Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-19 | Page 4 | Humanity's Call

HUMANITY'S HUl CALL TruE THE coming comingS of the first frost in this valley L should serve to warn that the arrival of chilling weather is not ot far away This emphases emphasizes s sizes ses es the need for or advance surveys of the relief situation an and for timely organization of forces Only by this this' means may adequate relief reach those who stand in need and disproportionate overhead costs of administration and distribution distribution tion be avoided The burden will assuredly be bc great to bear it n not t be aggravated by bj i wasteful and inefficient methods which divert funds from those it is sought to help in order orde that cumbersome organizations ma may be e sup sup- ported Too maximum benefit from the public funds which may be become ome available and from the contributions of humane and generous generous' citizens will ivill bo be furthered if every every- effort to consolidate forces is made eliminating duplication duplication cation of effort President Roosevelt's admonition Sunday evening in opening the campaign of the mobilization mobilization for human needs was timely and ble Me Nothing could be more ill advised than to propose that the federal government assume the extraordinary function function- of wide nation relief re re- re- re lief Such enterprises by the e central government govern govern- ment ent clog the wheels of political political- machi machinery ery and nd inescapably build up costly administrative organizations That charity begins at home is not only premised on high higl moral ground but it is an economically sound approach to the monumental problem of saving the hapless citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens zens of the country from hunger cold disease and nd every e other human misery that follows in inthe inthe inthe the wake of poverty By appointment from Mrs Franklin D. D Roosevelt Mrs Irs C. C D. D Smith is Utah state chairman chairman chair chair- man for forthe the women's crusade To assist her she has called upon a notable group of public spirited women women of capability a and d proved devotion devotion devotion devo devo- tion to humane projects It Jt is already evident eviden that the program promises more reaching far-reaching effects than in past years Not alone is timely and adequate relief for the suffering in view but moral social and economic rehabilitation as well This undertaking deserves general cooperation cooperation cooperation co co- co- co operation as the practical points of the campaign cam cam- pig against misery m ry are arc r disseminated i ew ted j