Friday, April 18, 1947

THE JEWISH NEW S

Page Eight

mild you refuse them

if they stood before you?

Could you look into the sad, proud eyes of this girl
and say, No, child, I will not help you?

Could you bear to hear the sobs of this frightened
boy without wanting to draw him into the warm
shelter of your arms?

There are thousands more like these two
... children who have survived Hitler's
plans for their extermination. Sad, hungry,
terrified children, who need your help.

They have seen sights no child should ever see.
They have known terror we in America cannot even
imagine. Before they had a chance to be young, their
hearts grew old. Their souls are wounded in a way
that only understanding people like you can heal.

They need everything. Food and clothes and medicines,
just to keep them alive. They need homes, and guidance.
They need education, and training for useful lives in
Palestine, the U. S., or some other hospitable land.

But most of all, they need what all people need
faith in their fellow-beings, hope for the future.

We in America ... you in your comfortable living
room ... it is to us they look for help. We ... you ...
are their only hope.

Can you refuse them?

Of course, you cannot. You will not. Last year you
gave generously ... this year you will give sacrificially
... as you must in order to provide the $ i 70,000,000
needed to accomplish the tremendous rescue task.
So give when you are called on. Give more than
you think you can spare. Remember, money that
will buy you mere luxuries will buy them life itself.

This is a year of greater need, because ...

1. UNRRA's impending liquidation has placed greater
burdens on the agencies of the United Jewish AppeaL

2. The Jewish population of the DP camps has trebled
in one year ... from 85,000 at the beginning of 1946 to
250,000 in 1947.
3. Rehabilitation efforts must be expanded to help
hundreds of thousands in Hungary, Rumania, Poland
and other countries.
4. Medical care and rehabilitation programs must be
provided for the 170,000 surviving Jewish children,
26,000 of whom are in DP camps.

3. Many thousands of Jews must leave Europe because
they have no future there. Palestine must be built up
and developed with UJA funds, to provide for those
who are coming into Palestine now and for those who
will arrive in the future.

6. Many services, including migration, retraining, ad-
justment and special aid for child refugees must be pro-
vided for displaced Jews who find a haven in the U.S.

6/Ye MEM 111E-ao. /make is worth hiehy

through the

AWED JEWISH CAMPAIGN

Headquarters:

1248 Washington Blvd.

TEmple 3-5250

ALLIED JEWISH CAMPAIGN

for $5,335,000

to support the relief, rehabilitation and resettlement work of

.1bist Distribution Committee, United Palestine Appeal and United Service for New Americans

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