FRIENDS IN NEED

[Music] [Music] w this is West Capel Holland West Capel is a Seaside town for 4 years the tides of War swept back and forth across the town finally they receded clean water from the sea flowed in to cover the ugliness of War's destruction but the floods from the broken dkes were saltwater that spoils the Earth rots wood and rusts machinery these are the people of Europe bewildered ragged hungry cold getting ready to live again but for them the very necessities of life are lacking everything they do or think has a very basic purpose now warmth shelter [Music] food there is a little food there is some clothing and there is shelter of A [Music] Sort there are agencies that worry about malnutrition and tuberculos es and all the diseases that come from cold and hunger but there is not enough of anything [Music] [Music] there has been no fighting in Europe streets for many months except the fight to live again [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] children are eating now but hungrily greedily in case there should be no more like [Music] yesterday and they go to school again but the three Rs don't make much sense when your feet are cold this is a city in North America it could be Montreal Toronto Winnipeg any Canadian city town or Village its attics and dark closets and sellers are filled with clothing saved for years against some vague future need the need is here now and from the closets and attics and sellers come old shoes old shirts old blankets coat scarves suits and Shaws clothing which will preserve innumerable [Music] lives everyone works on the clothing drive because it's a job for volunteers volunteers to pack volunteers to create volunteers to ship a long chain of Sparetime workers to get close clothing from where it is not needed to where it is needed [Music] [Applause] most and after the volunteers come the Dock Workers and the sailors taking on a new kind of cargo for the ocean Crossing for a new enemy is threatening Europe and China now winter and once again as in the war years it is a Race Against [Music] Time Harbors were the first to be repaired after The Liberation they are the nerve centers of distribution pre distribution without discrimination the only only requirement is need and the need is [Music] everywhere in Greece some have shoes but for everyone who has six go barefoot in Poland a little girl boasts about her dress but it has been patched in 50 places in Belgium a family has one shirt eight of them share it in Holland children forage for food in garbage pales and sleeping sellers in Yugoslavia one out of every six people has tuberculosis in Yugoslavia half a million children wander the streets wrapped in newspapers four families are living in one small cold room at nights they all huddle beneath a single blanket for warmth to these people the loss of a tattered dress or a worn shoe is a major catastrophe freed Alia split Yugoslavia L Roman left true size 5 and a half black oxford long Pat on left side emper reward for its return to number 112 Prince michell [Music] Street these are the people who will really build the peace for the shape of peace is a full Harvest a job to be proud of a healthy family a comfortable home and the basis of this life is Health they cannot begin to build without it [Music] today owing to their lack of clothing shoes and bedding the health of these people is at an alltime low the first and the most important step in starting the world back to a lasting peace is to clothe our friends in need [Music]