Show TO NO WILL hiie continue THROUGH I 1 1947 demobilization set for december 1947 features THE THE USO will continue through 1948 1946 and until the last day in 1947 when it will complete its wartime demobilization and services 31 1947 official announcement that USO win will conduct its own fundraising fund lund raising campaign next september and october with a goal to cover minimum service requirements through 1947 was made by president lindsley F kimball at USO new york headquarters USO came into being on february 4 1941 nhen six member agencies joined hands to create one organization to care for or the needs of the men and women of the armed forces so tar far the american public has contributed million dollars to the organization still needed says ike in a message to president kimball gen dwight D eisenhower Elsen hower stated may I 1 earnestly count on your organization and your host ol of volunteers to stay with us through the dangerous and difficult period of transition to final peace we still have a pressing need for or the services of USO and will be deeply grateful tor for your continued help in the future as in the past fleet adm chester W chief of naval operations also sent a message of congratulation for wounded veterans the need for raising a terminal fund fond in the tall fail of 1946 Is due to the tact fact that the national war fund will finance USO only through 1946 tentative purely tentative plans for 1947 call for the operation of some to USO clubs in the continental united states largely in connection with hospitalized but convalescent veterans operation of station lounges for troops in transit men on leave and families of service people must continue overseas clubs will carry on in alaska a canal zone tone hawaii philippines etc camp shows will still be seen and heard beard in 1947 by men la in hospitals and men overseas coincident with the announcement of the USO tall fail campaign president kimball made public his annual report in which he says USO finds that at its peak of activity it was serving people a day in one capacity or another running up to more than the total served since the organization was created units at peak the number of operations such as clubs lounges and similar activities reached a high point back in march of 1944 a total of As training camps closed and the men went overseas this number declined but the overall over all volume of work increased the five year peak of activity and cost came after peace in europe and before the surrender ot of japan redeployment of troops reopened many camps doubled or vastly increased loads of various seaport cities expenditures climbed to a month new postwar problems R referring ef erring to the future of USO mr kimball says in his report the successful conclusion of the war does not cannot and will not return the united states to its prewar status it is clear even now that our armed forces in the postwar period must be numbered in the millions USO will complete its wartime demobilization and services december 31 1947 v |