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Show RELIEF DRIVE FOR NEAR EAST PEOPLE NEW YORK. Pec. 8. The J30.000.-000 J30.000.-000 war lelief drive of the American committee com-mittee for relief in the near east, which will be conducted during the week of , January 12. will be directed by Alexan- 1 der J. Hemphill, chairman of the board of 'directors of the Guaranty Trust company, com-pany, it was announced here tonight. Mr. Hemphill served as treasurer of the commission fr relief in Belgium. In accepting ac-cepting the chairmanship of the committee, commit-tee, he said he regarded relief work in the "starving and ragged near east" as ejual in importance to that in Belgium. The Jewish war sufferers' campaign committee gave a dinner to 1000 of its workers here tonight In preparation for the two weeks' campaign which will begin be-gin tomorrow to raise $5,000,000 to aid needy Jews in war-ravaged lands. |