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Show THE AMERICAN RELIEF RE-LIEF UNIT IN IRELAND CORK, Ireland, March 21. Denial was made today of the rumors to tho effect that tho American unit for relief In Ireland had been debarred .,., A from extending aid to the Irish by ijjQ order ot the crown forces. The exact contrary prevails. Members Mem-bers of the unit have been given permits per-mits by General Strickland, commander comman-der of the Cork area to go anywhere (oven In the martial law area and to Initiate at onco such measures for relief nnd reconstruction as seem to them necessary. Tho permits were Issued Is-sued with the consent and approval ot General Macrcady, commander in chler or the Crown forces In Ireland. The outline ot plans was completed at a meeting at Cork attended by the relief workers, General Strickland and Mason Mltohell, the American consul. Crown forces provided the unit with figured showing that Irish unemployment un-employment la actually In excess of tho figure arrived nt by the American Ameri-can investigators. A conservative es-1tinnte es-1tinnte of the damage is thlrty-fivo million dollars. Tho program of the unit has relict to starving and homeless as the first V. step with reconstruction to follow as quickly as posslbleso that tho need , for outside aid may bo eliminated. The unit has already e xtended relief from the first contributions to tho 110,240,000 fund the American committee com-mittee for relief in Ireland Is now raising. ,, |