The midland journal., 1945-10-12
NATIONAL CLOTHING
COLLECTION

man of the United National Clothing
Collection of the past spring, has out
lined plans for second nationwide
effort to collect clothing that is ur-
gently needed for overseas relief.
This second clothing campaign,
which President truman asked Mr..
Kaiser to lead, is to be known ais the
Victory Clothing Collection. 1t will
begin January in thousands of
American communities and will con-
tinue through January 81. It's nation
al goal is not to be based on pound
age. Instead, the American people
are asked to contribute 100, 100000
garments, with additional shoes and
bedding.
In the earlier collection, the ma
tional goal of $50, 100000 pounds of
serviceable used clothing was more
than met. AS in that drive, the Vic
tory Clothing Collection will be con-
Quoted by the United National Cloth
ing Collection, Inc, and will be a
united effort in behalf of UNRRA
(the United Nations Relief and Re-
habilitation Administration by war
relief agencies together with repre-
sentative groups in the nations life,
including religious and educational
groups, women's and fraternal or
ganizations, farm, labor, industrial,
veterans, youth and civic groups.
1t was announced at the White
"a D,ncidonf yho
considered the need for a second
clothing collection Imperative, had
called upon Mr.. Kaiser and all the
local chairmen of the clothing drive
of the past spring to serve again and
to conduct the new undertaking. ST.
multaneously, Mr.. Kaisers letter ac-
cepting the responsibility was made
public.
Dan A. West, Director of the Di-
vision for Contributed Supplies of
UNRRA, is Executive Director of
this new collection as he was of the
United National Clothing Collection.
Pointing out that the success of
the Victory Clothing Collection is de-
pendent on able leadership in every
community and the individual effort
of all Americans, Mr.. Kaiser disclos-
ed that he had appealed to the 1911
men and women who acted as com
munity chairmen in the earlier cloth
ing drive to serve again.
In commenting on this invitation,
he stated: There were many who
told us last spring, 1T can't be done.
But when the 150,0OO,OOO pound
goal was exceeded the American
people proved it can be done.
81 am fully aware that this new
collection means not only effort but
sacrifice on the part of all. But have
word from Governor Lehman, Direc-
tor General of UNRRA, that the
clothing already contributed is not
sufficient to meet the now known re-
quirements of the war devastated
areas. The liberated peoples of Eur
ope suffer continued privation and
want. Victory in the Pacific has
brought many more millions of war
victims within the range of our as
SI5IduSG.
An added feature of tke Victory
Clothing Collection, according to Mr.
Kaiser, is that each contributor will
be invited to enclose in the garments
goodwill letter to the unknown
recipient overseas. 81 am tremen-
dously interested" Mr.. Kaiser said,
in the contribution which this ex-
preston of international friendship
can bring about to the peace of the
world"
UNRRA will ship the clothes,
shoes, and bedding contributed in
January for free distribution to the
needy and destitute in liberated Eur
ope, the Philippines and the Far
East. UNRRA recently announced
that every pound of the clothing con-
tributed by the American people
just few months ago, will be in the
hands of war-sufferers overseas be-
fore Christmas. All this clothing,
UNRRA officials said, will have been
shipped from this country by October
80. UNRRA is also shipping clothing
contributed to collections for war re-
lief in Canada, New Zealand and
Australia.
Headquarters for the Victory
Clothing Collection are at 100 Maid
en- Lane, New York z, N. Y,