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ww. Py t . ; eal Sa ie a . > pb tag st 4 ae toa a a a vin tgpele type ge en ee ae 6-10 (Mev. 10-15-62) ( , The Washingto Merry-Go-Round Trotter Tele Room y bat # 5 Some Tributes to EleanorRoosevelt What she stood for are the eternal things.” There was even the widow's mite, #@ Scent contribution from Elaine Draper of St. Joseph, Mo., who wrote: “I'm - ont, gg |SOrry I can’t contribute more. ‘] am unemployed now, and I lave a smal) son to support.” | ‘Open Arms’ : She suggested that the in- a scription over the memorial Ry Drew Pearson Fiom the little people whom Eleanor Roosevelt befriended, thousands of suggestions have poured in to Chinese Refugee Meciiel for an appropriate ink acription to go. ever the door of the proposed | Eleanor Roose- velt Memorial Center in Hong A , ,|eenter should read: “The Open Kong. P ?! Arms.” The relief +: “Iwasa child during World group is rails ‘War It but 1 always noticed ing funds tov Searsen [Pictures of Mrs. Roosevelt with Gulia 6 Ving i arms out in welcome,” Mra. memorial to Mrs. Roosevelt, @/nraner explained. refugee center to be devoted) pers Prince Hawkins of Re- fo training Chinese refugees ino, Nev., wanted to engrave for their mew life in the Free; over the door the simple World. words, “She Loved People.” Mrs. Roosevelt was anxious) put Mrs. Hawkins declined to let the Chinese masses|any interest in the prize for know they were not being for-jthe best inacription—a free gotten, and she sought te doltrin to Hong Kong to attend gees who managed to slipigo.” she explained, “and my through the barbes Wire SIONE| traveling days are over.” the Hang Kong border in thelr) Kenneth Schutt: of iloboken, gearch for food and freedom.!N. J. suggested the Inscription: The e@uipouring of affection|“To help the heipiess become from all 30 states in support) helpful" of the idea of # memorial in} But the underlying theme Hong Kong would have in the thousands of letters was warmed her heart. perhaps best expressed by & World War Il veteran,] Mary Hoobler of Pleasant Hill, William Knox, wrote from|Calif., who gladly contributed Platieville, Wis: “It pever|“To this memoral for a woman forget the time Mrs. Roose-\to whom there were mo unim- well visited the hospital wards! poriant peopie.” in Florids during World War| Inecriptions for Mrs. Roose- Tl. She walked through with|velt's memoral should be sent such simple nobleness, calmjto Chinese Refugee Relief, dignity, and shared feeling,'care of the Postmaster, Wash- ee wee i ite b fod NOT RECOROED ¢ ‘ 4M) DEC 13 1962 aren 0——e6 eee Tae Washiagion Post end —.—— Times Herald The Washingion Detly Newe The Evening Stor Mew Yort Herald Tribene _.— —- Wee Yorn lewnel-Ametiren __—— New York Mirrer —..————— — New York Dolly News _.——--: New Yor Poet The New Yorks Times __....-—— — The wont The New Leeder * [ne Well Street Jewrna) .————— The Nations! Observer ___————_ pro> 1962