Evening star., 1943-05-07
Mrs. Roosevelt
Cites Need for
Peace
Addresses Meeting
Of British War Relief
Society Here

The ever growing destruction
wrought by each succeeding war
compels the world to create the
necessary machinery for enduring
peace, Mrs. Roosevelt told $50 guests
at the British War Relief Society
luncheon yesterday at Hotel Stat
Ter.
Because wars are becoming in
creasingly destructive and we hope
that our children will live in a
peaceful world, we must now build
the machinery required for endur-
ing peace. The best way to learn
to like other people and other ma
tions is to learn to know Them
she said.
She also pleaded with her Ameri-
can hearers to seek to comprehend
the change in values and spiritual
outlook which has taken place in
the British people.
Praises Steadfastness.
IF we in this country cannot un-
derstand them," Mrs. Roosevelt
pointed out" then the end of the
war will find us unable to under
stand what other people who have
been through war feel and want
when peace comes"
Having praised the British stead
fastness Of character in adversely
Mrs. Roosevelt said: During my
visit in England I came to have a
great respect for the way in which
minor things were falling into their
proper place"
When she hears people complain
here because they cannot buy every
thing they were used to buying, Mrs.
Roosevelt went on, she wishes they
could realize what it means to 60
through war.
Then little things lose their i'm
portance," she said.
Ranking guests included Lord
Halifax, British Ambassador, and
Mrs. Halifax; Mrs. Cordell Hull
Clark Minor, national president OF
the British War Relief Society, and
Mrs. Minor; DR.. H. " Evatt, Aus
tralian Minister of External Affairs
and his American born wife; Leigh
ton Mccarthy, Canadian Minister;
j. R. Jordan, representing the
Union OF South Africa, and Mrs
Jordan; G. S. Cox, first secretary
of the New Zealand Legation; Ed
ward Graham, president of the
Washington Community War Fund
and Mrs. Graham; Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon and Thomas P. Morgan, jr.
co-chairmen of the Washington
British War Relief Society, and
Others
Lord Halifax introduced Mr.
Minor. who reviewed the society's
work. The organization is com
posed of American membership with
American officers in charge, and re-
ceived total of $6,7OO,OOO in dona
tions last year, which brings its in
come up to s24,000,0O0 since its in
ception. More than $500 tons oi
goods were shipped to England, such
as clothing, knitted goods, medici-
nal supplies, surgical instruments
and seeds.
Cites Labor's Assistance.
WdHI also 10 pay LrlDuUe JC
American labor because of the spirit
of helpfulness it has created be-
tween American and British work
ers,' Mr.. Minor emphasized. Amer.
ican labor has given substantial
donations with which we have built
seamen's homes and many accom-
modations for workers in British
industry"
The society maintains ambulance
service in England stated by 9OC
people; 1000 mobile kitchen and 4OC
hostelries, day nurseries and relief
institutions for old people. The
most pathetic victims of the blitz-
krieg, he said, are children so terri
fled by bombardments that they lose
their sight, cannot walk, and "thei1
whole being turns inward" The So