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N otre Dame freshm an, Tom H am ilton , announced the for­ m ation o f the S tuden ts for Biafran Relief, a national o rgan­ ization designed to funnel funds to th e Nigerian Red Cross, w hich is conducting relief opera tions in Biafra. “ We are appalled by the con ­ d itions in the form er Biafran enclave. It is o u r objective to help alleviate these problem s. We hope th a t everybody will w rite the ir legal governm ental rep re ­ sentatives en trea ting them to som ehow in s titu te a change. Es­ tim ates have pu t the death rate o f these 7 ,000 ,000 I bo tribes­ men at 5 ,000 per day. C ertainly th is is reason fo r concern , es­ pecially because o f the pre­ cedent set by A dolf H itler against six m illion Jew s,” H am ilton declared. T he in itial idea for a na tional o rganization was conceived when H am ilton re tu rned from C hristm as. He at first planned to do n a te m oney to a relief o rgan­ ization sending m oney to Biafra. However the idea o f a mass c o n tr ib u tio n from N otre Dame s tu d en ts to o k ro o t, and from th e re th e concept m ushroom ed in to a na tionw ide s tu d en t o rien t­ ed affair. H am ilton spent part o f his sem ester break in W ashington and New Y ork , talking to C on­ gressm en and media people m ak­ ing arrangem ents for endorse­ m ents and public ity . More than a dozen Senators and R epresentatives gave the ir strong personal endorsem en t to th e e ffo rt. S upport for the o r­ ganization came from such di­ verse figures as Sen. G eorge M urphy from C alifornia and S enato r G eorge M cGovern. “ 1 w ant to com m end th e S tu ­ den ts for Biafran R elief fo r their e ffo rts to help m illions o f starv­ ing people in the area th a t was form erly know n as B iafra,” Sen. M urphy declared. An equally em phatic s ta te ­ m ent cam e from Sen. G eorge M cGovern, “ 1 strongly endorse the e ffo rts o f S tuden ts fo r Bia­ fran Relief to bring m uch-need­ ed assistance to th e Biafran peo ­ ple. These tragic v ictim s o f war and hunger deserve a hum ane and generous response from their fellow hum ans in th e U n it­ ed S ta tes and elsew here around th e g lobe ." Sen. A llan C ranston p u t his endo rsem en t in th e form o f a s ta tem en t w hich he plans to read to th e Senate e ither to d ay o r to m o rro w . T he s ta tem en t says in part: “ As I have com m ented in th e past I am deeply concerned over the tragic situa tion in Nigeria and have com m unicated th is concern to S ecretary o f S tate R ogers and President N ixon... “ It has recen tly com e to my a tte n tio n th a t a s tu d en t o rgan ­ iza tion , S tu d en ts fo r Biafran R e­ lief has been organized and is opera ting from the U niversity o f N otre D am e. This o rgan iza tion has been established to w ork fo r the noble aim o f assisting to save th e m illions o f people w ho are still starving in Biafra. “ S tu d en ts fo r Biafran R elief seeks to enlist aid from stu d en ts , laym en, po litica l leaders and cor­ p o ra tio n s to express th e ir o p in ­ ions in th is s itu a tio n , and I am pleased to lend m y suppo rt to th is fine e f fo r t .” S u p p o rt also cam e from Sen­ a to rs Stevens, B ayh, H arris, and McGee. T he ap p o in tm en ts w ith the various S enato rs and R epre­ sen tatives w ere set up w ith the aid o f H ow ard G lickste in , d irec t­ o r o f the Civil R ights C om ­ mission. H am ilton was refered to G lickstein by F r. H esburgh w ho