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Show ANNOUNCES 1946 CAMPAIGN ' \ . - Army Arrny . , Navy v Hads Heads Hadspraise HeadsPraise " _ praise U50 usa Work , - . Urge Continuance REPORT EpORT REVIEWS REVIEWS"5 REVIEWS5 " 5 YEARS OF SERVICE SERVICE1 . . , , . , -1 1 - .nnouncement nnouncement announcement . that USO omclal ' conduct "L L "Litt " itt It9 own fund rasing rasing.lie ra smg . , ! U ne-t ne t , - September and Octo Octobel Dlpaign mth a goal to cover minimum minimumltl"lice bel ' requirements through 1947 1947II ltl"lice ltllice " II1ade by Pres dent Lindsley F II S ball at a USO Fifth Anmversary Anmversaryu1cheon held In New York February February4th u1cheon ) announcements were Similar 4th . IUDcheons In Inother at anniversary anmvcrsary v.tha vtha -.lie .lie 18de - . other . "ui- "ui ui Clue " " < ; , ' - . . . . . - . . , Usa "uiwhen came Into bemg on February 1941 when six member agenciesjoined agencies 4 . hands to create one organlza organlzajjon joined to care for the needs of the jjon and \ omen of the armed forces forcesSo 1en far the American publ c has con conIrlbuted So Irlbuted 200 IIU1l on dollars dollarstt tbe New York lunchcon the thepeakeIS tt v.ere vere . ere Lieutenant General J JLawton JR peakeIS " Atrs , ? CoUins CoIbns Director of Informa InformatioD . Lawton of the War Department , and tioD S E . Den1eld Chlef d'NV dNV ' ' ; - Personnel Yibo descrIbed descrIbed"bat "bat bat usa had done In its five years yearsof of " operat on and what It still must mustdo do Tor for the serviceabroad serviceabroadGen serVlce men here and andabroad abroad Gen Eisenhower El enhower s II Messare Message Messarer.n r.n rn . Dw got ght W E senhower Chie Chief Chiefof . ' " " I - * . AUfj AUfj.n , -.n .n - lrf of Staff ' sent - this message messageMay May I earnestly count on your yourorganIZation organIZation and your host of volun volunteers teers to stay \ Ith us through the dan danerous , erous IIJld d1fficult perIod of tranSl tranSl110n 110n Eon to 1 1al < taal peace peace"w peacew ' " We > rt st 11 have a pressing pressmg need for forthe to tothe the stn ser\ ser serces \ ces of usu usa and ana v.lll vlll . viiu be tor for contmued . b ; pln plnthe the the future as- as asm as - m the pastFleet past pastFleet Fleet Adm ral r l Chester W Nimltz NimltzCIIIel Nlimfaduel CIIIel ol of havsl l\aval l aval \ Operations Operauons also seni sent sentIIDessage IIDessage Btssae ( of o ( congratulat on oni i Need toi for Fund Outlined OutlinedTht Tht The need for tor ra s ng a terminal terminalfund torminar tuBii fund in m the me laU fall ol of 1946 is due to the thefact thifact ! fact that the theat \at at ' \ at onal War Funi Fund FuniU Fund"II [ "II II " U finance n nce LSO only through 1946 1946Tenwlle 1946rentable Tenwll\e Tenwll e \ purely tentative tentahve plans plansfor plantor > for 1847 1947 call for the operat on owne of oflO'De lO'De lODe } ' 350 4tl0 400 vso USO clubs in the con conIlnental conttocntal Ilnental Un ted led States largely In n 1 \ eo-mect eo mect - on on'lth vith \'lth 'lth lth \ ' hosp hasp tal zed but con conaJescent , nicsro aJescent " 'eterans eterans veterans . ' Operat on of sta statlen staI tlon tlen lounges lor for troops n trans t tmen tr men on lea\e lea e leae lea\ lea \ e and lam fam 1 I es ol of serv ce cepeople ci ciwill people must cont nue Overseas clubs , will ,111 111 carryon carry on in 111 Alaska Canal Zone ZoneHal31 ZoneUsual Ha\l31 Ha l31 \ Ph . hpp I.tpp Itpp nes etc Camp Shov Sho\\ Sho Shos Showill \ . s : mil will sull be seen and heard in 1D 947 947by 94'I 94I ' by ? men In hospitals and men over ( ! as . < & Coincident COlllcIdent with th- th thannouncement th " - announcement announcementc ' announcemen'ri announcemenri ' c ! the USO usa tall faU campa gn Pres dent dentXunbaU denKimball XunbaU made publ c h s annual re reperl resart perl . , in which he sa sai } s s"USD s"Usa " "USD USD "Usa Usa " finds that at ts peak of activ achv achvty ty ! 11 11las \las las \ Eerv ng 1 000 000 people a in v a none one caoac caDac ty or another ru run I ' The Navy pipes down while Larry Adler pIpes up Th , harmonica virtuoso touring with a USO Camp Shows troupe at New Caledonia naval hospital thitotal thetotal ning nmg up to more than 1100 000 000 the I total totalscrved served scrved since the organi2at orgaDlzat on Was 01was onWas createdI created createdS I S 3 035 Units UDltS at rC'Ik'The Fcih rC'Ik rCIk FcihThe ' suetas suchas The 'The ' number ot operjt oper.Jt . ons such activities achvltIcs as clubs lounges and s i 1 lar Iar achvl tIcs reached a high h1gh po rt back m irMarch mMarch March of 1944 a tola total I ol of 3 3035 035 As ! Atraining Astrammg trammg camps closed and the men merwent menwent went overseas th s number decHned declinedbut decHnedbut but the over all volume ol ot work m increased mcreased creased . . andcost The five 5 ) ear peak of aetiv achv ty and anc cost came aftcr pea e n Europe and Highlights Hghl'ghts Hghlghts ReportAt , ' of USO usa Report At peak USO wa w l . lerv > erv n9 n ; 1 I 000 000 000men 000men men Dur dayDur a ng day tho fvo rye yea years . February 4 4194) 4194 1941 ) February dayI 4 1945) 1945 194 ; ) ftal tetal 0 ' I 1 I 100 100000000 servedAt 000 000 urved served At peak pe k II ere cr * woro wor * 3 035 USO U50 op ap orat aporat ons onsPeak an . Peak expend ture turel . wore were SS S5 30u 300 000 . MONTHPeak MONTH 171L 178Overseas fcak Peak Overseas Ove"eas Oveeas " Un II U lotallfd totalled 178 Overseas Club orttfndaHC attondance * (1942 1942 ( ( 1945) 1945 151Dur ) wa was . 104819 1S1 151 Dur ng the th half decode decade Mob Ie I * Ser Service Sorvle vice . ofall of all all.arts II .arts arts . or totalled tot ll d SO 000 000 000Troops far { i'yWt"Js iyWtJs ; ' " r .II II ' : . : : ; dt : Troops Troop . n Transit attendance ott nclan * to totolled totailed tailed 000At 70 000 000 000At USOShows USOShow At the th * he ght ofactlv of activ actlv tias ties 700 USO Show . Were wr g 9 yen ven DAILY ove"eas oveeas ove"easand overseasand " and In tho th Un * tcd ted States Slales by mare morethan marethan than 4 900 cnterta enlerla ne nerf nerffour . four year total cud aud onf once for these * thisshows theseshows shows 314Juno 172886314Juno was 172886314 172 ft6 314 Juno 1943 was tho the numer cal peak peakof of volunteers 739 000 of linn them work Ing workln9 workIng that monthThey month monthThey 000hours 165000000hours They worked a total of 165000000 165 000 hours n tho 5 years S200000 yearsAmcr yearsAmer Amcr Amer can publ e c ha9 has Q 9 von ven S200 andwomen 000 000 to service 14 millan mill on an men man and women n armed forces Redeployment betore before the turrender surrender of Japan Re- Re Re - deployment of troops reopened many manycamps camps doubled or vastly Increased Expend loads increasedloads of o ( various vanous seaport c ties Ex- Ex Ex - amonth pend tures climbed cllmbed to $5800 5800 $5 5 $ 800 000 a month monthEven JDay JDayUSO Even today five months atter after V J Day-USO Day USO - USO must still stUl operate on 8 alloperations aUoperahons bas 8bas s of $4 4 $ 000 000 a month Over aU CampShows operahons aside from USO Camp Shows are carried on through near . 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Post War ProblemsReferr Problems ProblemsReferr USOMr USOIIr Referr ng nl ! to the future of o ( USO Thesuccessful I\Ir I Ir \ K mball says in 10 his report The successful doesnot conclus on ol of the war does theUn not cannot and will not return the Un statusIt ted States to its pre war status It is clear even now that our armed armedforces forces benumbered in 10 the post\\ post postwar postar \ ar period must b bnumbered be thuspresent numbered In the m Ihons-and Ihons and Ihons - and thua thus present a totally dIfferent problem n " u u was to serve a temporary purpose It neither seek seeks seeksnor ; tybut nor shirks any spec fie fic responsib respon.lb responlb . 1 I ty but didassume dieassume the part cular responsib responslb I ty it 1t did assume in 10 1941 will have to be dls dlscharged discharged charged by the end ot o 1947I 1947The 1947 1947The The report concludes with the theresolut thresolut ( I resolut on of the Board of D rectorsUSO rectors rectorsUSO wartimedemob USO will complete its wartime demob lization hzahon and reconverSIon reconverSIonI reconverSIonservIces reconversiorservices I servIces December 31 1947In 1947 1947In In the meant me the member havpeace havepeace membciagenc memberagenc agenc es of USO \ wh h ch w 11 II have hav < peace t me respons b lit ht es in 10 servmg servin ; servmgthe the arrred forces forccs vill vIII appra se those thos < thosrespons thoserespons thfuture thefuture respons b 1 I ties hes in JD the 1 I ght of the th < future tharmed thearmed plans of our co country mtry for the th < eonslderat armed forces and g ving vlng consider a t at on to the pattern of cooperat on set seby setby by USO111 USO \ vull \\111 111 determine determme in 10 what ' wha'fashion whafashion whatfashion fashion those resnons respons b hties IJtles can car be canbe t be ( hscharled ! |