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and all individuals interested are invited to attend;"

"Four definite projects are now in hand viz éé Blood Transfusion, Hospitalization, Ohildrens' Homes, and Food for Spain.

"Let this Conference be such a'united rally of progressiveeminded humanitarianvspirited citizens as will insure effective mobilization of Torontofs sympathy with Spain as will insure adequate support to the humanitarian activities being carried on."

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The Executive Committee meets this week and will have under consideration plans for work to be undertaken in the immediate future.

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In a letter received today from Barcelona, Dr. Leo Eloesser; noted San Francisco surgeon who recenthy arrived from.Spain; advises of an increasing food shortage in Loyalist territory not cnhy among the civilan population, but also among the patients, doctors and nurses at the eight American hospitalsi

, Loyalist Spain is pulling in its belt for a tough winteri In.Madrid, even in the Hotel Florida, where Ernest Heminway and other Americans are staying; there is a strict food limit which includes Chick-peas, beans, some rice; melon and very little meat. V

rredericka l;iartin,o head, nurse or the American ixosprtais writes:

"Tonig.t I am going to essay my first dinner of sparrows. Itdo not see why I should turn up y nose at a harmless little sparrow,i It will be some sort of a change from burro meat though we have been having quite a tender one lately; ,Still, I think that is . accountable for my hives, which have come swarming back, and sdcceeded in making life pretty miserable.” .

iMr. Reissig, head of the North American.0ommittee has just returned from a Spanish tour, and after describing with great enthusiasm the splendid homes provided for the refugee children says:

,"The Spanish people do not need Americans to teach them how to care for

itheir refugee children. They do need, desperately milk, sugar, chocolate and soap. They do need terribly, supplies of clothing, especially as winter comes on. I am not trying to minimize the need. Thousands of children still wait to be transported to new homes. Thousands are threatened by undernourishment, cold, and by fascist bombs. aTheir need constitutes one of the epic tragedies of modern history. V

"I do, however, wish to assert that if the food and clothing are provided the Spanish people willtake abundantly good care of their children.

evacuation and aid of refugees, Here card catalogues, lining the walls of

two large rooms, contain the names of 500,000 refugees. The total number of

refugees, they will tell you, is estimated at 1,048,000. In every village ‘there is a branch of the central office.

"In Valencia I spent hours in the office of the department in charge of

"In the refugee office, as in a hundred other places in Spain, one is fairly aghast at the size of the need, the suffering already endured and the danger of terrific loss if help from America and other countries is not generously given., But one is alsodeeply impressed by the vigor and administrative ability one everywhere encounters." Spain needs our help and to such people we can be proud to give help. . ‘

"I saw the smile on faces of the Spanish people. Yes, they do smile. Why do they smile? .'Camarada,* they might say ?Camarada' hatter centuries oft, cruel oppression, we have broken our chainsi At long last we are hnilding a new Spain! Not even the terrible suffering and danger of the war can make us forget that their tyranny has been overthrown and the Republic establishedt’

"I am notgiving rein to imgination. Ask those who have been.ir Spain before! They will tell you that here is something newi Listen to this soldier who stops us to ask for our papers as we enter Madrid! e'Salud, Camarad3? He