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Show BELIEF SHIP TO SAIL TUESDAY New York, Nov 2. To lose no time in carrying iLs decision, announced an-nounced yesterday, to help the destitute des-titute noncombatants In Burope with the Rockefeller millions, the Rockefeller Rocke-feller foundation was engrossed today with plans for getting the first relief ship away tomorrow and Immediate- ly sending its own commission to Kurope to direct further wotk This is the first time that the Rock-efeller Rock-efeller foundation, whose endowment is S10O, OOj has undertaken charitable char-itable work in such direct and wholesale whole-sale way, its philanthropies heretofore having been concerned mainly with work alonjr scientific lines The first move in sending a relief ship to Europe, involves an outlay of $275,-000, $275,-000, and from the announcement of I plans It would appear that this was I only a small part of what was con template- and that the approprian mlghl rank aa the lar-st Indtvtdual donation ever made for war relief At the Rockefeller foundation head-! head-! quarters today it was said that fnr- ther action than had been outlined in last night's announcement was yet to bo decided upon The steamer J Mnssapequa. ffhich had been chartered char-tered from the New York and Porto Rico line, it was said, will lie loaded and able to leave New ork for Rot-"rdam Rot-"rdam as planned tomorrow, with 4000 tons of flour, rice and beans. |