N. Y. HERALD TRIBUNE
Spellman Gives
$10,000 Cheek
To Dutch Relief
Ffe' im
Newly FormedOrganization
CanOpeii 'but a Fraction'
of Donations Pouring In
Francis Cardinal Spellman yes
terday presented a check for
$10,000 to Holland Flood Relief,
Inc., the organization formed
Thursday to help rebuild dikes,
homes and public utilities in the
flood-stricken areas of the Neth
erlands, it was announced yester
day.
I Cardinal Spellman's gift was ac
cepted by Baron J. A. DeVos vanij
iSteenwijk, consul general of the
Netherlands in New York, at the
Cardinal's office, 452 Madison
Ave.
George P. Montgomery, vice-
president of the Seamen's Bank
for Savings, 74 Wall St., and treas
urer of Holland Flood Relief, Inc.,
announced the organization re
ceived so many donations yester
day that a staff of twelve bank'
employees were able to open "but
]a fraction." He said a first count
could not be expected until Mon
day when the agency will open
its own office at 72 Wall St.
Mr. Montgomery said among the
gifts received yesterday were
checks for $15,000, $10,000 and
$7,500. He did not name the con-
i tributors.
The Dutch Consulate at 10
Rockefeller Plaza reported it re-
fceived another four truckloads of
clothing yesterday, as well as
$3,000 for transfer to Holland
Flood Relief, Inc.
The Holland-America Line, 29
Broadway, announced that an
8,900-cubic foot locker at the com
pany's pier in Hoboken, N. J., was
overflowing with wearing apparel.
L^tore donations were excepted. The
line had offered to ship relief
packages for distribution through
the Netherlands Red Cross free of
charge if packaged in strong
wooden boxes or cartons and de
livered to the line's pier in
Hoboken.
