BUTCH NEED SHOES'
SOCKS ANB OILSKINS
NEW YONK TIMES
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Stockings for Women, Rubber
Gloves for Relief Workers Are
Listed by Red Cross Aide
Special to The New York,Times.
GENEVA, Feb. 9—'The Red
Cross disaster relief operations in
the Netherlands following last
week's invasion by the North Sea
is "without any doubt" the speed
iest in history, Edward Winsall,
director of relief for the League
of Red Cross Societies, said today.
Twenty-three national Red Cross
societies have sent aid or offered
to do so, according to league head
quarters here. Offers of help have
been so rapid and widespread, Mr.
Winsall said, that no broad appeal
on the part of the league has been
necessary.
The Red Cross estimates that
300,000 persons were affected in
the Netherlands. The Red Cross
had reports of 1,520 known dead
as of this morning when Mr. Win
sall left The Hague.
"We do not need any more blan
kets or ordinary clothing," Mr.
Winsall said. In one airplane the
Swedish Red Cross delivered 100,-
000 blankets. "I saw mountains
of clothing in The Hague," he
added.
However, the league still needs:
10,000 oilskin or slicker-type rain
coats, 10,000 pairs of woolen socks
for men. 10,000 pairs of shoes and
10,000 pairs of stockings of "any
color" and rubber gloves for relief
workers having to handle contami
nated bodies of animals.
The league has bought 4,000
pairs of black woolen stockings
and the wool for making another
4,000 pairs, thanks to $100,000
from the American Red Cross.
The Canadian Red Cross has of
fered to supply 10,000 hip boots for
rescue and reconstruction workers.
Mr. Winsall said the Dutch Red
Cross could use "any amount of
money.
Battalion in Korea Aids
PUS AN. Korea, Feb. 9 (Reuters)
The Netherlands Battalion on
the Korean battlefront has con
tributed 10,000 guilders ($2,750)
for the relief of flood victims in
the Netherlands, it was announced
here today.
ROME, Feb. 9 (A")Former King
Farouk has canceled a reception
for his thirty-third birthday Feb. 11
and will give the 1,500,000 lire
($2,500) he was going to spend on
it to flood victims of Britain,
Belgium and Holland.
Special to The New York Times.
LISBON, Portugal, Feb. 9—
After loading a steamer with gift
bundles from Portugal for devas
tated areas of the Netherlands yes
terday, the Lisbon stevedores col
lected their day's pay and handed
it over to the Netherlands minister
here for the relief of distressed
persons.
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Canadians Push Belief
MONTREAL, Feb. 9 (Canadian
Press)The Canadian Red Cross
reported today that more than
$300,000 worth of supplies for
flood-ravaged Netherlands have
poured into Montreal airport.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Feb.
9 (UP)A Puerto Rican committee
for aid to the flood-stricken Ne
therlands, organized here today,
plans to collect $20,000 for the
purchase of relief goods by next
Monday, when a Dutch ship leaves
for the flooded nation. The ship
will carry the shipment free.
Special to The New York Times.
ROME, Feb. 9 The brotherly
love with which the civilized world
has collaborated to alleviate the
sufferings of European flood vic
tims proves that "a policy of love'"
could overcome the obstacles
standing in the way, of a United
Europe, the Vatican newspaper
L'Osservatore Romano said today
in an article by its editor, Count
Giuseppe Dalla Torre.
