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Show EXPLAINS OBJECT OF RELIEF DRIVE Object of the Near Kasl Kollcf which is being carried out through campaigns throughout the United States and which has solicited ngden's participation to raise funds through i dinner to be held In the Weber club March I. wu- explained toda l i;us Wright chairman of the Ogden committee. Mr. Wright. In explaining explain-ing the purposes of the relief a'-,, rt. .1 that he wished to make it clear that It Is an entirely different movement from the Hoover campaign recently j held bf-ri-- for stji-vlnir chlldn n of i Europe. Mr. Wright .iiu: 'The object of I the Near East relief Is to provide re-i re-i lief and to ssslsi in the repatriation, rehabilitation, and re-establlshment , of suffering and dependant people of ' the Near East and adjacent areas; to i provide for the care of orphans and widows and to promote the social, i economic, and industrial welfare of' ' those who have bcon rendered destl-j I tute. or dependant directly or Indirectly, Indi-rectly, by the vicissitudes of war, the. I cruelties of men, or other causes be- yond their control." |