The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1923-12-07
10 Start Driue for Relief of
Starring Children in Germany

end is not yet. Winter Is approach
ing, which will add freezing to-
hunger, for fuel is more expensive
than in America. Winter will surely
see the misery at high tide.
Can you picture such misery to
yourself? Let us give you an idea
Father works two days out of six
His wages amount to but two-thirds
of the needs of his family, consisting
worked at full time. His children
are sent to school after a breakfast
Of cold potatoes and salt, nothing
else. After school they return home
and ask mother for a bite to eat
There is none. Neither any supper
Cold and hungry they go to bed.
The next day 1t Is the same. and the
next. Thousands of families are ex-
listing, yet. existing, not living. on
one very poor meal day Add to
that bare feet, In many cases no
underclothing.
Now, If that were right over the
line in California, let US say, how
quickly would we not organize re-
lief committees and swamp them
with food and clothing; do all we
possibly could to alleviate this in
tense suffering We would consider
1t criminal, as 1t would be. to permit
such conditions to exist. without
raising hand to assist and help.
But such and even worse condi-
tions prevail in tens of thousands of
German homes. Thing of it, Seven
million children in urgent need of
food. Most of them do not get any
warm meals or any bread at all,
says General Allen. And he knows,
having been there and investigated.
1t makes no difference to him wheth-
er it is 5000 miles away or just
across the line. Neither does 1t
make any difference to him. that they
are the children, whose fathers and
brothers he fought against in the
late war. Neither should 1t make
any difference to us, II we desire to
be classed among human beings,
whose hearts are susceptible to pity
and sympathy. This Is no time for
splitting hairs; 1t is a time for act
ion for those who have an interest
in humanity.
AS you gather your little ones
about you at your three square
meals each day, as you tuck them
into their nice warm beds each
night, as you send them to school
warmly clothed. do you ever give
thought of appreciation that you are
able to do so? Would not your
heart be torn, II you we're compelled
to deny your child a plain piece of
bread just once,
And now look across the ocean.
Do you see them? Not one or a
score or a hundred, but whole COM
panies, regiments. brigades, platooss,
an army of 100000 of helpless, rag
ged, sick, hungry human being, all
children. Pale and hollow-eyed, lean
and gaunt, they stretch out their
little arms to Americans across the
sea in the pitiful appear, Bread,
please give us bread"
Shall their heartrendering crys go
unheard? Not If big-hearted America
can help it, And help it Will, and
Carson Valley is just as big-hearted
as any other community in America
and will not stop it's ears to the
piteous plea of starving, freezing
"kiddies."
Uncle" William Dangberg has
been asked to take this urgent mat
ter in hand In Carson Valley. He is
no doubt the proper person to see 1t
through to successful finish.
When he and his assistant call on
you, think again of those 1000 900
little ones, and do as your hearts
bids you.
on the committee with Wm. Dang
berg is VIM. Hussman. Fritz Schacht.
Fritz Fricke, Henry Godecke. Bert
Selkirk and M. Jacobsen.