FLOOD RELIEF PUTS
EMPHASIS ON CASH
Clothing Need Met by Europe,
but Supplies Come In Fast
Here and Are Sent Abroad
A long week-end of amassing
money and clothing for flood vic
tims in the Netherlands, Belgium,
France and England began yester
day in New York, which also be
came the depot for contributions
forwarded from other cities in this
country.
Although diplomatic represent
atives of the stricken lands are
trying to turn the tide of dona
tions from clothing to funds, volun
teers at relief agencies were busy
processing and packing coats and
...blankets for immediate shipment
abroad. Airlines and shipping com
panies will transport the emer
gency cargo free and have sched
uled extra flights for it.
Holland Flood Relief, Inc., was
opened at 72 Wall Street to accept
money for Dutch victims. Officials
from the Netherlands reported that
the apeal for food and clothing had
been answere dadequately by Euro
pean countries. But about $2,000,-
000,000 must be raised to repair
public utilities, rebuild dikes,
schools and homes, replenish live
stock and fill the personal needs
of the Dutch in flooded areas.
Clarence G. Michalis, president
of the Seamen's Bank for Savings,
is chairman of the committee that
formed the new agency, which
found a gift of $5,000 among the
contributions received during the
afternoon. Mayor Impellitteri is
honorary chairman of the commit
tee, which includes Herman B.
Baruch, former Untied States Am
bassador to the Netherlands, the
Right Rev. Horace W. B. Donegan,
Protestant Episcopal Bishop of
New York, and Dr. Grayson L.
Kirk, president of Columbia Uni
versity.
Red Cross to Pack Clothing
Funds sent to the Netherlands
Consulate General wil be turned
over to Holland Flood Relief.
Clothing reecived at the consulate
will be transferred to the Ameri
can Red Cross for processing.
A similar procedure has been
arranged by the Belgian Consulate
General, which has asked that
checks sent to its offices at 630
Fifth Avenue be marked "for Bel
gian relief." The clothing contri
butions that it has sent to the
American Red Cross for processing
will be flown free to Belgium by
Sabena, Belgian airline.
American Airlines was notified
that the Eighty-second Airborne
Division, now at Camp Drum, N. Y.,
whose members parachuted into
the Netherlands in orld War II,
had collected 19,400 pounds of
clothing for the flood victims. The
load will fill a DC-4 plane to New
York, where it will be made ready
to go abroad.
The airlines' depot in Boston has
5,000 pounds boxed for transfer
here. The company's planes will
bring 1,000 pounds of clothing do
nated in Syracuse and tons of re
lief cargo from cities, between New
York and Texas. Its stations in the
metropolitan area are giving 10,000
pounds of apparel and bedding to
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines for the
flight overseas.
The Dutch airline flew 3,000
pounds of clothing and blankets
abroad yesterday. The cargo in
cluded 700 blankets contributed
by CARE (Cooperative for Ameri
can Remittances to Europe)which
is receiving donations at its of
fices, 20 Broad Street.
Extra Flights Sent Out
KLM will also put three tons of
relief material on two extra flights
leaving this morning and another
that will depart tomorrow night.
Volunteers at the Nassau County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross in Mineola, L. I., were sort
ing coats and bedding to have
them ready for these flights.
The first ton of children's ap
parel collected by the Save the
Children Federation at 80 Eighth
Avenue and its warehouse at 1721
Park Avenue was sent to France
on a free flight by Pan American
World Airways. Six tons will go
from the agency to the Nether
lands, five tons to England and
another gift of four tons will be
sent to France.
Clothing that the First Army is
collecting on Governors Island and
relief packages from churcli, civic
and private organizations will be
prepared by Tuesday.
Pan American will fly a plane
filled with relief supplies to Am
sterdam today. Its cargo will in
clude $5,000 worth of vitamin cap
sules given to the foster Parents'
Plan for War Children by Lederle
Laboratories, a division of the
American Cyanamid Company.
At Purchase, N. Y., the West
chester County Airport was
swamped with car and truck loads
of blankets, clothing and shoes
destined for the Netherlands. Col.
Robert W. Gallaway, managing di
rector of the airport, said that
the contributions appeared to be
in response to a radio-television
appeal Wednesday night by Ar
thur Godfrey, entertainer.
