Show j Letter to the Editor Legitimacy of UNICEF Confirmed Dear The appearance of a document to the One has indeed raised some very serious Circulated as it was on the and undoubtedly throughout the by the Citizen's Information Committee it eventually evoked some thoughtful response from those who digested its IN to the One questions the legitimacy of an established agency of the United Since UNICEF has continued to be an international children's relief as it was when it was the November from the Citizen's Information Committee questions the program and American participation in Along with pious statements about the joy of Christmas and Christian greeting it the of the land for her purchase of UNICEF Christmas cards in THE BRUNT of the attack seems to center around the nation that only specifically Christian Christmas cards are legitimate and the UNICEF cards have by omitting The facts are that several UNICEF card designs are obviously Christian and that a large share of the Christmas cards circulated in this country are THE SHEET then continues its disorganized diatribe by stating J the presence of known communists and red sympathizers on the board of And with little regard for the attempts to show that the U.S. has contributed almost the entire amount of money re- by while the funds have really not been available to but served to fill the coffers of Marxist nations and to further the cause of communism throughout the j The fact that this is called a bulletin and appears to be the first of a series leads this writer to believe that the emphasis in ought to be on j Allegedly the contributions of the U.S. have been 80 of the while the socialist countries i have given In a speech before the House of August The Walter H. Judd of Minnesota makes the I following observations on the UNICEF 1 contributions were more than 70 of the total at the outset No other country had funds to provide at that time Gradually the U.S. share has been reduced to 46 last year and 44 this Our contribution has amounted to a year these last few I don't know any money we have spent that has done more good and been better Of no program is UNICEF is Yet it has accomplished a great deal in relieving the need for health services and the necessities of life among the world's The concern is not where the children or their or the state of the government under which they The concern of UNICEF has been to help children in need regardless of where they THE CHARGE about the diversion of funds is answered by Congressman Judd that the Secretary General of the U.N. used UNICEF funds to help finance the Congo This developed from the fact that in 1961 the State Department decided to make a loan of million to the Secretary General of the U.N. for use in the general budget used money earmarked for a forthcoming U.S. contribution to at a time when this contribution was not yet due to be paid It is assuring to report that UNICEF received a check for million last December 27 for the money that had been loaned by the United States to the Those who issue bulletins such as the one under and remain those who are not able to support statements or face the audience with their cannot hope to destroy such a program as UNICEF if the public insists on the The proper perspective for making judgments in this area can only be achieved when the concern is not for but for constructive WHATEVER THE intent of the Bulletin may have been it is hoped that permanent damage has not been the result to local efforts to Tricks or Treats collections in Utah were about and net proceeds from Christmas cards sold through the Protestant women's groups alone were about Could we have a report from the U of U The Citizen's Information Committee failed to show negative religious implications in UNICEF failed to prove diversion of failed to prove its contention of undue U.S. support If it has any case at let the Citizen's Information Committee come out in the open and prove Stanford R. Hall Lutheran Campus Pastor John M. Wade Protestant Campus Pastor |