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Show Koreans Need CARE Aid 5 Two little refugees in Seoul, hungrily deourin meal of crackers and thin no up, typify the many for whom your help ia sought by the CARE for Korea Campaign. An appeal to Americans to Join in sending CARE packages to war-devastated Korea, to help ita people survive the bitter winter months, has been issued by Paul Comly French, Executive Director of the non-profit Cooperative for ! American Remittances to Europe and Asia. Packages of relief supplies are already stockpiled in Japan and ether nearby points, French ex- Stained, and will be sped into lores as fast as contributions in any amount art received by CARE for Korea, 20 Broad Street, New York 5, or any local CARE office. . "The fighting that has swept back and forth across Korea has taken a dreadful toll of its people," peo-ple," French stated. "Crops and livestock have been decimated, homes destroyed, clothing and all possessions lost. Millions of Koreans are now homeless refugees, refu-gees, with many among them widowed, orphaned, wounded and sick. "The greatest emergency looms in the next few months of Korea's bitter winter weather, when the lack of food, housing, bedding and clothing will strike the hardest. Immediate, individual individ-ual aid from Americans is essen. tial if Korea's people are to be saved from hunger and cold." French's appeal came on the heels of a warm endorsement of the CARE drive by President: Truman, who declared- "1 strongly strong-ly urge all Americans to contribute contrib-ute to the CARE for Korea Campaign Cam-paign to provide gift parcels of food, clothing, blankets and sim-; ilar needed items. Every CARE package delivered to a family in Korea, in the name of American donors, is proof of democracy in action to help its fellow man " CARE has prepared six types of packages to meet specific needs In KnrB fnnrf. imHprwpnr and socks, or woolen suiting, at $10 each, knitting woo). $13: woolen blanket or cotton textile parcels, $7 each Contributions less than the cost of a complete package will be pooled Deliveries will be made by CARE representatives on the basis of greatest need, and all donors will receive a CARE receipt |