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Show RELIEF WORK SINCE ARMISTICE RENEWED WASHINGTON, March 9. A review of the relief work conducted in Europe under un-der the direction of Herbert C. Hoover since the signing of the, armistice was made public todav by the food administration. adminis-tration. It shows that 250.000 tons of food, chieflv flour and fata, has been sent to the distressed civilian populations and that staffs to determine needs and i direct distribution of relief have been established es-tablished in practically all the countries in central Europe. Immediately after the end of hostilities I President Wilson made available $5,00tt,- 000 of his special war fund for European relief, and this now has been supplemented supple-mented by the $100,000,00 appropriated by I congress, which is to be handled by the I American relief administration finder Mr. Hoover's direction. |