THE CLOTHES DRIVE
DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM
The secretary of the Metropolitan Relief Committee (Lieutenant-Colonel A. Cowles) stated today that the 'postmen's clothes''drive on Saturday had produced far more than the committee had expected and consequently a great deal of clothing and footwear would be available for distribution to needy cases as soon as it could be sorted. The results of the drive, he said, wqre comparable to the biggest drive made in the city and suburbs. Ten men are engaged sorting the goods collected on Saturday, and although they have been exceedingly busy this morning their efforts have made little effect on the pile of goods. The articles collected will all be distributed by the central committee and not sent out to the auxiliary bodies as in the past, and consequently the committee is faced with the problem of securing a store from which distribution can be made. Some premises have already been offered but they are unsuitable, and the committee is hoping that some business firm will offer a room that can be used for the next three or four weeks.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 8, 9 July 1935, Page 10
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181THE CLOTHES DRIVE Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 8, 9 July 1935, Page 10
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