Evening star., 1925-02-27
NEAR EAST RELIEF
AIDED BY TOURISTS
Meeting Here Is Told Litera-
ture Is Sent to Voyagers.
Dawes Sends Greetings.

Problems of work in the States in
raising funds for the Near East Re-
lief were discussed today at a meet
ing of State directors and national
officials of the Near East Relief or
ganization at the Washington Hotel.
Sponsorship work in the States and
in Sunday schools and public schools
as well as by individuals was out
lined by John W. Mace. national State
director. Many persons are con-
tributing sums ranging from $50 a
year, enough TO take care of one
child, to several hundred dollars.
while large contributions come in
from Sunday schools and public
schools, he said.
One of the most effective means of
bringing relief work in the Near East
home tc United States citizens, Mr..
Mace said, is through tourist travel
in the Near East. The great steam
ship agencies make their passenger
lists for Mediterranean trips avail
able TO the national organization and
literature asking for assistance in the
Near East relief work is sent to the
passengers. This system has proved
of great value.
Twenty thousand American tourists
visit this section every year, the meet
ing was told, and many of them are
taken through orphanages maintained
by the Near East Relief organizations,
where they see the children In whom
they are askea~to take an interest
! Charles V. Vickrey of Montclair,
n. j., secretary of the national or
ganization, presided.
shoes Too Small.
Shoes furnished the Near East by
American women are too small for
h hn fY,o = n
director of the work for refugees in
Greece, told the conference
The conference received a letter to-
day from Vice President-elect Charles
O.. Dawes, a member of the national
board of trustees, expressing regret
he could not attend the meeting. 1T
is great work" he said "and I am
confident that the American people
Will stand by that work until the or
phan children under your care shall
be fully prepared for self-support" ="
Regrets that he could not attend were
also cabled by Ambassador Herrtck k
at Paris, one of the foupders of the
organization. Gen. James G. Harbord.
president.o of the Radio Corporation of
America, was appointed chairman of
a committee 10 investigate the posi-
bility Of installing wireless in the
American orphanage stations.
The cross word puzzle has been
used as a part OF the educational
program for some time in the Near
East, while such puzzles are an old
story in Persia, Christy Wilson told
the conference. "Grown-ups don't do
cross word puzzles in Near Eastern
countries" he added.
American relief work in Persia was
described by Secretary Wilbur and
Tra1 IN
Navy General Board at the annual
meeting Of the Near East Relief. held
last night at the Washington Hotel.
James L. Barton of Boston and John
III. Finley of New York were elected
chairman and vice chairman, re-
spectively, of the organization, while
Charles V. Nickrey Of Montclair, " j.,
was named secretary and Cleveland
IL. Dodge of New York treasurr
Mrs. Phillip North Moore of ST.
Louis and Cardinal Hayes, Bishop
Manning, Albert Shaw, TaIcott Will
liams, Hamilton Holt and Prof. Otis
Caldwell, all Of New York, were
elected trustees for three-year- terms.
A feature of last nights session was
the presentation of distinguished serv-
ice medals of the Near East Relief
TO is relief workers, two of them
from Washington.
List OF Medal Winners
Those to whom medals were pre-
sented were: Mrs. Floro Stanton
kalk and Mary Hayden of Washing
ton, DR.. Mabel E. Elliott, Benton Har-
Dor, Mich; Enoch r. Applegate, Jer-
sey City; Mrs. Katherine Gillespie
Imbrie, New Rochelle, y. Y; Chris
topher c. Thurber, Greenville, S. c.:
J. Christy Wilson, Boise, Idaho;
Helen Teal Kendallville, Ind; Isabel
T. Norkewicz, Shenandoah, Pa; Fran
els 2. Freeman, West Orange, n. J.;
Mrs. Stuart d. Jessup, Philadelphia
Dennis McSweeney, Beverly, Mass
DR.. William s. Dodd, Stamford, Conn.
Mrs. Mary Carter Dodd, Stamford
Charles D. Norris, Olean, N. Y; David
Hoagland, Rockford, ILL.,; Janet Nc
Naughton, Philadelphia, and, Mrs.
Pearl g. Larson, Chicago.
Oliver j.. Sands of Richmond, Va,
was elected a member of the execu-
tive committee to represent the
Southern States, and Josephus Daniels
of Raleigh, n. G., and Mrs Leroy
Springs of Columbia, S. c., were
named trustees for three-year terms