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<>. Lost week ‘ an editorial was rrrittcn on this
page concerning ..a relief drive for the needy
peoples of Zuropev... At/ the tine of writing vc,
ns most other .lUierieans, realized- that the need
was great, however,' to us this week -at /to* .-not
enough other Americans the full impact of the
privations and Sufferings of those across the
‘:lot»o was firmly entrenched by a letter that cane
to hand. . *
Hiss FloYence aby, supervisor of * Tublic
Health nurses for the Interior who is'now in
Soldo via on hc-r annual visit read the editorial
and came to us with ' a : letter recently received
from Germany.
During the war Hiss Eby served overseas in
t*v 122nd.J evacuation hospital anc through her
service in this (^Opacity she chanced to become
acquainted .with Sister Raphaol, a nun in one of
the o or.vonts of the French zone in Gemar, y.
Hiss Zby has bc<iti instrumental in sending to
Dfster Kaphaol ang her needy people many of tne
items that have so long been deprived them,
... letter from Doppard 1 Rhein, Ursulinenkl
of ter ! arienberg, Germany in the French zone
r ccntly arrived for ?'iss Zby. In the letter
Sister itaphnol tells of th difficulty experien
z- -d in trying to teach her rrnervous9 hungry girls. 1
Sac says “or peoples moral condition is get
tin; 1 nrsc.tror. day to day. To see th^t *nd to
be unable to help makes me sick. The sourcecof
ill the moral misery is W,d<’T. ".'ant of the right
profession, want of
clothing, of food,'r of
lodging;, itll 'this want
brings forth selfishness,
hatred or despair. .Even
the children are becoran
ing rogues’ That makes
ray heart bleed. Our
whole people is sick of
soul and body. The end
will be dreadful if. help
for. soul and body.dosen’t
cone very soon. - '[hat ,5/c
heed is food that ^ives
us strength to work with
success and then that
freedom whicn is s gift
from, above and the resp
ect every human has a
rig t r>n.M
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This is - sonething
for ^nericans sleep
. in warn beds and eat nour
ishing -food to think
about and act upon.1 Lets
truly be a FIG nation and
.give; In order that others
nigpt live.
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