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Show AMERICANS CAN AFFORD TO GIVE ' ..ni16 Wh tnUfiht td0drn A"l' tiff "; !?n ll0,w to economize, Herbfcrt utnhns and other pooplo of the United m,a,9 Imnclne that they Hare nri In- fei, Y'8'blc CUMt at tht-ir dinner tabls. Ii?2, tt,? cI?tuunn I",? Prcad, the Ut Place? all set about iho'fnmlly bonrd, and the average good, wholesome O American meal made ready, Mr. f ' ,nl' think of some little child or chit- rlV?''? ,Kuropi' a" nrlng.thst I s 'ePRSj- J?I,B lmW n't be well 8U- S Ulncd during tho coming year uiilm M& Utahns are actually feeding or helping !E '. .at lenst "ne of ll,M' children. f, " wl" cost Just $10 to feed oae child i' n,eal a day until honest time. The v ata, committee- for the European Re- Hef council la putting one pertinent luestlon tit UtahtiH In the present fund i',mJ,,alL"lM the ,,,e of child worth 10r They hnvn no f.-nr of what (he ansuer of the people of this atute will J uo. According to statements reaching i- tho local relief council ofQce In Salt K Luke City, Mr. Hoover expects this I f present appeal to the American people peo-ple for the relief of children In central and aouthenHtorn Europe to be tha J " ,n8t; He bellovea tlint It the relief work can only go on until lmrC8t time r ihe nations belntf nldud tan then feed l - their own people. At j)rosnt they are ,, !"lal,ne,?r ,0 Rcry 51 raised in Amor-i Amor-i ,' ' len for'.thc relief of tltelr children, hut f ' the combined sum will only ,Jnsure,j $ r" JiaTli sustcuancu to the starving llttlo f ' ones. - , I ' Mr. ( Hoocil ha'i pent out the follow-1 j- , Iin: stntcment to the otnte office: ) . "Il 's reported to me that there IsJ Kfiit ilenl of Klnoiii.ovor the United .StiilM ns the result of fnlllm; ju-kes r l J"1'11 the decrease In cmplo) ment, and Ev ' '0 not wish to mlnlmlre the & miMctleiof unj IndMduul, but despltu V ",l8 wc himld bu the most cheerful I r , i ' rountry In the nurld. nnd we do hne (' l,le wnl foundation of cheerful gllns. ' f y "we hnve ln our wareliouscg and on t our farms today eighteen months' food W supply for the entire Anierlcnn people. L ,)c have a honest coming npuln with- K.P , ln another eight months; our shelves V ' . . "" overloaded with clothing, our JV narehonses with raw material; we Mj- hve ample coal and our people are ( warmly honied. If theie Is uny fiun- tf$ gcr or any .cold In the United State wk v ' this winter it In due to the foo'lUV p - functioning of either our boclal, our i ' economic or our political system. -v "We do not deserve the nuine of In-'i In-'i j telllgcnt men If we cannot overcome & tu" self-made handicap at huuie and i ' -StlJl.Sl0 SJIC ply trgafJ. bVJ ' "Wa might liiTS Joirie loom for dd jte. zpondency in America If our situation mBE cro Uiat of any of tho 'countrIe- of HBP"? eastern or central Europe. If we had jjpj-. but Hve to seven monthi' food supply Eii with the harvest- eight months nuny; Ptr 1' our children wore undernourished; mi If we were not possessed of tho essen-Ei. essen-Ei. tlal food for children. If they were un- dv'rclad, without the material with jBfe. which to remedy It, nnd If such care as 'PI they do receive was the charity of for- tiffljL, elgn people, we might have a right to KPt complain," |