Show IRON ASKED MUCH I 1 LOUR ILOUR why didn dian t iron county gt g t more red cross flour that question has been asked many t mes by people since the first dis trib ution of flour from that source last spring the answer waa was given during the week by mrs ablene na lional red crosa cross representative who was in the county for the purpose of reorganizing the chapter here frankly the reason we t get more it was learned from mrs airs ax lene Is because we asked tor for too much and our distribution was too general the red cross made pro vilon ildon vi lon to help up to ten per cent of th population in drought stricken areas but when reports from here showed that distribution had been up to eighty or ninety per cent of the population laton on in some instances and when we made requests tor for further shipments basing those requests on oil surveys which showed that sixty or seventy per cent of the families needed relief those requests were Wis disregarded regarded in other words people who act natty needed further relief were deprived of iq il because many who were not actually in need had bad shared in the first distribution it Is pointed out by those who are in charge that by similar action we may jeopardize direct relief funds from the reconstruction finance corporation people who t think of asking outright tor for charity are making a great fuss it if they don t get part of the work which these funds are creating the thing should be under stood by all is that it if you are not sorely in need of relief you are do ing a great injustice to those who do need tt it when you ask for a share of the funds even tho you do get it on the pretext of working tor for it in other words asking tor for relief on these jobs is equivalent to asking tor for relief funds don t do it it if you can get by without but on the other hand don t hesitate to ask II 11 you are really in need parowan carowan times |