 Complete the following phrase:  When World War I broke out, Bates was involved in organizing relief efforts. His father was vice chairman of the vice chairman of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium, while he was a member of the executive committee of the London board. In 1915, he was planning on going to Belgium to help the Commission and boarded the RMS Lusitania, where he was a first class passenger. He was on deck with Amy Lea Pearl, a friend of his, when 