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Show !'A iiATiGii SAVED BY AiMEfilCA," SAYS CLEVELAND H. D008E New York Business Man Describes De-scribes Vast Armenian Work of Near East Relief. Cleveland H. Dodge, New York banker bank-er and business man, director of the National City Bank, and treasurer of The Russell SiiKe Foundation und of Hie Near Enst Relief, declares that "a nation has been saved by Amerlcau philanthropy, and the generosity of the American people through the Near Eus' Relief. In Its work for the Armenians. Ar-menians. "The lowest official estimate Indicates Indi-cates that one million persons are living liv-ing today who would not be nllve had It not been for this relief." Mr. Dodge continued, "I have an autograph letter from Dr. H. Ohandjanlan, president of the Armenian Republic, Id which he writes: 'America literally saved us f-om starvation.' "Wholly aside from adults who have been saved from starvation, we today r . ' K v? f -J h P - i ' Swjg'":-"---'". .a r CLEVELAND H. DODGE. have in orphanages and elsewhere under un-der our cure 110,000 homeless, fatherless father-less or motherless children who are absolutely dependent upon us. This is exclusive of 63 hospitals with 6.532 beds, 128 clinics, rescue homes for girls and unnumbered thousands of refugees who are being helped through our industrial relief and In other ways. "The Near East Relief has during the tast four or five years commissioned commission-ed and sent to the Near East more than 1.000 American relief workers, of whom 500 are stl'l in the flold, all .of them working at great financial sacrifice sacri-fice the standard of salary being $50 per month and maintenance and many of them facing great personal danger and hardship In the performance perform-ance of their life-saving service. A score of them have died from typhus or other diseases more or less related to their fulthfulness In the performance perform-ance of relief service. "Nor Is that all. We have raised and disbursed during war times and In a war-torn area. In large measure under enemy control, more than $4,-000.000 $4,-000.000 In cash, and, Including flour, Red Cross and other supplies administered admin-istered by our agents, a total of cash and supplies In excess of $50,000,000. The official reports show that on June K0, lOliO, we hud in orphanages 54,000 children, and that we are partially supporting outside of the orphanages 56,039 children, making a total of 110,-000 110,-000 boys and girls now under the care of the Near East Relief." Mr. Dodge considers the work of the Near East Relief one of the most stupendous undertakings of disinier-ested disinier-ested philanthropy the world has ever seen. "Ii. countries whose population totals to-tals more thun 30,000,000 souls, Auierl-cun Auierl-cun idealism exemplified by the work of the Near East Relief constitutes today a torch of enlightenment and n Influence for peace throughout the whole Near Hlast," he maintains. "Our American ideal of liberty, Industry and helpfulness has brought us as a people liupplness, prosperity und fulfillment. Out of the fullness of this heritage we are furnishing a faithful and undaunted un-daunted Chrlsti. u people tho brotherly aid which will enable them to reach tie same fulfillment that Cod has given us. "It is an achievement of which every American may well be proud." |
