Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-28
Corn and Flour Are
Wanted For Russia
Fifteen Million people Will Starve
This Winter Unless Food is
Given

Fifteen million people are starving
in Russia. All the relief combined
can, in its greatest possibl> extent,
now feed only 100000 people. In
some villages the death rate is rapidly
mounting toward 100 per cent. Death
IS taking whole villages. Twelve mil
lion men, women and children of the
farming families on whom great
part of the life Of Europe normally
depends for food, face the agony Of
death by starvation unless aid is
given.
These are the facts which set the
Quakers to the task OF raising 1,00O,-
900 barrels of flour in America to be
added to the relief now being carried
on.
where a few months ago." said
Colonel Haskell. head of the Hoover
Relief in Russia, recently, "the people
were dying by hundreds, they are now
dying by thousands. In few months
they viii be dying by hundreds OF
thousands. One Of the relief men IN
trip covering more than 400 miles
found only two places where food
could be had for love or money. In
the Saratov district they are dying
so fast that bodies are literally bein.s
hauled away by the CARLOAD"
"Whcreas 100000 children are
now bein" fed in Russia" continued
Colonel Haskell "this number should
be doubled, at the very least, to meet
absolute minimum requirements and
prevent wholesale child starvation"
And there are 1880 others like
these whose need is rs great.
Six thousand elevator men in the
corn belt have been appealed to for
free service in receiving. Smelling and
storing corn until carload is Sc
cured The Ouakers will then receive
the car and pay all transportation
charges IT will be milled en- route 20
scaboard, and converted into homlny
and corn grits.
From people who live in towns ana
cities or 10 not have corn to give, flour
is asked A letter has been sent 10
the American millcrs asking them 10
solicit gifts Of flour in their COM
munities. selling the flour to the people
at cost. The Friends will accept flour
in any quantity and transport it to
Russia for the starving peasants.
The Quakcrs have had Z relief or
ganization in Russia for over year,
having reached over 100000 under
nourished children in Moscow since
August, 1920. Their present organi-
zation, trained and experienced by
actual contact with Russia's need,
and enlarged and equipped to meet
famine conditions, will administer the
relief you send.
Briefly. the plan of the American
Friends Service Committee. is rs fol
lows: !. To ask the millers and
farmers to contribute rs large guam
tity Of corn and -four as they may be
DISPOSED to give for Russian famine
relief. .. TO ask others in the vicin-
ity. fellow townsmen, local organiza-
tions and rclief groups, to joil-in the
shipment for Russia.
The American Friends Service Corr
mittce Is prepared to pay the freight
on all shipments to seaboard and will
guarantee delivery and proper distri-
button in Russo, under its own aus
rices and direction. II requests,
however, that where possible, ship
ments be accumulated until carload
IS secured
The headquarters Of the American
Friends Service Committee are Mt 20
South 18th street, Philadelphia, Pa.