Show HEMPHILL EXPLAINS organization OF NEAR EAST RELIEF BELIEF prominent new york cork banker says alm aim Is relief of starving peoples just what Is the near lost east relief 7 ts Is tile the question that hat many people are asking wh whose ose interests Int eretta have been awakened to the terrible conditions existing sting in the levant today says alexander J president ident of the guarantee trust company arld and well known new isea york fork banker and finan financier cler in prosaic facts the near isear east relief Is a body incorporated by act of congress the object of which Is to provide relief and to assist in the repatriation rehabilitation and rees re es of suffering and dependent people of the neer near east and adjacent areas to provide for for the care of orphans and widows and to promote the social economic and industrial wel 1 1 af ALEXANDER J HEMPHILL fare of those who have been tendered rendered destitute or dependent directly or in directly by the of nar the cruelties cruel ties of men or other causes beyond their control per cent relief file alm aim of the organization 1 Is 13 3 per cent relief the relief which puts those aided on oa a self supporting hasis which illich instills in them liem a conf confidence idene for llie lie future places la in their hands the weans means with which to begin life anew find and in their hearts the courage to go on 11 work that Is the prescription subscribed anil and provided by those loyal men find and women who have journeyed into perilous places for the sake of their fellow men anif n to make those these people independent for ibo future to encourage the flickering fire of notional pride there ale aie workers employed employ eil anabe industrial establishments of the near east relief where wool Is furnished tor for the women to spin and weave and all the girls giris who are strong enough are washing wool sewing beds grinding and sitting sifting wheat tailoring and learning to make lace the big problem Is to wake make these women independent about american men and women near east relief workers are now flow in the he field including 30 eminent physicians and surgeons surgeon TO 70 nurses nurs nurs es 7 mechanics 15 industrial experts 16 11 agriculturists 14 bacteriologists relief workers 25 supply and transport workers 10 teachers 20 administrators tra tors 34 secretaries 7 engineers en inders and 45 43 army officers where money goes funds for relief purposes are distributed tri buted in two ways first the vari ous relief centers are authorized authorised by tile ll 11 executive committee Commit tco to draw sight drafts on new york for specific amounts each cadi mouth month second by sup plies piles purchased in Ani america erlen the lie major portion of which ore are shipped to the committee warehouses at and tile tha remainder either to beyrouty Bey routh or of Batou ill the relief Is rapidly and meeting the situa situation tinn but bill the future depends on the lie continuation of amerl ameri con can support according to mr air hemphill the need for american help to see the destitute peoples of the bo near east the celsis of present conditions Is licater e enter now than lhnn ever before on account of tile uncertainty as to the future the lence 0 of the turkish government and the danger of from froin Riis sla i which hleb threatens to engulf the whole of armenia who direct the work mr Is tile lie of UK tile executive committee of the near ra east bellef other oilier members are dr james L barton secretary of the lie foreign department of the alie Arneri american crin board of commissioners for foreign missions edwin lil M bulkley banker yf rf spencer trask co new york judg juder abram 1 I alku former united state to 0 o turkey tinkey harold A hatch fla teli a well known new york cotton man abert hoover B mil ifil lar one of 1 the Secre tsi les ot of the later inter church horld 1 movement A mor lot geli thau state Stales Ambassador to ti mexico Al exico edgar nickard of the amerl amer administration i charles V vickrey who Is Serre secretary tary of the near emit east relief and dr stanley white seret secretary nry of the bould of foreign mis slots dobs of I 1 tile ho presbyterian church |