H1- Ham TRIBUNE
rf B 2 0 1953
New York Remembers the Victims of the Hnll nil rt T?trmJ^]7iooci Relief Day
Raises Holland Aid
Cash Donations Keep Score j
of Employees Busy
Holland Flood Relief Day was
observed at City Hall yesterday
j when the Netherlands Ambas-
i sador, Dr. J. H. Van Roijen, at
tended proclamation ceremonies
ir the office of Mayor Vincent R.
Impeliitteri. The Netherlands flag
flew over City Hall and Dr. Van
I Roijen posed for pictures with a
group of women dressed in old
(Dutch costumes.
"One of the most heartening
factors in this situation," the
i Ambassador said, "has been to
'see how thë American people and
those of New York have re
sponded."
Clarence S. Michalis, president
of Holland Flood Relief, Inc.,
which is receiving donations at
Box 300, New York 5, N. Y., said;
a score of employees were busy
I processing mail, and five were en-
gaged in typing receipts for dona
tions ranging from $1 to $25,000.
Holland Flood Relief officials
also renewed yesterday their plea'
for donations of cash, not of
clothing and blankets, as the need'
now is for substantial sums of
money to repair the dikes ruined
by the floods.
Dr. Van Roijen, talking with re
porters after the ceremony, said
1 he approved the recent plea of
Henry Ford for the tariff relief,
saying "anything working toward
making international trade easier
is to be supported."
Herald TribuneUnited Press
Ceremony at City Hall as Mayor Vincent R. Impeliitteri proclaimed yesterday as Holland Flood
Relief Day. Left to right: Mrs. Reynold J. Koomans, Dutch-American of Englewood, N. J., the
Mayor, J. H. van Roijen, Dutch envoy to the United States; Clarence G. Michalis, head of
Holland Flood Relief, Inc., and Mrs. Peter Waasdorp, Dutch-American of Tenafly, N. J. The
Netherlands flag held by the group, some wearing Dutch costume, was later flown atop City Hall
