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Show THE INTERMOUNTAIN CATHOLIC 54 Catholic Near East Welfare Association in Appeal for Members appeal for at least on million members is now being issued by the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, the new merger of all American philanthropic societies working abroad, which was recently formed by the United States Hierarchy at the suggestion of His Holiness, Pope Pius XI. The Association which is under the control of a national board, is the only one authorized now to appeal to the American people on behalf of Catholic charitable activities in Russia and the Near East. So proverbial had American generosity become in Europe that both individuals and organizations were constantly applying for support for various projects. The result frequently was waste of effort through duplication or confusion and frequently a diversion of aid from absolutely vital needs to other deserving but less desperate objects. The Catholic Near East Welfare Association, of which the active president is Professor Edmund A. Walsh, S. J., former director-general of the Papal Mission to Russia, in unifying the welfare work, will act as a kind of clearing house for applicants for assistance, apportioning the relief in accordance with the need. Its main objective, however, is the maintenance of the institutions already established in Europe under its auspices. In Beirut, Syria, where past and present wars have conthousand peaceable citizens verted twenty-twinto home refugees, the Catholc Association, has opened schools for the children, workshops for those of working age, kitchens for the hungry and clinics for all. From here it is extending to Armenia, where the recent earthquakes have still further aggravated the poverty. In Greece it has orphanages as well as a settlement for the thousands of families rendered destitute by the Smyrna disaster and the inhuman exchange of populations carried out by the League of Nations in its effort to trouble. end the Graeco-Turkis- h A Charles A. Maguire Life Insurance nation-wid- e 616 Judge Bldg. u Kearns Bldg greatest $529 hat 'value in cAmericaF Kearns Bldg., Salt Lake ) m v: -- I A Af-- j Broom Hotel, Ogden mimo The Finest Aluminum o A complete line of this high grade durable Aluminum Ware is offered at saving prices. Mirror Ware Wears Scott Hardware ,168 Main St. |