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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, N. C, FRIDAV OCTOBER 15, 1943
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SEVENTEEN WAR AGENCIES COMING TO YOU FOR FUNDS . . . NOW THEY'VE BEEN UNIFIED INTO
ONE BIG FUND . . . HERE'S THE STORY . . .
Wherever the Jap or Nazi boot has marched, it has crushed under
its heel the homes, the food- the bodies, the hopes, the souls of men, wo
men and Children.
, These men, women and children are our friends, our allies, and it is
inconceivable that we would not extend to them all possible help. It is
inconceivable, too, that we would not help American fighting men who
have gone forth to bring freedom back to the world, and the families
these men have left behind them.
This we have done. Agencies have been formed to provide aid to
our friends, our own fighting men here and across the world, and the
needy here on the home front.
There were many of these agencies; there had to be. They all had
to come to you for money and your heart could say "no" to none. But
it was confusing. ' t
Eliminating the Confusion
Now, in order to eliminate that confusion, a very sensible thing
has been done; Seventeen national war relief agencies have been com
bined into one campaign, into the National War Fund. You give to this
unified fund and you have given to seventeen agencies. You give once,
for all these! ' i v
The National War Fund is officially endorsed by the President. It
has the backing of the Government as an improvement over the old con
fusing way of raising money. It permits you to budget your wartime
giving more easily.- It makes sense.
' Yet it does not intrude upon the autonomy of any of these agencies.
The USO, China Relief, British War Relief, and all the others will be
left under their present efficient and experienced direction. They will
be freed from the task of raising money, and have time to devote full
time to their good works, and you will not have to dig down so often that
your pocjset becomes frayed at the edges.
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USO
United Seamen's Service r
Wan Prisoners Aid J'
Belgian War Relief Society
British War Relief Society
French Relief Fund
Round the World and at Home
The money you give will work around the world. It will also go to
work right in your own neighborhood, lor the National War Fund appeal
has been combined with that of our local agencies. Tart of it will te
used for the families of men in the service, for the children of parents at
war work, for the social services needed to keep a community at war
healthy and efficient.
This has frequently been called "America's best-run war.'" And
it is.
After a shaky start and the first few stunning setbacks, the cre
;cendo of production, the achievements of the military, and the steely
determination of the people have been pretty close to miraculous.
In keeping with this "best-run" handling of all war problems' the
National War Fund idea brings unity to the inescapable giving of funds,
to the confusing multiplicity of necessary war agegcies.
With the world in flames and in tears, the demands on generous
American hearts have been infinite. When the fires of London are so
thick the fire hoses run dry when a Chinese mother has to watch her
baby die for want of a simple drug when Greeks by the hundreds drop
dead in the street from starvation when a home-town "war-orphaned"
kid hardly through playing with dolls starts playing with fire decent
Americans cannot close their eyes or turn their backs.
These mass tragedies, these war-made horrors, stirred kind people
to action. Committees were formed to provide aid for the suffering, and
of course these committees needed money to carry on their good and
vital work.
Give, generously when solicited,
double it!
Add up your total gifts then
Friends of Luxembourg
Greek War Relief Association
Norwegian Relief
Polish War Relief
Queen Wilhelmina Fund
Russian War Relief
United China Relief
United Czechoslovak Relief
United Yugoslav Relief Fund
Refugee Relief Trustees
United States Committee for the Care of European
Children
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