HEADQUARTERS OF THE GENERALISSIMO

Chungking, Szechuan
China

6 February 1940

Dear Mrs. Ford,

Dr. W. W. Yen has sent to me your check for US$200.00 for war relief, and has informed me that you have also given a Zoalite Lamp for Infra-red Therapy, which Dr. Yen will bring back with him.

For your generosity I send my sincere thanks.
It is kind actions like yours that keep up our faith
in human goodness at a time when the whole world seems
to be suffering from a strange ebullition of badness.
It is almost like a contagious malady.

We have been suffering for over two-and-a-half
years, but we have not been beaten. Nor will we be--
unless America, in particular, continues to provide the
Japanese with much of the means to desolate our country
and continue to take such a heavy toll of the lives of
our people.

I know there are great numbers in America who
resent the sacrifice of decency for monetary returns,
and we are hoping for an early demonstration that the
American Government will not tolerate the stain that
has been cast upon it by those who will barter their
consciences for gain.

Your kind act is sincerely appreciated.

Mrs. Julia Ellsworth Ford
Rye, New York
United States of America

HEADQUARTERS OF THE GENERALISSIMO
CHINA

Chungking, Szechuan,
China.

March 20, 1940.

Dear Mrs. Ford,

I can now acknowledge the receipt of the
infra-red lamp which Dr. W. W. Yen brought on your
behalf for use in China.

I thank you very much for it, as well as
for the US$50 which you sent for the aid of the war
orphans. Both gifts are of value and will be put
to the greatest use.

I prize the practical sympathy which now
comes from America, as it proves that the sufferings
which our people have endured for the past two years
and eight months in the waging of a major war against
aggression, injustice and inhumanity, have not been
forgotten.

We are still fighting single-handed, but
we hope it will not be long before all the Democracies
will pool resources with us in a realization that the
war that is being fought in Europe is but an extension
of the one in which we have been engaged for so long.

For all your help my deepest appreciation.

Mrs. Julia Ford,
Rye,
New York,
MCK-s/al