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Show ! American Bankers to '. ' Aid Starving Children NEW YORK. Jan. 1G. Formation of the American relief committee for sufferers suf-ferers in Austria, composed of many leading American bankers and others for relief of thousands of underfed ' children in Vienna, was announced in connection with an appeal to the Am-Lerican Am-Lerican people to contribute for pur-j pur-j chase- of supplies- I Frederic C. Penfield. former American Ameri-can ambassador to Austria, was chosen chos-en honorary chairman of the committee, commit-tee, which included Archbishop Pal-rick Pal-rick J. Hayes of New York, Frank A. ,Vanderllp, Henry Morgenthau, Otto II. Kahn, H. P. Whitney. Henry Seligman, 'II, F. Sinclair, Charles fiayden, Henry ! W. Taft and Frank A. Munsey. Speedy action is urgent, it was said. "It is useless lo send money into Austria because there is virtually no j food to bo bought," according to a 'statement issued by the committee. |