVS % cement tho bonds " friondshtr
between America and the European
peoples wsR expressed ny Mr. Thoma,
IN hts discussion Ne said that IN,
United states now was looked upoi
a. the ssvior 81 the world and that 10,
much could not be done 10 aid IN,
stricken.
ono ~ the greatest immediate neede
u was pointed out. ~ for soap. medi
cal supplies, hospital equipment. band
ssos disinfectants and drugs. Food vii
be required FOR some time, but tn
shipments may he cut down next yea
n the Russian crops arc good. II wa
said Ciothins also would be needed &
sreatcr quantities. u was pc nted GU,
Another need IN relief work Wa
outlined by : Barnard Walton, @
kwsrthmore lie said that there wer
great fields for the committee IN IN
nited states. and as an example n
pointed ogt West Virginia wher
money was needed Tor the clothing an
teedir ~ undernomishcd children 81
the cohirolds u was asserted tina
domestic as well a. foreign problem
had 20 he mot
Ia discussion ~ Mutual Under
standing Between Nations" MI,
1herere rottecher- Arnculd. Of Frs lc,
declared that many wars could h
traced 20 eecret diplomacy and sh
asserted that y stop should 10 put Z
this method 81 disoussins internations
problems.
The sivins ~ the report % tho tr1is
tees and the reading % number G
memorials brought tho meeting 20
close.