Evening star., 1940-12-09
Appeals for Funds
To Aid Greece
American Interest in Victory
Of Greeks Made Busis
Of Request
By George J. ChrySsikoS.

6y george y. CHTySShOS.
One Of the smallest nations of Europe,
with ancient traditions of liberty, ma
ton, in fact, whose history from the 5th
century, BE-, to the present time is
long succession of heroic struggles in
defense of western civilization and free
dom stands today in need OF quick and
generous help from the liberty-loving
people of America. Greece, the cradle OF
civilization and the mother OF democracy,
is fighting valiantly against heavy odds
With population of 100000 inhabiting
a mountainous country of superb beauty
but with few natural resources, she was
unjustifiably attacked by Italy with a
population of 45,00OOO0. Everyone ex-
pected Greece to yield to the Italian
aggression without resistance and to
surrender her extremely important
bases to the Fascist forces for use
against the British Navy in the Medi-
terranean and against British land
forces defending Egypt, the Suez Canal
and Palestine
But Greece chose to fight. Not only is
she fighting now; she is fighting vic
toriously, showing to the world that a
sense of honor and love of freedom,
bravery and a spirit of sacrifice are su-
perior to numerical strength even in
modern warfare. with motorized armies
and bomber planes. Greece has shown
to us and to every other nation threat
ened by aggression that the axis powers
are not unbeatable that totaltarian in
vincibility is a myth.
Greece needs help, however. in order
to stand the strain of this unequal
struggle She needs help urgently; she
needs food and clothing for the families
who have rushed to the front and, at
the point of the bayonet, driven the
Fascist legions from Greek territory far
into Italian-occupied Albania. Greece
needs milk for the babies whose fathers
are fighting to prevent the axis powers
from completing their domination of
continental Europe. She needs medical
supplies and ambulances and hospital
equipment to care for and save the lives
of her heroic wounded soldiers. She
needs warm undergarments and socks for
her gallant warriors who are fighting at
attitudes ranging from 5000 to 5000 feet
above sea level
To secure American help for Greece a
Nationwide organization has been es-
tablished by prominent American citi-
zens with headquarters in New York
City. This committee is known as the
Greek War Relief Association, Inc, and
has the honor Of including Mrs Franklin
Delano Roosevelt in the long list of its
distinguished members.
In asking for generous contribu-
tions to the Greek War Relief Asso-
citation, Inc, I wish to explain that
the heroic fight of Greece against
Fascist Imperialism has a significance
which transcends her geogra phical
boundaries and even those of Europe.
To every American who believes with
our Government that the British fleet
is our first line of defense and that con-
tinued British resistance is essential to
our safety, it must be obvious that
Greece's fight on the side of England
and her splendid victories against Fascist
forces overwhelmingly superior in num-
bers as we'll as in modern equipment,
serve to reduce the possibility of this
country's having eventually to defend
itself and the rest of the Western Hemi-
sphere against foreign attack
I cannot emphasize too strongly that
Greece's struggle has a world signif-
canoe and is not merely Greco italian
or even a strictly European affair. For
this reason, 1t is in the interest of every
one Of us as a peace-loving people. as
free citizens, as fathers and mothers of
young men of military age serving in
the fighting forces of the United States
or waiting to be called for defense duty,
to give Greece all possible help in order
to encourage her in the unequal strug-
gle and to enable her to emerge VIC
toriously from the war into which she
was plunged by Fascist aggression. This
heroic little nation has poured out its
blood and its treasures without stint.
But the struggle is not yet over by
any means. Again, let me urge that
Greece must have assistance from abroad
in the form of food, clothing, medical
supplies and the like, if she is to carry
her gallant fight to victorious end.
Greek cities and villages are being sys-
tematically ruined by italian bombing
planes, aiming at the destruction of the
magnificent morale of the Greek people
The need for help is not only great and
urgent but also immediate
Let us consecrate ourselves to every
necessary sacrifice for the Greek people
and guarantee the future security of
Greece, of democracy, of civilization and
of humanity. Send your contribution to
the
GREEK WAR RELIEF
ASSOCIATION, INC,