Evening star., 1945-12-18
Letters to The Star
Mrs. Hutchison Tells of Work
for Relief of France

| WIS 1lutClllSOu ASllS VI VOIh
for Relief of France
| To the Editor Of The Star:
OF course, I agree with all that Miss
| Choate wrote in Saturdays Star, as it
seems to me that every one who has
| attained maturity must. And I agree
also that even children, by taking ad-
vantage of the moment, can start learn
ing to be world citizens-as, for in
stance, ours of 3 and years, have
earned 1000 pennies for the victims Of
the famine in India.
Perhaps your readers may be inter-
| ested in knowing Of the two units Of
| the American Relief for France right
| at our door and their thrilling projects.
They both are all volunteer, presided
over by gracious and dynamic ladies,
their tasks irresistibly attractive and
rich with opportunities for all who wish
| to share Both are under the Presidents
War Relief Control Board.
| Both invite sympathetic women and
| girls to come singly or in groups to sew
| or knit with them, or to take work home,
or to bring anything in the way of warm
| clothing or shoes. The daughter of q
physician who had died gave his entire
wardrobe, realizing that in this way his
| service to others will continue.
The elder unit, born Urgent Relief
| for France, has Mrs. Charles S. Dewey
| for chairman, and Mrs. Harry Hickey
| vice chairman. 1t is without overhead
and is established at 1902 Connecticut
| avenue-open Mondays through Fridays,
| 10 am. to 4 pm.
Members of this group now are max
ing layettes for French hospitals-a
work which is of vital Importance since
the death rate of infants is alarming.
They are also providing for bombed
fishing village and help to care for a
school of 40 children in thrice-bombed
beautiful, old French town.
This unit has made and shipped we'll
over $4,000 most excellently done gar
ments.
| Mrs. George Y. Worthington is chair
man OF the unit at ITO Connecticut
avenue-open Mondays through Satur-
day noon, 1890 am. to pm; Nine.
| de lie Paulle, chairman of Atelier.
They are just finishing sending gift
packages for Nine. de Gaulles Christ
| mas tree for the children of Paris
They continuously ship packages of
food to individual French names with
| personal messages of which Miss
Choate particularly will approve-from
the senders. They have a new child
adoption committee. They have the
great privilege Of providing clothing for
the ex-prisoners and heroic survivors of
the German atrocity camps, where one
OF our Congressman saw some covered
only with vermin"-which gives us
more than blessed Americans the God
like power of life and death, doesn't it?
| What with their token food, no heat
and industrial dislocation, proud France
| not a member of UNRRA-is sadly
handicapped. She is our classic friend
| sending both men and treasure in our
hour of need, and is she not always
our first line OF defense and so our best
security?
I wonder how better can we serve our
children than in helping glorious and
gallant France to live again? The
moment Is now before the exigencies
Of this critical winter take too great a
toll! INA STEELE HUTCHINSON,
Corresponding Secretary, American
i. Relief for France, Inc.
| Nisei and Pearl Harbor
To the Editor Of The Star:
The following excerpt from an edito-
rial in the current issue of the Pacific
Citizen, organ of the Japanese-Ameri-
can Citizens League, may interest your
readers: 1T has been said that the
present congressional investigation or
Pearl Harbor has been started by mer
who are determined to destroy the rep
utation of the late President as a great
war leader, and to give anything con-
nected with him, including the social
progress achieved since the bleak spring
of 1888 bad smell.
"The trend to date of the hearing al
Washington seems to lend color to this
suspicion.
"Over in Japan TOTO has accepted the
war guilt, but here in America some
Americans seem to have forgotten that
1t was Japan which attacked us or
December Z, 194l"
This, believe, is fairly representative
Of the view. held by loyal Japanese in
America. K. X. KAWAKAMI.
Doubts Subways Value
To the Editor Of The Star:
To justify the expenditure of $685.
100000 (the cost of constructing the