Show COTTON SWEATERS FOR distribution BY RED CROSS UNITS red lied cross chapters in the pacific c area now have available cotton sweaters for distribution to distressed boys girls men and women according to word sent out by A L area manager the distribution ot of sweaters is the third step in in the national red hed cross crosa program ot of providing cloth ing ine to needy and desti destitute tuta and completes the consumption of bales of farm board cotton voted by congress last july throughout the eastern midwestern and pacific areas approximately 2760 sweaters will he bie subject to requisition by the chapters delivery of sweaters will be gin immediately the sweaters will come from factories that had not received any of the red lied cross cotton orders and will keep a number of sweater factories which were about to close down open tor for six weeks or longer legislation Is now pending in cong congress ress to turn over to the red cr cross cs the remainder of bales of 0 cotton held by the farm board in order to continue the clothing relief work the bill by chairman marvin jorles jones I 1 of the house agriculture committee contains a clause permitting exchange of the cotton for bedding a distribution n not 0 t permitted in previous legisla legislation legislate tl on TM bill has passed the house heuse a and n d ha has been sent to the senate |