The Coolidge examiner., 1945-10-12
United War
Fund Drive
Going Forward
County Chairmen Report
Progress, But Drive Is
Slowed In Vicinity Due To
Rains. Every Man And
Woman Urged By Drive
Officials To Share Respon-
sibility Of Alleviating Suf-
fering By Giving All They
Can.

Can.
UnIted War Fund Drive reports
Tor finai county are not yet com
pete enough TO give comprenen-
sNe picture OF It's progress. accord
ing 10 Faul Loucks, county chair
man. District chairmen have been
somewhat delayed Ia their house
10 house program due TO rain this
week. but plans are in progress to
speed up the drive during its re-
naming days.
A graphic picture OF overseas
needs IS contained in a letter re-
ceINed this week by a Coolidge
resident from her brother. serving
IN the European theater. You
people just can't realize how badly
these places are torn up. he writes.
Once large towns they are now 80
per cent destroyed. and | do mean
destroyed They are still digging
bodies out OF the debris. | would
give anything in the world IL all
the people in the states that think
war is big game would be forced
TO come over here and take look.
The roads are full OF women and
KIDS pulling little wagons TO the
woods 10 pick up a few sticks so
they can have lire. Most OF them
are bareIooted. This winter Is go
ing 10 be- terrible over here. Don't
misunderstood me. I'm not feeling
sorry FOR Germany. but for the little
Kids and the old people that SUI
fer. The men who caused the
trouble are loc X e d up. We
nave ll.0vO OF them. This winter
they viii be in building and will
get food every day. while little
children and old women go cold and
hungry. This Is condition found
throughout the devastated coun-
tries-hunger and cold for the weak
and defenseless.
In letter TO Winthrop w. Aid
rich, president OF the drive. the
President OF the United States
wrote:
There are at least three good
reasons why everyone should APP
prove healthy the decision of the
National War Fund TO carry on with
an undiminished sense OF RESPONSE
Dility 10 our own forces and TO our
friends who suffered most in the
long and bitter war with Germany
''Une reason. and reason enough.
Is that all efforts. like yours. re-
lated 10 ending war and bringing
peace should go forward with full
yigor. Another reason is that our
concern for the morale and we'll
being OF our own forces must carry
through beyond the days OF sur
render. TO the happy hour when a
proud America can take back TO Its
hearts and homes the men and
women who will have won the fight.
And there is a third reason, per
maps not so readily understood, but
which can scarcely be overempha-
sized.
We have won the military fight
in Europe, but are virtually just be-
ginning the night on famine, pesu-
renee, and general distress. And
| say 10 you. with full knowledge OF
everything UNRRA can do, and
everything that can be done by
other nstrumentalities financed by
public funds, that the private
agencies OF the National War Fund
nave a special task TO do that is
indispensable and unique.
What these agencies have done,
and can do, is important out OF all
proportion TO the relatively small
FUNDS involved In no other way
can the American people them
selves express SO clearly their in
telligent sympathy and active con-
Germ, and their determination that
justice and mercy shall prevail In
this world, with the help of every
good man and woman, and with the
blessing OF God.