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tg tee ~<T . * ~ - 7? ; : - ee “aN er * _ 7 : . ; : . . . {) _ oo ie - E elects . . we hs be Tae” tae . * Ke. Bar A az i Mr MN orem Sos tee poo Yeerican Found for OVERSEAS BLIND, Ln ¢. rire 22 WEST 177n STREET, NEW YORK 11, N. ¥.- peace Ft EOI PNT PORE Onrteeae e April 5, 1954 Ee Dear Mr. Hoover: Pr te Ye who love peace must recognize our eternal indebtedness to the gallent people of South Korea for their bitter sacrifices during the war 80 recently ended. My mind turns particularly to the plight of the blind men, women and Little children in that unhappy land, and ay heart is heavy at the knowledge of the cruel privations they must suffer. ; mt. . . . . & You have doubtless read of Korea's countless war casualties, its ten millicn refugees . and the destruction of seventy-five percent of all its buildings. Yet the most poignant aspect of the total disaster dis the tragic fate of so many of Korea's to children -- their eyes blinded by war, their only school and training center at i Seoul laid in ruins, their sole braille printing machine demolished. ener on Tntraet aaa Recognizing that there can be no nobler purpose than to comfort suffering children I have asked the American Foundation for Overseas Blind to leunch, as part of its — world-wide service, & crusade to aid Korea's blind youngsters. The Foundation hes ‘ already established a fine school and training center for them outside Pusan. There ' and at the new Taegu School for the Blind and Deaf 250 hnendicapped young people, i inspired with firm faith and dauntless courage, are learning to breek through the > barriers of darkness and silence. Bravely they look forward to a brighter future when, skilled and self-reliant, they will return to their communities ready to pl _a@ part in the restoration of their homeland. , Va etre >) amey Yet Korean government records list a total of 50,000 sightless children. To provide _ for their education end training many new centers must be created and the few exist- + } ing facilities enlarged. ‘The Foundation stands ready to supply the trained staff, — © the specially designed classroom equipment, praille books and tools for {nstruction, { toys and games for recreation. Funds must WDEX pars to provide food and cloth- ' ang for their physical necessities. SNDEAED-ii ; RECORDED-12 0 '/- 4 Ie é / I have promised the blind children of Eorea that my friends.in America will emelio- if R / yate their terrible needs. Fervently I pray that you will help me keep this pledge by sending a gift today to the American Foundation for Overseas Blind. If you do, Oe \ 7 iN you may be sure that it will bring swift end life-giving aid to_our young friends t across the seas. weeny knonit ; A ye a Hopefully and since fh, 49,1954 : . t : ~ BOARD OF DIRECTORS: William Ziegler, Jr. President ¢ Richard H. Migel, Vice-President ¢ Jansen Noyes, Jr., Vice-President « Max Shoop, Vice-Presi Eustace Seligman, Secretary ¢ Alcxander M. Laug in, Treasurer © *Col. E. A. Baker, M.C, O.BE. « Princess Margaret Draper Boncompagni « Dr. John E. F Bernard S. Carter @ “Joseph F. Ciunk e Dr. Gabricl Farrell e¢ Dr. George A. Fitch Vice-Admiral C. $. Freeman e Dr. C. L. Hsia Dr. John P. M “George F. Meyer « M.C Migel Stetson K. Ryan « ®Peter J. Salmon ¢ Frank H. Sanders, Jr. ®M. Robert Barnett, Executive Director e *Eric T. Boulter, Field Director 4 Wi a Cw 3 ER EAN HO une”