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“gee TUTR ES 1 et le. 48 LE eT tek a + eon ' 4 2 Re “ee, aN at aarry eet eS a ae a Sea 1 a rd _ : pets iil See, Tee Pasa eros ype * ae 7 a es WY 1100-80044 ‘edreumstances no longer warranted its continuance. Immediate steps, therefore, were taken to curtail our activities with a view to final liquidation this sumer. We reduced our staff, discontinued financial support to our branch committees and with the cumplction of our Christmas 1947 clothing drive, ended our public soli- citation of funds as of January 1, 1948. ~ tt, number of projects, tho money for which is in hand, have yet to be completed, When thse obligations have been fulfilled, we shall close our office ard warehouse. "5 of May 31, 1948 cur committees had receive h and contributions in kind a total of $3,213,710.56, ‘Ye have equipp2d anc maintained, wholly or partially (in various parts of Yugoslavia) ,; 23 childrents homes, among fhem the Eleanor JiooseveltHome, the Dwight DN Eisenhower Home, the Mary. ele thine» Home ane the Alber&\ Einstein Home, With our assistance, two vhildren'xXclinics, one stationary clinis.ani fourteen mobile clinics are engaged in the fight against tuherculosis an’ other diseases, among the projects yet to be completed is the purchase and equipment of nine additional mobile clinics, bringing the total to twenty-three. One of our earliest projects was the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hospital for the treatment of pene tubersuiosis in fovinj, Istria, ar we have helped to equip five g-neral hospitals. The tons of foo’, clothing and mecicines which we have purchased or collected have been distributed for us by the Yugoslav Red Cross, and fully half tas been used for the care of destitute and tubercular children, "This, very briefly, is our record, Both personally and on behalf of the direetors, I wish to thank you nost deeply for the help and cooperation which have nade it possible. I feel that it is a record of which all of us can be proud, ‘ ™e have lessened the suffering of a brave people who, as Senator KIL OR: points out in a message to us, ‘was one of our staunchest allies and —- held twenty divi- sions while we mobilized and attacked! our common enemy. Furthermore, by foater- ing in the people of Yugoslavia goodwill and untlerstanding of the american people, we have helped materially in la ying the foundations for a peaceful world, "on May 29, 1948, the american Comittee for Yugoslav Relief was subjecte to a totally unwarranted attack, I refer, of sourse, to the unsupported accusa— “tion ty Inited States Attorney Gemral Tom C. Clark that our Conmittee was 'sub- ‘yersivet, There is nce basis in fact for such a charge, anc the attorney General 23 wae no attempt to present evidence in support of it. "T am enclosing copies of two letters to the attorney General. Dr, /: KINGSBURY, you will note, asks for an interview in which we may at least learn the “Source and nature of the Attorney General's misinformation. We rave as yet re- ceived no acknonledgenent from the attorncy General.