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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 37
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Wehsto Russia
Editor, The Worker: - 4,
As # group, there are no finer
practitioners in America today of
the fine old art of letter writing
than those of us who occasionally \
send our thoughts to “the editor” _——
jn the hope that he will relay them \
to the public. We of Russian War a \
= Flelief wish, therefore, that we « ” .
A Russian Friend” in this spilt .
might enlist those who write and mas direct his letter to Russiah | |
read these columns as a vanguard War Relief, Inc. 11 E. 35th Street, \ f
in a “Write to Russia" campaign New york, and it will be forwarded ae
We are asking 5,000,000 or more
which will be conducted throughout .
the United States in May and June. with one of our ahipments of relief f
uppiics.
Americans, during those two J Sage LER. ]
months, to write letters to “A Rus- Preside igian, War, Rebel. Ihc. a
a “~
Va
~ sian Friend,” each to be forwarded — . et
to a Russian by Russian War Re- : . x
Nef. Those who are directing this wt 3
campaign include sugh noted letter «f"
writers ,as Wendell | Wilkie MIs. way
wes ned’ ‘Rooséyglt. Thomas wei: y . NM
witaend eee a aAbviline ? ;
WoAt. Willie yGreén, Philipp pe ai ‘
tay, Owen DI Yours. anda asG. ()
} Patton. — f
“The plan was suguected by recelpt ’
in our office and by our contributors i
of hundreds of jetiers from Soviet
citizens who have received clothing,
food, medicines of other supplies
contributed by Americans. These |
letters thanked the contributors, |
then in almost every case sald:
“I wish you would write to me.”
We concluded that direct expres- a
sions of the iriendship and admira- cr
tion that we Americans feel for ot vomery
our Boviet- allies would be a sig- ie 0O-
nificant addition to the material iv oe -47 2 2b oH. {
aid which we are continuing to send. A = _ { ;
Our “Write to” Russia" campaign ' ve ! bri: t te a
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fe the rose v won ee
Any one who wishes to write to ; ' |
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: THR WORKER
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