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Show With Food For Poland Utahns Respond! To Need to buy milk for children. It has found a channel that is extremely efficient in converting our contributions into desperately needed help: $1 for milk for 10 children for a week. According to Mr. England, "We realize that such help is an act of faith: faith that conditions in Poland will continue to allow proper distribution for food and faith that such efforts are serving the genuine needs of the Polish people. But we believe it is important for Americans to make the effort and important to preserve the hope of the . Polish people, especially during this time when, oecause of government control of main food supplies, those struggling for greater freedom must depend on independent, private sources from outside like Food For Poland. A national movement to help meet the desperate need for food in Poland this winter has received much of its initial impetus from concerned Utahns. Called Food For Poland, the effort has already shipped over $30,000 worth of donated dairy products and raised an additional $15,000 in contributions. con-tributions. It is calling on all Americans to share our bounty so that a gallant people can survive and continue their miraculous struggle for renewal. It has developed channels chan-nels by which a contribution of $1 can provide milk for 10 Polish children for one week and thus stem the malnutrition and dysentary that are already affecting hundreds of thousands. ' Eugene England stated, "Despite the anguish and uncertainty that all of i us felt with the suppression of Solidarity and continuing crisis in Poland since December 13, Food For I Poland has continued its efforts." The ! trustees decided on December 17 not to make a shipment until there were reasonable guarantees the food would get to the people in need, particularly children. Those assurances were provided on December 29 by reports of successful distribution by retur- j ning truck drivers of the Polish American Congress and by Bishop Domin from inside Poland to Catholic Relief Services and so the first shipment was made January 6. At present, Food For Poland, is focussing its efforts on raising funds |