Show morgan county sets S six i x day dav campaign in food program committees selected for collection of food and funds for quota set at 50 cents each A six day drive in morgan county on behalf of for emergency food collection will begin on monday june 3 and continue through june 8 according to raymond larson chairman of the local committee representatives will vill call at all homes in the county and citizens are urged to have contributions ready and give lib borally for those unfortunates in foreign countries 0 entries the morgan county goKl goal has been set at 50 cents per person give more and double our quota mr larson urges representatives in the drive are listed as follows daisy crouch and richard carter south morgan mrs airs merle creager and J B storrs north morgan mrs alice mecham milton russell rock peterson mrs airs florence carter porterville francis porter devils slide and horace thackeray croydon A representative from richville had not been selected wednesday objectives of the emergency food collection are listed as follows the emergency food collection offers everyone a simple direct and pe personal ronal means of giving quick additional dit ional hel bell to the hungry and starvina star vinc overseas it offers an opportunity to all americans to translate into terms of action their sympathy for the millions of suffering men women and childre childrens child reni in war devastated lands V the main objective of the collection is to secure cash contributions the secondary aim is to secure gifts of food packed in tin cans since the kind of food needed is is milk meat fish and peanut butter we are asking for contributions of cash cah we are fortunate people the average american today is eating more than ever before and yet people in europe and aaa A ia a quarter of the worlds ion are hungry or starving A representative national com cittee will sponsor the emergency food collection secretary of commerce henra A wallace is national chairman and mrs airs eleanor roosevelt and herbert H lehman former director general of U N R R A are honorary chairmen the emergency food collection is on behalf of U N R R A more food can be obtained for a given amount of money if it can be bought centrally and in large quantities considerable saving in the cost of collection packing and transportation will also result cash contributions may be made to y your local emergency food collection lati committee or you can mail check or money order to national treasurer emergency food collection maiden lane new york 7 N Y th the battles that brought us victory scourged urged most of the countries that fought with us the worst drought in half a century followed the war disease has followed malnutrition the high responsibilities of a great and powerful country the practical irac common sense of a farsighted nation and the humanitarian sympathies of a generous people all require that the fullest possible effort be made to provide relief for the victims of the world food crisis this program is cooperating closely with the presidents famine emergency committee we have been urged to save and share wheat fats and oils but the american people want to do more so the emergency food collection has been organized to give everyone an opportunity to contribute either money with which to obtain food or food canned jn in tin the pooling of supplies in this program will make possible the widest and the fairest distribution of personally donated food among the families and individuals in war devastated deva sated countries that need it most although gifts may not be earmarked for particular nations or groups or individuals contributors may be sure that all will git more as a result of this united effort |